The Teapot for One

A perfect teapot

This teapot is well designed. Functionally it works well. Tea leaves can move around so much better than an infuser. Pours in the direction it is pointed and is easy to clean. It also looks really good.

Faff free as described

Firstly, this comes in a really nice cylindrical cardboard pack, which I've kept. Obviously being able to watch the leaves brewing is awesome. It is definitely way easier to clean than a basket strainer - i.e. no endless scraping. My tip for cleaning the lid is to turn it upside down, fill it with water under the table whilst gently swirling it, then just flip it over into your sieve. Doing that once or twice is usually enough. Remember if you're refilling the pot with the same tea as the last cup, it's not essential to get rid of every last leaf anyway. If you use a bergamot oil-based tea rather than black tea, you'll need to clean more thoroughly to remove the lingering smell/taste. The main glass section is incredibly easy to swirl out as per Brew's description. My other tip would be to pour very slowly, i.e. barely horizontally, because the slower you pour, the fewer leaves go to into the top of the pot. It does look really nice. I wash up by hand and just make a slight extra effort to be gentle with it. Use a toothbrush-style washing up brush to reduce the tea stains around the bottom of the lid. The seal around the lid is very secure, it doesn't leak. You don't have to drink 400ml at a time, I often measure out half the volume of leaves and use 200ml for a single cup. If you're filling a pot and pouring a couple of ~200ml cups, the second cup will be stronger.

Teapot for one

The teapots for one are brilliant and make a lovely cup of tea and save money as you can top them up with hot water and keep drinking without having to keep boiling the kettle.Excellent delivery first class item