Friday, February 13, 2009
Posted by Miss Neddy at 10:13 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Categories: Tea Related Teapots

A sharky friend of mine passed me a link to this delightful cup, known as a Tea Dam Cup. I love the different colours and how tea bags (although possibly not finer leaves or tea powder) can be left to drain on the side. Whenever I order tea and a tea-bag comes in the cup, I’m always at a loss for where to deposit the tea-bag, especially if the cup did not come with a saucer. However, at almost £15, it is a little pricey.

The cup brought to mind a teapot I have seen several times at the local Ritz-Carlton hotel. The tea-room at the ground floor serves a quite excellent high tea, and the waiter calls their interesting teapot an “elephant teapot” due to the very long spout. I found that it is more commonly known as a Tilting pot and the ingenius part of the design is a little shelf within the teapot. Lie it down, with the spout pointing upwards will enable the tea to steep. Let it stand normally, and the water inside no longer comes in contact with the tea leaves, left high and dry on the shelf. I am most tempted to buy one!