Brown Betty

Jan 21, 2007

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We are now the proud owners of a Brown Betty Teapot made by Price and Kensington. I purchased it from Wilkinson’s emporium at Crystal Peaks, Sheffield, £2.99. They also had a very nice spotty pot, but I did think that could be disorienting early in the morning.

Later, I saw a lovely white teapot at Sainsbury’s for £2.49, but that is life. 🙂

Thinking about the warming of pots, it does occur to me that the problem with a stoneware pot may well be that the very high thermal capacity of the pot is double edged. A seasoned tannophile, like Chris Bean, will know that the pot must be warmed through thoroughly, while impatient Philistines, like Sarah and Clare will rush the process, in which case the pot will have the effect of chilling the tea.

Also, I bought a strainer and some loose leaf tea. Now after all that, we will doubtless shortly get the email from the Beans to say they have had a better offer of hospitality, and will not be honouring us.

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Comments

18 responses to “Brown Betty”

HelenHaricot
21 January 2007
nope, the new teapot def swung it in your favour!
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Sarah
21 January 2007
lol, and you’re probably right, I probably am too impatient. In my defence, when I do use a pot I do take the time to warm it as I absolutely hate the cooling effect. And I do use the pot fairly regularly because I have plenty of friends who prefer tea from a pot. Although I maintain that personally I still prefer tea made in a mug!
Anyway it’s a lovely teapot 😉
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rosie
21 January 2007
Ooh, we’ve got one of those! I use it *sometimes*, depending on which tea and how many people. I used to use a teapot always, but I just got lazy I guess. And I put it on the shelf, not the cupboard, if it gets put away at all- I dont mind looking at it.
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t-bird
21 January 2007
lovely, but does this mean I need to get a pot before the Beans will visit our mad house? and loose tea? Oh gosh, no wonder no one ever comes to our house…. we are obviously slacking!! 😉
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Bob
21 January 2007
Nice tea pot – now you can embark on beginning computer graphics projects, which all seem to feature tea pots.
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DaddyBean
21 January 2007
Yep, Tim’s raised the bar, anyone expecting visits from us in the future has to have teapot. sometimes standards just have to kept.
But it does certainly look like a Proper Teapot. Does it dribble ?
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rosie
21 January 2007
Mine dribbles, unfortnately, it’s just not a very good pourer- difficult to tell before you get it home, though. I think thats why I don’t use it as much as I used to my old one- actually I’ve had *many* teapots- the all get broken.
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HelenHaricot
21 January 2007
rofl katy, normal tea does us.
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Tim
21 January 2007
Ours seems to pour okay for me. Jax says otherwise.
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Jax
21 January 2007
It dribbled the first time I used it – maybe it just needed breaking in?
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Clare
22 January 2007
Ok, I’ve been thinking on this ‘impatient’ thing…how do those of you with lots of children/babies have the time to stand around swilling boiling water around teapots, then wandering back to the kitchen to pour your tea? I want tea when I’m thirsty and only manage to have a small window of opportunity to make myself my one vice! Not being facetious…just honestly would love to know how to do it!
Cx
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Tim
22 January 2007
Personally I have no patience. As you say, when I want a drink, I WANT IT NOW, same as everything else. So I end up drinking a lot of instant coffee, which I don’t like much.
On the same topic. I don’t understand why young people drive everywhere in a rush and old people drive slowly. Look, if you are 90, GET ON WITH IT, you are running out of time, if you are 18, you have plenty of time, slow down, enjoy it.
Mind you, maybe it is only people who drive slowly who survive to be old…
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Gill
22 January 2007
I love my brown betty teapots, but still make it usually by the mug, for some weird reason. I should get a teapot out. You’ve inspired me!
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MARK
13 June 2007
ALL VERY NICE BUT ITS NOT A REAL BROWN BETTY TEAPOT. I SELL THE REAL THING AND IT IS A LOT DARKER DUE TO THE RED CLAY USED TO MAKE THEM AND THE ROCKINGHAM GLAZE THATS ON THEM.THE PRICE IS ALSO VERY CHEAP FOR A BROWN BETTY, I SELL THEM FOR WELL UNDER THE RETAIL PRICE AND ITS STILL MORE THAN THAT.THEY SELL FOR MORE THAN Â£20 IN THE USA.ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE THE REAL THING VISIT MY EBAY SHOP
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Tim
13 June 2007
YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY APPEARS TO BE STUCK.
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Jax
14 June 2007
AND YOUR ADVERT HAS BEEN REMOVED.
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mark
11 July 2007
thats all fine. i apologise about the caps lock it was on i didn`t realise and i am aware that its considered shouting on forums and that was`nt my intention. as for the teapots we make a traditional brown betty teapot with the proper red clay and a rockingham glaze.the brown betty teapot has a proud history and it annoys me when other companys make a teapot and call it a brown betty when it is obviously not and are therefore decieving buyers into thinking they have a proper brown betty teapot.thanks
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Pagesec1
4 September 2009
Nice post, lovely teapot
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