A niece and her soon-to-be-husband gave me a Christmas Gift of six little canisters of "T2" brand Teas and a Teapot.
English Breakfast, Melbourne Breakfast, New York Breakfast, Singapore Breakfast and Sydney Breakfast Teas.
However my question concerns the Teapot. Many years ago, when making the Tea, it was a case of "A teaspoon of Tea for each person and one for the Pot", let is 'brew' for a time then pour and, usually, you got something to eat with your cuppa. But I'm flummoxed with this pot.
It is a common design, not sure if it's baked clay, but that sort of thing, with a lid, a handle and spout .... and a little aluminum (I think) insert (that fits snugly in the top of the pot) which I thought would be where you placed the leaves and then you'd pour the water in through this insert and it would then flow into the pot proper .... except the insert doesn't have a mesh bottom so the water can't flow through the leaves and out into the pot proper.
So what's the go?? What is the purpose of this little metal insert??