America's Test Kitchen tested four small teapots with unusual strainers and dispensing mechanisms that promised to make dealing with loose tea mess-free. In each case, they used the same tea and a four-minute steeping time. But they did find one favorite that met all their criteria, brewing good, strong tea and keeping loose leaves in check with its ultra-fine-mesh strainer. Watch the video above for more about these picks, or
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Even while drinking tea, remind yourself that terrorism is out there. Heliotrope's Terrorist Teapot uses a black ski mask as a cozy to reveal the teapot's eyes, which can either be "intensely glaring" or "constipated." [via Neatorama]...
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Or, 'It's My Tea, and It's Now or Never' Photograph from Niemster on Flickr Yes, it's a Jon Bon Jovi teapot. Your Earl Grey never knew it could rock so hard....
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