Alton Brown loves tetsubin. Why?

Why are they impractical? I don't own one, but I do think they're pretty cool too. I have a love for cast iron cookware, they have their own beauty inherent in 'cooking potential' and performance, plus some things are just cool to look at. So why not?

Is there a better type of pot that you think is more practical? Maybe ceramic is more efficient and keeping tea hot?

-ben

Cast iron cookware has many merits. But not for brewing tea. Tetsubin were originally intended for just boiling water. I'm not certain when the tetsubin-as-teapot idea got started, but any vessel that imparts a flavor on tea and easily rusts unless quickly dried is not a good choice.

The ubiquitous kyuusu, of either clay ware or ceramic. A nation of Japanese can't be wrong.

--crymad

thanks for the info, now i definitely won't be buying one :-)

all of my teapots are ceramic or clay, and work great. i guess iron wouldn't be a step up then :-)

-ben

My teapots are just clutter now that I use a thermal carafe exclusively. I've used glass lined carafes in the past but now I have a huge (2 liter) Oggi double stainless steel one. It seems very sturdy.

I actually love my Tetsubin. It's enameled on the inside so there is no flavor imparted to the tea. It also hasn't rusted in almost 3 years of use.

Agalena

What is it that you love about it? What makes it preferable over clay ware or ceramic?

--crymad

Umm. Ever hear of Pearl Harbor?

-- Eschew obfuscation!

Yes, war is wrong. Now, back to tea...

--crymad

I wouldn't necessarily say it's preferable, but it's just as good. It also holds heat well so the tea stays hot.

Agalena

Ever hear of Executive Order 9066?

The original post said a nation of Japanese can't be wrong. My response offered evidence to the contrary, while your post offers nothing.

-- Eschew obfuscation!

Yuri:

You are talking about-

EXECUTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO PRESCRIBE MILlTARY AREAS

WHEREAS the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to nationaldefense material, nationaldefense premises, and nationaldefense utilities as defined in Section 4, Act of April 20,

1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by the Act of November 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1220, and the Act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 655 (U.S.C., Title 50, Sec. 104);....................................

This order shall not be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the authority heretofore granted under Executive Order No. 8972 dated December 12, 1941, nor shall it be construed as limiting or modifying the duty and responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigatidn, with respect to the investigation of alleged acts of sabotage or the duty and responsibility of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, prescribing regulations for the conduct and control of alien enemies, except as such duty and responsibility is superseded by the designation of military areas hereunder.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE

Right?

Ripon (From Bangladesh)

The days following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor unable to strike back effectively against the Japanese Empire, Americans in the Western states lashed out at fellow citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry.

Executive Order 9066, signed by President Roosevelt on February 19,

1942, was the instrument that allowed military commanders to designate areas "from which any or all persons may be excluded." Under this order all Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry were removed from Western coastal regions to guarded camps in the interior. Approximately 118,000 citizens were routed under military guard to assembly centers and then ten internment camps with no more than what they could carry in two suitcases.

@Loiskelly1 -- You think my post offers nothing? On the contrary...

Yuri:

Yes, Executive Order 9066 is true and very humiliating and pathetic. I understand your feeling. But recently US government is filing all those victims family name and has a plan to compensate then. We all agree-War is always wrong. That's why we all are here from different nations and enjoy to talk about tea. This way we build more cross-cultural understanding. We are in one world- "Tea World"

Japanese produce very good green tea and tea pot. We all love Japanese green tea. Let's come back to the point- "tea talk." Happy New Year to all. Thanks.

Enjoy your cup of tea.

Ripon (From Bangladesh)

Exactly. I'm enjoying a cup of some lovely Tianli Oolong from Ten Tea as I write.

-- Eschew obfuscation!

My final pontification for 2003. Historically the Japanese pick the wrong sides. Now they're sending troops into Iraq. Gotta run. I can hear the incoming.

Jim

Just so you know, Ripon- that compensation was carried out. So far as I know, no one was compensated for the full value of their family property, and no dead people were brought back to life. Not a single person who died in the detention camps was magically able to draw breath simply because the government gave money in recompense. No property was returned, either- the people who now live in these areas got to stay. This is the way of the world; otherwise, pretty much all so-called 'true Americans' would have to give up their houses to people with Native American bloodlines.

We all

That is a wonderful wish. While I am not sure that 'war is always wrong', I do think that the politics behind the history of American federally sanctioned detention of foreign nationals and American-born peoples without benefit of tril or more than the mildest proofs of guilt should probably be taken off-line.

Well, I enjoyed my tea today! I went to Manhattan's Chinatwon and had dim sum in one of my favorite restaurants. Jasmine tea was served at the table. I'm trying to use up my old tea; otherwise I would have stopped into Ten Ren and bought their 3rd grade Jasmine, which is quite tasty.

So you keep tea and leaves in the pot and pour out more as you empty your cup?

--crymad