the Beauty of Steeping in a Clear Container

Unless you are just set on using a mason jar... Bodum makes some very lovely clear glass teapots.

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Personally, I find the bodum glass teapots unpleasing, but I find mason jars a perfect complement to the tea. Strictly personal taste. There's no accounting for it. That's what makes the world go round.

Michael

I'm totally for preparing greens in clear glass containers. Definitely, and I've said this numerous times, heh, try qing shan lv shui if you get the chance. It's quite a beautiful tea.

Mydnight

-------------------- thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

Yes, I finally broke down last month and got me a Jenaer glass teapot. 'S wonderful to be able to see.

Well, I heat the water in a conventional tea kettle on the stove top, but I find regular tea cups too small, and I dislike refilling over and over from a decorative pot to a smallish cup.

(It's a different proposition I suppose when drinking tea contemplatively, then you might want less than a bucket's worth.)

Also the mason jar, besides being see through, holds a good mass of heated beverage, this helps retain the temp for a long time.

I'll check out the link provided, Thx.

TBerk

What brand of coffee pot is that?

Looks like vintage pyrex to me.

Thanks.