A niece and her soon-to-be-husband gave me a Christmas Gift of six
little canisters of "T2" brand Teas and a Teapot.

English Breakfast, Melbourne Breakfast, New York Breakfast, Singapore
Breakfast and Sydney Breakfast Teas.

However my question concerns the Teapot. Many years ago, when making the
Tea, it was a case of "A teaspoon of Tea for each person and one for the
Pot", let is 'brew' for a time then pour and, usually, you got something
to eat with your cuppa. But I'm flummoxed with this pot.

It is a common design, not sure if it's baked clay, but that sort of
thing, with a lid, a handle and spout .... and a little aluminum (I
think) insert (that fits snugly in the top of the pot) which I thought
would be where you placed the leaves and then you'd pour the water in
through this insert and it would then flow into the pot proper ....
except the insert doesn't have a mesh bottom so the water can't flow
through the leaves and out into the pot proper.

So what's the go?? What is the purpose of this little metal insert??
--
Daniel

Daniel65 wrote on 29/12/23 9:08 pm:
> A niece and her soon-to-be-husband gave me a Christmas Gift of six
> little canisters of "T2" brand Teas and a Teapot.
>
> English Breakfast, Melbourne Breakfast, New York Breakfast, Singapore
> Breakfast and Sydney Breakfast Teas.

The sixth was a French Earl Grey!! "French" .... "Earl Grey"?? Really??
> However my question concerns the Teapot. Many years ago, when making
> the Tea, it was a case of "A teaspoon of Tea for each person and one
> for the Pot", let is 'brew' for a time then pour and, usually, you
> got something to eat with your cuppa. But I'm flummoxed with this
> pot.
>
> It is a common design, not sure if it's baked clay, but that sort of
> thing, with a lid, a handle and spout .... and a little aluminum (I
> think) insert (that fits snugly in the top of the pot) which I
> thought would be where you placed the leaves and then you'd pour the
> water in through this insert and it would then flow into the pot
> proper .... except the insert doesn't have a mesh bottom so the water
> can't flow through the leaves and out into the pot proper.
>
> So what's the go?? What is the purpose of this little metal insert??
--
Daniel

Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>It is a common design, not sure if it's baked clay, but that sort of
>thing, with a lid, a handle and spout .... and a little aluminum (I
>think) insert (that fits snugly in the top of the pot) which I thought
>would be where you placed the leaves and then you'd pour the water in
>through this insert and it would then flow into the pot proper ....
>except the insert doesn't have a mesh bottom so the water can't flow
>through the leaves and out into the pot proper.
>
>So what's the go?? What is the purpose of this little metal insert??

It's not a ring with a missing bottom to hold the string of a teabag,
but a solid cup that fits into the pot?

Perhaps it is for holding discarded leaves after steeping or when removed
from your cup? That is, it's a thing for use outside of the pot, and just
kept in the pot when not in use.

I'm curious though what Sydney Breakfast and Singapore Breakfast teas are.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Scott Dorsey wrote on 16/1/24 5:44 am:
> Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> It is a common design, not sure if it's baked clay, but that sort
>> of thing, with a lid, a handle and spout .... and a little aluminum
>> (I think) insert (that fits snugly in the top of the pot) which I
>> thought would be where you placed the leaves and then you'd pour
>> the water in through this insert and it would then flow into the
>> pot proper .... except the insert doesn't have a mesh bottom so the
>> water can't flow through the leaves and out into the pot proper.
>>
>> So what's the go?? What is the purpose of this little metal
>> insert??
>
> It's not a ring with a missing bottom to hold the string of a
> teabag, but a solid cup that fits into the pot?

A solid cup about an inch deep and two inches diameter... with a rim
folding out to fit/sit on the inside rim of the actual teapot and a
little bit cut out of its rim so the notch on the pot lid can fit under
the rim of the pot.
> Perhaps it is for holding discarded leaves after steeping or when
> removed from your cup? That is, it's a thing for use outside of the
> pot, and just kept in the pot when not in use.

So you put the leaves in the pot, add water and then, when the tea is
brewed, pour the tea out so you can reclaim the leaves which you then
put in the 'bucket' then put the 'bucket' back in the pot??

Really??

> I'm curious though what Sydney Breakfast and Singapore Breakfast teas
> are. --scott
>
I'm guessing just different flavours like English Breakfast tea and
Irish Breakfast tea.

Thanks for responding, Scott. I had just about given up hope of a
response, thinking everyone might have moved over to Facebook .... which
I don't do!!!
--
Daniel