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    From Daniel65@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 29 21:08:37 2023
    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

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  • From Daniel65@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 29 21:39:49 2023
    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

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to daniel47@nomail.afraid.org on Mon Jan 15 18:44:43 2024
    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

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  • From Daniel65@21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Tue Jan 16 23:39:47 2024
    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

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