Pots, Pots and More POTS

[Kithikor]

After browsing MANY sites, I have seen SO many different pots that I am going nuts! Maybe I am tired, but are those glass pots any good? I would think that the heat loss would be huge.

Thanks in advance.

[skarphedin]

The heat loss isn't actually that huge. I've never had that problem with mine, at least. I like the glass pots.

[Kithikor]

That is good to hear. I had my eye on one from Adagio called IngenuiTEA, but was unsure.

[MarshalN]

I believe that thing is plastic

[debunix]

I gave up on glass tea kettles for stovetop use after breaking 2 of them, but still love my little glass teapot. I had a series of inexpensive ones that met sad fates in the office, and decided the risk of someone being cut by shards (especially since I didn't have my own vacuum handy) was not worth it, but at home have gotten a lot of use out of a simple 6 oz glass pot with built-in filtering spout. Very nice. No concerns about rapid heat loss when brewing up puerh or oolong or green teas.

[entropyembrace]

There´s nothing wrong with glass pots, I´ve been using them for years and even now mine gets quite a bit of use...it´s possible to brew almost anything in it with good results

The Ingenuitea is like MarshalN said, plastic and not glass.

I would recommend using a real glass teapot like this one if you want a fairly large pot for western style tea brewing

http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... oduct=1526

Yunnan Sourcing is a good vendor...and they have several other glass teapots but that one is probably the more useful design for western tea brewing.

[Alex]

Here's a really nice shui ping shape glass one from DTH. I dont have it but was thinking about it for having next to the computer.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Glass-Teapot-w-t- ... 388wt_1139

They also do all four of them there. Going down to 100ml but the shape is nicest on this one.

[skarphedin]

I have one of these,

http://cgi.ebay.com/Chinese-Clear-Glass ... 35a6897a15

and I am mighty pleased. Being able to remove the filter is a plus to me, and apart from that it's a good pot. It has lasted for quite some time now. The only thing I've learnt thus far is that they won't survive a drop to wooden floors, as my last pot can testify to. But hey, not many pots survive that anyway.

[bagua7]

I am not very keen of any metallic objects added to the brewing process of tea, especially green tea. Reason: Chinese 5E theory.

As another user stated Yunnan Sourcing stock quality glass pots. I use one one similar to the following one (200mL is quite sweet in terms of capacity):

http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... roduct=489

And the price is even sweeter.

[Poohblah]

I am not very keen of any metallic objects added to the brewing process of tea, especially green tea. Reason: Chinese 5E theory.

As another user stated Yunnan Sourcing stock quality glass pots. I use one one similar to the following one (200mL is quite sweet in terms of capacity):

http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... roduct=489

And the price is even sweeter.

I have that pot too, it was my first pot because of the price I mostly use it for hongcha or other tea that I usually drink for the sake of drinking a hot beverage, or sometimes I'll use it for masala chai and tisanes; 200mL is too much for a focused or long session with a good tea. Right now I have a generic TGY in there which is helping me dispel a stuffy nose

[brad4419]

I love my glass teapot. Their good for brewing about anything, fairly inexpensive and fun to watch the tea infuse. Just be careful not to break it. dragonteahouse and yunnansourcing have a great selection of glassware