Do people use teapots in real life?

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I see them all the time on insta reels and in cafes obv but haven’t seen people using them in real life for ages. I’d love a nice one for myself but I think it migjt just be a waste of money and will never get used. Do you have one and use it? Any recommended ones in terms of practicality but also beauty? I quite like the clear glass ones or the black japanese looking style, not sure what they are called.

The only time I've ever used a teapot was when I was a student and making mushroom tea. I thought it would be funny to get a full tea service from the charity shop and set it all out as a tea party. It was indeed very funny.

Husband uses one at least twice a day and proceeds to drain it within an hour!

I make my own tea cosy out of old wool bobble hats!

Ah @schloss that's cute

Ooh same here re M&S extra strong leaf tea. It’s lovely. I have that every day, made in a pot. It really does taste so much better.

I always use one, even just for one cup (I have a number of different sizes). I think the tea tastes much nicer and of course you can use loose tea as well.

I do. I have a grey Le Creuset one. There's something so charming about spooning loose leaf tea into the pot and it tastes loads nicer than tea bags.

Without going full on tea ceremony, having tea in a pot and pouring for guests adds a little social occasion. It feels like hosting and sharing.

Squishing and hoiking teabags out of mugs to lob in a bin is always going to be an ugly business.

Tea tastes much better from a teapot. We are all tea jennies and love extra cups when having a leisurely breakfast. We also have a teapot in our campervan. Couldn’t just dunk a teabag in a mug.

We use a teapot every time tea is required with a tea cosy, so several times a day. It has a much more mellow flavour out of a pot. I dislike tea made in a mug, it’s quite acrid and stains the mug. My dc have teapots at their homes for when we visit

Right that’s it.

I haven’t used a teapot for many years but you guys have changed my mind! Mine is currently gathering dust on the shelf but tomorrow, it’s getting a good clean then I’m making a nice, strong pot of tea. I might even try to buy some loose leaf tea after reading the comments here.

Thanks!

Yes. We have 4 teapots. Varying in size. Smallest is ceramic with an internal tea leaf holder and strainer. We use very good teas and it’s perfect! Use the bigger teapots when we have visitors.

Yes. Every day. And I have a small one for when it’s just me. Big enough for a mug and a top up.

I've got 6 or 7 teapots - including a couple of individual sized ones.
I used to have more but had a bit of a disaster in the kitchen a few years ago and broke some.
I have ground coffee with breakfast, teabag in a big breakfast cup at lunch time but in the evening it's always a pot of tea made with leaf tea. I really prefer teapot tea and the beauty is you can top it up with hot water and make it go a long way.
My favourite tea pots are a couple of Roy Kirkham hand painted ones. And i have the big breakfast cups to match the tea pots.

We use a stainless steel teapot for Greek Mountain Tea and I use a small Chinese style teapot for loose leaf jasmine tea. We don't use it every day, but a lot of days.

We use a teapot - and loose tea - everyday. Can’t think the last time I used a mug to make tea tbh, other than occasionally for fruit/herb teas. Tea tastes nicer; much easier for loose tea (the pot has an jntenal mesh container for tea leaves); and allows us to have a couple of cups each (we also have a lovely tea cosy to keep the pot warm.

Brown Betty teapots (in blue) for us here, many differing sizes but tend to use the bigger ones so can have more then 1 cup!

I find I function so much better during the day if I have multiple cups of Earl Grey tea first thing!

Yes it’s nice to be able to bring a pot to a table with sugar and milk for guests.

Edit to say, you can also taste the bag when it’s not loose leaf

Rituals around drinks are the basis for good presents I think …. I have a Japanese enamel tea pot from Labour & Wait. My tea cosy is patchwork and dates back to the 40’s by the look of the fabric ( was MIL’s ). Fortnums do lovely loose teas which are great for prezzies…I’m not very adventurous but they have great ranges of tins and caddies. One of my Christmas traditions is buying foods from there for stocking fillers.

Yes. And I use loose tea leaves too. And a tea strainer. Every day, at least three times a day.

So does my mum and my siblings. Tea bag tea is inferior but I tolerate it when at other peoples houses.

We use one every time, usually with teabags, 2 Tetley and 1 Earl Grey.
We like it. Special occasions with loose leaf tea.

Yes.

There are lots of types of tea you can't get as tea bags and my house has two tea fiends in it.

I particularly like Chinese blooming tea and puer tea.

I alway’s use a teapot. You get 2 good cups with a teabag rather than 1.

Yes, Denby teapot used every day, sometimes with loose tea, sometimes bags.

Only way to make a proper cup of tea.