Glass Teapot by Bodum - Bora Bora double walled 0.5 litres

This double layered glass teapot is designed to retain heat and perfect for two mugs of tea. Handmade of borosilicate glass, the double wall construction has thermal properties that keep tea hot for a much longer period of time while remaining cool to the touch and eliminating the need for a trivet. This glass teapot incorporates Bodum's patented tea press system, the Bora Bora allows you to brew your tea until it reaches your desired strength; then with the press of a plunger, completely stop the brewing process, this glass teapot Infuser can stop tea leaves over brewing.

With an elegant sphere-shaped glass body beautifully sculpted to characterize traditional British design and a chrome lid to complement every table setting, the Bora Bora teapot combines beauty and function in the most exquisite way.

Glass teapot features

• Double layered teapot to retain heat
• Teapot infuser to get the full flavour of the tea
• Winner of 2 prestigious design awards
• Made by quality teapot maker 
• Teapot capacity 0.5l
• The teapot is dishwasher Safe
• Stainless Steel teapot Infuser

Designer Teapots

There are a large range of designer teapots available to choose from today to compliment your modern kitchen design. Some of the more common designer teapots that people select for their modern kitchen are made from ceramics, stainless steel, glass . Many of these designer teapots offer sleek, clean surfaces with minimalist design, these stylish new designs have reinvented the modern designer teapot.

Examples of designer teapots are very common, but we look at 2 popular designer teapots that would help you achieve that modern look and feel in your kitchen whilst making a great cup of tea.

Designer Teapot Stainless Steel

The Sunfish Teapot is a dainty, attractive tea pot with an eye-catching polished stainless steel finish. Part of British designer Nick Munro's collection, the Sunfish Teapot combines a cutting edge design with high quality stainless steel. The teapot holds 900ml and would fit in to any modern, stylish home.

Teapots with infusers

Teapot with Infuser

A teapot with an infuser is a teapot device in which loose tea leaves are placed for steeping, it is often called a teaball or tea maker, and sometimes a tea egg. The tea infuser gained popularity in first half the 19th century. By the time of Queen Victoria no respectable British household would be without one. Tea pots with infusers enable one to easily brew fannings and broken leaf teas.

A teapot with infuser performs the same function as a tea bag. The infuser is generally a small mesh or perforated metal container or covered spoon that holds tea leaves, in varying sizes to brew single or multiple servings at once. Common shapes for teapot infusers include spherical, conical and cylindrical. One style of teapot infuser is a split sphere with tong-like handles to open its mesh container.

A Teapot with  Infuser is the perfect way to enjoy the great tastes and health benefits of drinking tea. Whether you choose a beautiful ornate silver model teapot with infuser, or just a simple teapot ball style  one, allowing the water to infuse properly with your tea of choice will release the flavours better and drinking tea, especially green tea is said to have many health benefits, and they are better with fresh loose tea than bags. If you are short on time but want all the benefits then you should try a Tea Infuser Mug or one of the integrated Teapot Infusers that allow you to make single servings of freshly brewed tea with the minimum of fuss and mess.

Ceramic teapots

Ceramic Teapots

Perhaps the most popular and oldest kind of teapot are ones made from Ceramics. The teapot is to the potter what the canvas is to painter and over the years there have been many great designed ceramic teapots both functional and sometime just for show. Since the ancient Chinese first developed vessels for brewing and serving tea, the teapot has inspired potters to create many different designs of ceramic teapots.

A ceramic is an inorganic, non-metallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling. Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous (e.g., a glass). Because most common ceramics are crystalline, the definition of ceramic is often restricted to inorganic crystalline materials, as opposed to the non-crystalline glasses.

The earliest ceramics were pottery objects made from clay, either by itself or mixed with other materials, hardened in fire. Later ceramics were glazed and fired to create a coloured, smooth surface. Ceramics now include domestic, industrial and building products and art objects. In the 20th century, new ceramic materials were developed for use in advanced ceramic engineering; for example, in semiconductors.

The word ceramic comes from the Greek word "κεραμικός" (keramikos), "of pottery" or "for pottery", from "κέραμος" (keramos), "potter's clay, tile, pottery" which is said to derive from the Indo-European word *cheros (unattested), meaning heat. The earliest mention on the word "ceramic" is the Mycenaean Greek ke-ra-me-we, "workers of ceramics", written in Linear b syllabic script. Ceramic may be used as an adjective describing a material, product or process; or as a singular noun, or, more commonly, as a plural noun, ceramics.

