This lovely teapot called Sorapot from designer Joey Roth uses innovative materials to provide an exquisite view of your tea while it brews. If only I could afford it! A girl’s gotta have dreams I guess. =)

The way it opens to add the tea is especially intriguing. It’s begging for some Adagio green flowering tea!

Rose Petals in Sorapot from Joey Roth on Vimeo.

Growing up my parents always had a real on-the-stove kettle, and the sound of the gas stove pilot clicking became forever linked in my mind to the coming cup of morning tea.

Once I left the nest and went to college, I began to look for my own tea kettles, but met nothing but disappointment. Design school didn’t help. My best friend and I obsessed over tea pots and kettles of lovely designs and proportions and colors, but actually acquiring one of these never happened. They were either too expensive, nowhere to be purchased, or in reality just pretty but not usable.

After college, after lasting disappointment with my somewhat stylish but incredibly annoying college tea kettle, I finally gave in and got this Cuisinart electric tea kettle. It is really quite wonderful. Nice-looking, easy to use, reliable. It was a reasonable price.

And yet have I always missed making tea on the stove, the whistle, the clicks, the heat! Hitting a button and hearing a click has just never been quite the same. Tea is a ritual for many with many, many different meanings, and for me the electric tea kettle has always been just too… convenient? There is something visceral and old in a kettle over gas that I love. Not to mention that it makes the kitchen look great and is slightly better for the environment and cheaper too.

So now that I am married and have my own home, I think it’s about time that I found myself a good ol’ tea kettle. It may not be easy, but I’m determined! I’ll keep this blog posted on how it goes.

This gorgeous tea pitcher is just waiting for me to experiment with some nice iced mint teas or maybe even an apple raspberry…. If only it weren’t out of stock! Don’t worry, sweet pitcher, I’ll be on the lookout for you. More info at Bodum.

This teamaker leaves my mouth watering… Not only has it got some great curves, I can dress it up, and it’s got brains too. For black teas, brew with leaves in the basket and depress the plunger to stop the brewing process. For herbal teas, let your tea leaves float freely; the teamaker will strain as you pour. Now that’s sweet. Check this beautiful baby out here.

In reality, though, this might be a bit too sensual for me for my everyday tea. Sometimes you just want a sturdy mug for a bit of orange pekoe with milk to unwind. But for a more sexy sophisticated occasion, this could be just the trick.