To ask if you have a tea set?

I do! My teapot is in nigh on constant use, though I only get out the milk jug or sugar bowl if I have guests (as I don’t have either in my tea). I used to have matching cups etc but over the years some got broken, and I got various vintage ones as gifts, so now it is all wonderfully eclectic and I love it!

I have mugs, a teapot and a milk jug. Not as part of a matching set though. I don't really use the teapot and milk jug. I'm the only one who drinks tea so I just make single brews in a mug.

I have an Emma Bridgewater teapot, which was a gift, never used and two inherited tea services never used. I would honestly like to let the tea services go, but one was my parents’ wedding set and the other belonged to a great aunt, and I just feel I can’t do it ☹️

I have a full tea set but use it mainly at weekends, I also have other teapots and they get good use, it's nice of an evening to make a big pot of tea, if you stand it on the hearth in front of the fire it stays warm for ages but can over steep. The milk jug gets fair use too, but we tend to use mugs day to day

ETA I'm 40 now but I bought a teapot when I bought my first flat at 25, the full teaset came as a housewarming gift from MIL when we bought our first house together, she knows I like pretty things and DH drinks tea by the gallon

I have one i use with guests. Love it.

I had a set of 6 cups and saucers (no matching teapot or jug) for over 30 years until fairly recently. They were an unwanted wedding present and it felt rude to get rid of them, but we've completely lost touch with the friends who gave them to us, so we finally donated them to a charity shop. I don't like tea, DH doesn't like tea, we don't have that many visitors and none who would be offended to be offered tea in a mug.

We have a teapot and the other day I bought a milk jug and sugar bowl as I'm sick of taking the milk carton and bag of sugar out to guests. I wouldn't say we use them daily though.

The cups on mine are tiny, I don't think they used to swill tea down in those days

Yes a bone china Wedgewood Charnwood one which gets used very occasionally, it was my DMs, I think the problem nowadays is that it doesn't go in the dishwasher as the gold rim probably wouldn't survive

I don't have a matching tea set, but I do have teapots, cups and saucers and jugs. I use cups and saucers periodically, teapot probably twice a week week, same for milk jugs.

Thank you! I googled the Harlequin and Susie Cooper, they are lovely!

Can I be your guest/friend please! I don't think I could be bothered but that does sound lovely.

@Choccyscofffy that’s beautiful! Looks like a modern version of my mother’s ‘Harlequin’ tea service which my sister has. I got the Wedgewood ‘Susie Cooper’ dinner service 😍

I have a beautiful white bone china set with an elegant teapot and matching cake plate and cake server, milk jug and teapot. I think it’s Royal Doulton. I use it for afternoon tea parties 😍

I have a set but it only gets used once or twice a year.

I have 2 full tea sets and several other sets of cups and saucers. I use cups and saucers and a teapot daily but don’t tend to use the milk jugs and sugar bowls very much. I need a nice tea tray.

Yabu

Yes I have but don't use daily. We tend to use it on the weekends when we all sit and have breakfast together.

Normally it's just me at home or we have a quick small decaf brew before bed so no need for a large pot.

I’ve got a Calamityware teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl (as well as a set of small plates) but no teacups and saucers - I wouldn’t use them. I have lots of lovely mugs of a variety of sizes and use those for tea - mostly via teabag-in-mug brewed tea, but if there’s 3 of more people having tea I’ll probably use the teapot. We’re using it more at the moment because we were given some nice leaf tea.

We have a box standard dark brown teapot which holds about 2.5mugs and I haven’t a clue where it came from. I bought in the charity shop a six cup teapot which does four mugs, it looks like a spelter but it’s not, but it pours well. I have a tiny three cup spelter which was given to me years ago. We have an infuser (mint) pot which holds 3 cups too.

My mother in law brings her own tea leaves, and red milk 🤮, and dependant on how many tea drinkers there are, she uses which ever pot.

i have a few milk jugs varying in size, colours and patterns, and one beautiful sugar bowl with lid and the spoon came from whiskas!

None of it matches, but it’s all loved and used fairly frequently.

I don't have a matching teapot but have a gorgeous set of china cups, saucers, milk jug and sugar dish that I bought in a charity shop. I have various other cups and saucers and teapots, milk jugs etc. I love bringing a tray with everything to the sofa or bed on a weekend morning, drinking multiple cups of tea without having to get up. And tea tastes better to me from china.

Yes. I have a Country Traditionals teapot, 4 cups and saucers and a milk jug. I use them maybe once every couple of weeks. I use the teapot more often though.

Yes, I have cups, saucers, and mugs all in the same pattern, with a little milk jug and sugar pot. Dcat managed to break the teapot, but I have another that goes with the cups and mugs. I use the teapot every day myself.

I have a full set from when we married in the 1980's. Sugar bowl is obsolete. Plus a vintage set from my gran in a display cupboard. I think the tea does taste nicer from the vintage set, but a few sips & it's gone, so we big mugs instead