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.

I do! I have too many, I'm a bit tea obsessed. Regular tea, herbal tea, all sorts. I even make my own "tea" from nettles. I have an insert that fits most pots, but for lots of them I'm just a bit careful how I pour and the leaves don't come out until I get low.

Tastes so much nicer than teabags, though I won't ever turn down a regular good old cuppa.

Yes, mostly. I have four depending on the type of tea I'm using. Tea tastes much better from a pot and it's cheaper too.

I have one at work. Everyone else has a cafetiere because they drink coffee but I love my tea - it gets commented on all the time! No one ever comments on a cafetière!

My glass teapot has a filter with it. With the other pots I use an independent teaball strainer that hooks to the spout. Can't be doing with tea leaves in my cup.

I use an electric kettle. It cost me £25 and boils the water.
I don't see the point in having a kettle that does anything else or has an app or costs a small fortune. I will also NEVER boil water in the microwave because it makes the tea taste weird.

I always use one.

My current one is a Brown Betty by Sadler. It gets a quick rinse daily and it lives on the counter.

Yes, have one like this, use it most mornings. Often just use tea bags during the day, it depends on my mood.

During covid 2020 lockdowns and such we did every day . It was a lovely routine of sitting in the kitchen in the morning with a pot of tea.
But now I just make a quick cuppa

I do for loose tea but only on weekends

It's like another step up from the difference between drinking tea in a plastic cup or china.

Guys I am sold, the search for the perfect teapot begins! Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
I quite like the London ones and the Le Creuset so far but they seem £££.
I also really like the japanese cast iron types although I am not sure if those are better for green tea? I drink both green and black and sometimws use teabags, sometimes loose leaves. I don’t own a strainer that would go into the pot though, need to get one of those too

Well that's where you're going wrong. Teapots don't need cleaning until the patina starts to disintegrate which takes months, if not years.

Just a quick rinse each time it's used. If you drink tea, and don't only have one cup at a time, a teapot is much easier and it uses less teabags.

We always use a teapot. We have a large one for everyday and can manage to get at least 2 mugs full each. We love tea!

Electric kettle

Yes!
I like proper loose leaf tea - you can’t malt it in a cup.

We have a large one that comes at at weekends where a lazy breakfast requires several cups of tea.

I used to work with someone who had a little tea pot and matching cup and saucer he used for his morning cup of tea at his desk. Very classy.

But what if you use it for different types of tea? Does it not affect flavour?

Do you use a strainer?

Ahhh, pot tea! I also love strong black coffee, but pot tea is wonderful, I'm sitting with one now. We have many pots of different sizes, and one beautiful one that doesn't pour well so never gets used. Before going to work I make a pot of tea and take that in a thermos. My favourite pot is a denby one that came with my set 25 years ago. We like to do assam and earl grey in equal parts, we also like darjeeling as a gentler midday pot on days off. We sometimes then also do other teas, but these are our standard choices.

It really is no bother, like anything, once you know what you're doing you don't have to think about it. Making a pot of tea is quicker than making a mug of bag tea because you don't have to stand around waiting for it to brew. Just make it, pop into the shower or make your breakfast, and your delicious tea is ready! The clean up is the only thing that takes more time, but you're looking at a total of 30 seconds. We add water to the spent pot, swirl, then pour the tea leaves on to a plant (various plants, somewhere in the garden!), rinse and stick in the dishwasher.

I do, when I've got a lot of work to do at my laptop and need huge infusions of tea...saves keep getting up. Also, it definitely tastes better 👌🏻

We have one and it does get used occasionally.
Sometimes, for breakfast when it's a slow relaxing morning.
On very cold days, after school (if I'm at home) or when I know the teen dc will be around in the afternoon, I'll make a pot of tea and bake a cake or biscuits and we'll all just sit around for a bit.

The teapot is only for normal everyday black tea. If I have a herbal one, I make it in a mug.

But I have got my eye on one of these for nice tea that DP won't drink

https://teapeople.co.uk/products/530ml-forlife-stump-teapots-for-2?srsltid=AfmBOorrcxFb6B3b2PMexhUQgBB3QM4oowVrgcCuxeahj4Qh8YfzZ3i_&variant=44894898880808

I have a stainless steel pot for everyday and larger ones if we have visitors.

I like the ritual of making tea and use 2 teabags for 2 of us same as if I use 2 mugs

It definitely tastes better