Im going to buy a teapot(and cosy)

cooking-mama

Thanks guys..initialy i got a bit of a shock when i searched on Amazon for Teapots...prices were almost all in double figures!!..Im gonna try home bargains tomorrow,but theres a whittards outlet shop in the McArthur Glen shopping centre 30min drive away,I may just hold off until im going there next and treat myself to a teapot and tea leaves...tho for days off only...will stick with my mug and teabag for work days(Thankfully ive only a short drive to work,so no need for Tea on the go.
PS,love the idea of making a T-cosy from a wooly hat,im sure weve a couple of Auld Tammies kicking around the hoose.(wasnt sure where id get a T-cosy anyway..maybe try our local PDSA shop tho)

suzybloo

At work we make five or six cups of tea at tea break and up until recently we were using one cup teabags, but due to trying to moneysave at home I bought a tea pot for work and are now using only normal tea bags there, so in all saving quite a bit, plus there is always some left for another cuppy!
Hope you find your Auld Tammies cooking-mama, we have toorie bonnets here!!!

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When I was in wilko's yesterday thay had some really cute little teapots- I cant remember how much they were but under a tenner for sure! may be worth a look!....
I may have to go and buy one now I love the idea of making pots of tea and instant refills- especially if its as cold as it was yesterday!!

Good luck with your hunt

bramble1

I want a teapot!! Our living room is on the second floor and our kitchen on the ground, i get through a lot of tea so want something i can keep warm in the living room on a cold weekend. Going to town tomorrow in search of a bargain!

jannyannie

I love tea in a teapot my family find it odd that I still make tea that way. Tea just in a mug doesn't taste right. I've got a brown earthenware pot I've had for years. Does me for 2 cups in the morning and any leftover hot water I put in a thermos for coffee later in the morning.

lollyfin

jannieannie I do that too, I dont drink tea but my kids do, I fill up the teapot make my coffe and any left over hot water goes in the flask then I have instant hot water for more coffee. I do this throughout the day too so I think I have really cut down on my leccy boiling the kettle, even tho I do try to only boil whats needed you still always end up with a little bit left in the kettle

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I'm another who whips the tea bags out,hate strong tea.
I do this even if I'm in a cafe as the tea can be quite brutal otherwise.
I do love tea pots though and have several dozen,been saving them for years.
All sizes,don't save novelty ones though.
I just like normal teapots in all designs and sizes from the dinky individual traditional little brown pot I use regularly to the huge cream Le creuset farmhouse pot that will never get used,looks lovely but I don't reckon I could lift it if it was full .
Theres something about tea in a pot that just tastes right.

pauleyc

I use a flask to put hot water in - Its a tommy tippee one from when my little ones were babies. It it brilliant and keeps water hot for hours. I have 3 cups 1st thing (to make me feel human lol) so boil the kettle, make one cup and pour the rest in flask to make two more a bit later. Then in the afternoon i do the same - only boiling kettle twice rather than 6 times

rachbc

not sure what the point of making tea in a pot with bags is - tea leaves are soooo much better. I have an enamel vintagey pot and a china one for best! No cosy yet but got a book from the library on knitting tea cosies so have another project on the go now!

Years a go I had a fab pot with in insert for the leaves so ou could fish them out when it was brewed and not need a strainer

dom300186

I have been given off my grandad a large thermos flask and im just filling that up in the monring and it lasts well untill the next morning, a teapot would only be good for when people come around tohelp themselves, even when i have guests i make their tea from my flask as well.