Best Buy Teas

     Just like teas, there are many different types of tea pots. There is cast iron, like the one we used in Ireland, bone china, ceramic, porcelain, glass, and Yixing. Tea Pots are not to be confused with tea kettles. Kettles are for heating the water. Tea pots are for steeping your wonderful tea.

Cast Iron Teapots
      Tetsubin Cast Iron Teapots: These are the best way to brew tea, since the cast iron distributes the heat evenly inside the pot to better extract the flavors and benefits of the tea. These Japanese teapots are handmade in Japan of solid cast iron with a fully enameled inside and a stainless steel basket for your tea leaves. Cast Iron teapots will keep your tea hot for close to an hour.

Twist Dragonfly Cast Iron Teapot This whimsical dragonfly cast iron teapot symbolizes new beginnings, good fortune, and marriage and will quickly dart into your life as your favorite tea pot for celebrating life’s new beginnings. Enameled on the inside to promote years of use, and in preventing rust and oxidization this teapot is also equipped with a stainless steel mesh infuser for use with loose-Leaf Tea, the ideal way to brew.

The Next Four types of teapots are all made out of different types of clay. Each type of clay has different characteristics that give the finished teapot its look.

Bone China Teapots
Beautifully delicate, the  bone china teapot provide a great way to serve hot tea. Each bone china tea pot is chosen for its individuality.  Simply choose the set that fits you best. If you buy a  high quality tea pot it can be handed down for generations (assuming they are carefully taken care of).

Ceramic Teapots
From the modern to the traditional, ceramic teapots have a little something for everyone. All provide a beautiful way to serve hot tea.

Porcelain Teapots
Whether you prefer the pure, white porcelain teapots or the very colorful teapots, porcelian has a very smooth surface which gives a perfect canvas for an intricate design.

Yixing Teapots
Yixing clay is a red clay found in the Jiangsu province of China that makes an exceptional teapot. These teapots “season,” which means they take on the flavor of your favorite tea to enhance every cup. But they should only be used for one type of tea (white, green, black, oolong, herbal), since they soak in the richness of whichever type is used. They are considered by some connoisseurs as the best possible way to steep tea. Yixing tea pots are becoing highly collectable. Click here for a wonderful variety of Yixing teapots.

Swan Yixing Teapot Set with two cups

Glass teapots
Accentuate the quality of your tea with a glass teapot. These are also perfect for our blooming teas, which flower as they steep. From large to small, glass teapots brew great tea and let you have a close look at the leaves as they steep. It is a wonderful way to show off an attractive tea!  I can’t think of a better gift for your favorite tea lover than this beautiful set of blooming teas. Add a glass tea pot and you are all set.

Teavana Imperial Blooming Collectionâ„¢ Gift Box Become enchanted with the grace and delicate nature of hand tied blooming White teas. A treasure to fall in love with as blooming teas have been revered as the teas of love. The practice of hand-tying leaves is an age-old Chinese art form that dates back to the Song Dynasty. The late Queen of France, Marie Antoinette received a gift of blooming tea from the Emperor himself and adored the tea as it revealed the mysterious flower hidden within. The collection includes 12 hand-tied blooming tea balls (2 of each kind) and 2 double walled glass tumblers.

Teapots for One
These smaller teapots make around one cup of tea per pot, which is perfect for those who just need a bit of tea at a time – or those who prefer to rebrew tea leaves for multiple infusions. Good tea can often be steeped two or three times before being thrown out. And with these wonderful pots, you’ll want to make tea again and again!

Teapots for Two
 Teapots for two are designed to steep about two cups of tea at a time. This is perfect for those sharing a cup with someone special. And it works well if you choose to rebrew tea leaves and take advantage of multiple infusions.

So, there are many different materials that teapots are made of and thousands of different designs. Find one that you love and take good care of it. Remember Yixing pots should never be washed with soap. It will absorb it and pick up the flavor.