Best Teapots & Infusers

I was given a Tavalon Gravity teapot plus a matching tea cup and saucer for Christmas. They are all in a clear glass finish. I have come to really… Read more

enjoy using it.

I must admit, I had never heard of these before then. My daughter in law mentioned that you put the tea pot on top of the cup and the tea would filter down. This is where I made my first mistake as I unpacked but could not see instructions (they are on the side of the actual box it comes in) but I thought, how hard can it be? I did wonder beforehand how it would work as the teapot is not huge, but definitely larger than the cup and I imagined the liquid could spill over. So.. I put the tea pot on top of the cup, with tea leaves, and poured in the water. I expected a slow filter but instead the water was in the cup within about 3 seconds, with no time to steep and yes, it did indeed spill over. I wasn't impressed but it was my mistake for not looking up instructions beforehand.

The correct way is to just fill it like a normal tea pot, allow it to draw till it is ready, then place the teapot on top of the cup, whisking it off as soon as it gets to the level you want. Once I figured out how to use it, I was impressed.

The best part is you don't necessarily need to use a Tavalon cup, the teapot will work on just about any cup or mug. And it doesn't leak, either before or after use, which I half expected it to. Amazing.

The bonus with this tea pot is it holds enough water for 2 decent sized cups. So if you have a friend over, ideal. For multiple people, you may need a bigger tea pot but for one or two people, excellent size.

Plus, you can use loose tea leaves. This (I believe) is more environmentally friendly and it allows you to make up your own mix of tea leaves if you wish.

Easy to clean out, none of the tea leaves go through to your cup of tea either. Tavalon also sell nice loose leaf teas in a handy tin. I was given one of these too. I'm really happy with the whole set and it is getting a lot of use. I've included as best I can a photo of the tea filtering through but I had to be quick!

Beautiful little teapot – Looking for a teapot as most teabags have plastic structure for paper stability in hot water. Wishes were for inert glass that would hold heat well,… Read more

no plastic of any sort! Finally found this one on Amazon, expensive but made in Japan and feels just great to hold and use. Pours well and the SS strainer inside is fine mesh and reaches bottom - important when using for one. There are different sizes and I bought the medium one, which manages to hold enough for 2 of our mugs of tea. The smallest one would only be suitable maybe for an Asian sized tea. Beautiful little pot, will just need to handle with care. Also noticed that the condensation from the glass lid was substantial so glad I didn't settle for other brands with plastic lids.

Colour issue – Well made fairly costly small teapot, but the colour of the Succulent teapot was very dark copper and nothing like shown on the website, without rose… Read more

or pink as per the photo. This I found most disappointing as it was bought specifically because of the lovely colour shown.

Underwhelmed – I was actually after a thermal teapot by Thermos which has great reviews on this site. However, it was no longer available for sale. I wanted a… Read more

Thermos branded item as I am very, very happy with the performance and superb manufacturing quality of a Thermos thermal carafe I bought.

However, there was a perfect dupe in the Avanti Modena teapot - it looked exactly the same as the no-longer-available Thermos. And I was also satisfied with a thermal Avanti Go Cup.

With the look-alike teapot, I figured that as it was sold on Amazon from the Avanti Shop, it couldn’t be an unauthorised copy or fake right?

On delivery, the polished silver double-wall 1.2L teapot looked nice. But it was light and tinny, not even close to the solid, sturdy feel of the 600 ml Thermos carafe. The joins on the teapot (e.g. where the spout joins the body) looked poor, and the insulation also seemed iffy as the outside body of the teapot heats up when hot water is poured in.

The design of the teapot looks nice, but the quality and performance is disappointing.