Ceramic teapots come in a range of styles such as Japanese ceramic teapots, Chinese ceramic teapots and traditional English ceramic teapots.  Ceramic teapots can be painted and finished in a number of styles and some of the more popular ceramic teapot colours are white teapots, blue ceramic tea pots, black ceramic teapots and cream ceramic teapots.  There have also been some fantastic designs of ceramic teapots including work done by famous potters.

Bodum Kenya Stainless Steel Tea Pot, 0.5 litre

Bodum Kenya Stainless Steel Tea Pot, 0.5 litre

This fantastic teapot is a cross between tradition and modernity and is a great way to make and enjoy your tea.  The teapot is made from glass, stainless steel and plastic which offers the best materials to make a perfect cup of tea. To use the teapot, simply fill the strainer with your favourite tea leaves and add boiling water. Wait until the tea reaches your preferred strength and slowly depress the plunger to stop the brewing. Indulge and cherish the tea experience either alone or with friends.

The handle and coaster protect the user and any surface from burns or damage through heat. The see-through windows allow the monitoring of the brewing process. Ideal for everyday use, the Kenya tea press is durable and can go directly into the dishwasher.

Glass teapot features and benefits

• 0.5l capacity teapot, 17 oz
• Stainless Steel frame
• Borosilicate glass teapot
• This teapot is Dishwasher safe
• Made by Bodum teapots

Le Creuset Stoneware Classic Teapot, Cerise, 1.3 Litre

Le Creuset Stoneware Classic Teapot, Cerise, 1.3 Litre

Make tea a real treat with this gorgeous teapot. This beautiful Classic Teapot brews the perfect cup of morning or afternoon tea, keeps it hot and commands a bold presence on your table.

The teapot has a capacity of 1.3 litres, which comfortably serves 4 cups of tea. It comes with an anti-drip spout, so spillage will be a thing of the past and the large easy-to-use handle makes pouring effortless even when the pot is full. The stylish lid area will enable you to pour tea in an elegant and graceful manner, while the lid fits firmly in its hole even when pouring tea. And since no afternoon tea is complete without scones or cream cakes, go on and spoil yourself.

Teapot Benefits and Features

• This pot can holds up to 1.3 litres of tea
• Serves 4 cups of tea
• Teapot has 5-year Guarantee
• Microwave, Freezer and Dishwasher safe friendly
• Very strong and durable teapot

Teapot Review - Le Teapot 660ml

When it come to choosing a little teapot for your kitchen one of the best options is Le Teapot.

Le Teapot

Absolutely brilliant little teapot. Couldn't be simpler to get a decent cup of tea. The removable tea leaf/teabag holder makes the whole process of brewing a cup of tea very clean and tidy. It holds just enough liquid for 2 cups of tea. If you want a little teapot that does 'just what it says on the tin' then this is the one for you.

Teapot features and benefits

• Great teapot Design statement on any kitchen worktop 
• The teapot has a Stainless steel finish
• 660ml capacity teapot
• Easy to use and clean teapot
• Le Teapot is great for both hot and cold drinks
• Features a dishwasher safe heat- resistant glass beaker
• Perfect teapot for use with tea bags or loose tea 

For more information on teapots

Teapots Brief History

Teapots Brief History



A teapot is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or a herbal mix in near-boiling water. Tea may be either in a tea bag or loose, in which case a tea strainer will be needed, either to hold the leaves as they steep or to catch the leaves inside the teapot when the tea is poured. Teapots usually have an opening with a lid at their top, where the tea and water are added, a handle for holding by hand and a spout through which the tea is served. Some teapots have a strainer built-in on the inner edge of spout. A small hole in the lid is necessary for air access inside to stop the spout from dripping and splashing when tea is poured. In modern times, a tea cosy may be used to enhance the steeping or to prevent the contents of the teapot from cooling too rapidly.

The teapot probably derived from the ceramic kettles and wine pots which were made in bronze and other metals and were a feature of Chinese cultural life for thousands of years. The earliest example of a teapot that has survived to this day seems to be the one in the Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware; it has been dated to 1513 and attributed to Gongchun.

From the end of the 17th century tea was shipped from China to Europe as part of the export of exotic spices and luxury goods. The ships that brought the tea also carried porcelain teapots. The majority of these teapots were painted in blue and white underglaze. Porcelain being completely vitrified will withstand sea water without damage, so the teapots were packed below deck whilst the tea stayed on top in the dry.


Tea drinking in Europe was initially the preserve of the upper classes since it was very expensive. Porcelain teapots were particularly desirable because porcelain could not be made in Europe at that time. It wasn't until 1765 that William Cookworthy devised a way of making porcelain and founded a works at Plymouth UK for the production of a porcelain similar to the Chinese. When European potteries began to make their own tea wares they were naturally inspired by the Chinese designs.  To see more about the history of teapots.