chatsford volume

For teapots, a "cup" is 6oz. E.g., water reaches the bottom of infuser notch on my 8-cup Chatsford with six 8oz cups of water. It probably could hold (at least) another 8oz if I didn't use the infuser basket.

(This is probably obvious, but if you fill a Chatsford past the bottom of the notch in the infuser's rim, leaves can escape the infuser.)

N.

Well whatever you say, but in that case the 4-cup pot easily holds 5 cups. (30+ oz.)

Thank you! I asked for that information.

I appreciate the fact that you posted this! Does the cover lock into place without the infuser? I don't like to allow the leaves to steep in the tea beyond time.

Renee

The lid is like a normal teapot lid, that is, it has a little tab to help it stay on while pouring.

Since the pot may be used with or without the infuser basket, you'll need to remove the tea to halt infusing as with many typical pots whether the tea is loose or in an infusing device such as a basket or teabag(s).

The basket itself has a slot to allow the tab of the lid to fit through as is shown at:

Of course, it's obvious!

But, I keep forgetting anyway and almost always nearly overfill.

Is that when it's filled to the bottom edge of the basket's notch?

I previously posted the capacity of my 4-cup bone china Chatsford as 24 oz w/o mentioning that's at the highest level possible w/o going over the edge of the basket's notch.

Same with my red 2-cup Arthur Wood; it holds 16 oz when filled to the edge of the notch.

Yes, in tea parlance, a cup is 6 oz. Therefore, the capacity of a 4-cup pot is at least 24 oz., not 32.

The 6 oz cup also applies to coffee. The other 2 oz of the standard 8 oz measure isn't used to allow the addition of milk to the cup.

Yes it does.. the lid fits, locks, and operates the same with or without the infuser.