Why a Glass Teapot?

A Glass teapot works well for all forms of loose tea, whether it is refreshing green tea ,fruit flavored or herbal teas, the gradual color change of the brewing tea can be viewed through the walls of the glass teapot, so you are alerted by a visual signal that the tea has brewed to your own personal requirements, rather than fishing and casting about in the teapot with a tea spoon for a sample taste or trying to peer into the dismal often dark void of a porcelain teapot to determine the color of the brew.

A glass teapot allows you the luxury of personally witnessing the secret dance of the tea leaves, as the leaves sweep and glide and delicately unfurl within the glass teapots clear filter chamber. For brewing most teas a glass teapot is an optional luxury but when it comes to blossoming or blooming tea it's an absolute must have necessity. In anything else other than a glass teapot there is no point to having purchased blooming tea at all.

What is blooming tea ? , blooming or flowering teas are a specialty teas handcrafted by specially trained Chinese tea artisans blooming or blossoming teas as they are also referred are made using high quality green or white tea which is hand sewn into various shapes with cotton or silk threads . Flowers such as Jasmine or carnations are tightly bound within these tiny tea leaf bundles .When the tea blossoms are placed in a glass teapot, and hot water is then added, watch with amazement as the little tea slowly begins to unfold its floral secret a stunning miniature floral bouquet erupts from within, often known as the "tea dance" it takes about 5 minutes for the tea blossoms to fully open by which time the tea is brewed and ready to drink.

Glass teapots are available in many styles whether your tastes run to classic, retro or modern you will be sure to find a teapot to your liking but whether traditional or modern glass teapots are always beautiful, and come in many stunning designs because they are of course made of glass they are therefore colorless and go with the color theme of any room.

Because a glass teapot does not remember the flavors of teas previously made with in it, this quality makes these glass pots the ideal teapot for special blended teas where taste transference is extremely undesirable

The teapots are made from a special tempered glass known as borosilicate glass, the same type of glass that laboratory equipment such as test tubes or beakers are made, consequently the glass teapot can with stand sudden temperature fluctuations, the teapot can be warming above a candle flame keeping your tea at an perfect temperature one second and have ice cubes poured into for iced tea the next. Glass teapots can be put in the microwave and washed in the dishwasher. Glass teapots are very tough indeed but like fine china or a porcelain teapot glass when dropped is vulnerable to damage but with the proper care, a glass teapot can produce a lifetime of pleasurable tea-drinking experiences