Won't you please take me along?

I won't do anything wrong!

strider_mt2k

Hm. Oddly, my coffee pot is not used for coffee, but for hot water for tea.

This little guy would look cool on my stove though.

shorty63136

Is it cast iron, cuz Alton says teapots must be cast iron.

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

Magic-mushroom tea, anyone?

Munch the BanNail

For some reason, a teapot permanently takes up one of the four, sacred burners in my kitchen.

Hell, the blender gets more miles at my house, yet does it retain counter-space? Nay, it is banished to the basement after use. But alas, I want some frozen margaritas, and I gotta dig through the basement to get my trusty blendtec out.

Geisrud

it kinda looks like the alien is squeezing one out in your teapot.

CraziestGadgets.com

Take me to you liter (of water)...

klaybc

Teabagging aliens. Just seems so.....obvious.

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E

@Canthros: Yeah, I'd never want to damage one of my ceramic or iron teapots by heating it directly. The kettle sits on the stove, the teapot sits in a cabinet or on the counter.
We drink tea almost daily, so there's no chance every of the kettle leaving the stove. It's good I have a rather attractive bright-red model. We never did bother to go electric in my house.

kerry

@Geisrud: I dunno about you guys, but I keep a tea kettle on the stove. The tea pot sits on the counter.

I'm thinking that I need to give up and stow the stove-top kettle, though. The electric kettle has been vastly more useful since I purchased it.

Canthros

Finally a teapot Pot Head Pixies can use to make tea while listening to their favorite GONG Album.

evilbastard

@Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E: E.Teabag phone home..?

Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude

I used to keep a tea pot on the stove all the time, (though I almost never drink tea) since I lived in a house with no humidifier, which is a killer in our cold, dry winters. This puppy is so pretty though, that he would go someplace where I could see him all the time. (Possibly on display with all the other pretty teapots that I collect and never use.)

Curves

@kerry: @Canthros: I guess I dunno the difference between a teapot and a tea kettle. But they both belong behind the blender in the basement -seeing as I would use them less.

Geisrud

@klaybc: ROFL

sean123456

That's pretty darned cool, but $80 is kinda steep for a tea kettle. (Yeah, I know... but it's art!)

EricAlder

@Geisrud: The tea kettle's for boiling water. IME, stovetop units are usually steel and probably have a whistle in the spout so you know that it's boiling and need to get it off the heat. Some have lids for easier filling, mine don't.

A tea pot is for brewing tea. The tea bags or leaves and hot water wind up in the pot, from which it's poured into another vessel.

I couldn't resist tweaking a nose, though. As a practical matter, a lot of folks use the two terms more or less interchangeably, and the right kettle could probably fill both needs just fine. And, if you don't use either one, I don't suppose it matters which is which.

Canthros

My first inclination would be to wire up a pulley system that would allow this gem to fly across my kitchen carrying the hot water for my tea. Then I would recall my cousins trip to the hospital after he tried out a similar idea.

Sad day...

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