February 11, 2003

  • Asiatic Pheasant Whistling Teakettle -  2 1/2 Quart


    my new kettle.  I’m tired of worrying if the aluminum from my grandmother’s kettle will give me alzheimer’s.  I mean, hell, my grandmother has alzheimer’s…  it wasn’t such a big deal when I was Too Much Coffee Woman, but now I’m drinking green tea every day.  lots.


    I wanted a nice japanese iron kettle, but it turns out that you’re not supposed to boil the water in them.  well what is the point of that?  I have plenty of tea pots, what I need is a kettle.  oh well.  plus, there is the aesthetic changing boats midstream factor…I have kind of a bone china/ceramic/english theme going on with me tea wear, and I don’t exactly need to start branching out.  I have six pots, twenty cups, scads of vintage linens, and I have finally found the strainers I was looking for:


    Tea Strainer (Stainless Steel)


    I’ve been searching for this exact thing, online and irl for three years now.  finally.   I also have three of those tiered snackie plates I adore.  mmmmm…water cress sammies!


    I guess it’s time for another formal tea.  it’s been long enough that I’m willing to ignore my vow of “AS GOD IS MY WITLESS, NEVER AGAIN!”

Comments (16)

  • ooh, sign me up, woman, i’m coming for a tea party!  the kettle looks very much like the pattern on my mason’s china that was my grams.

    you said you had bad dream rescues?  spill.

  • ROFLMAO… “witless”… I think the cliche there is “witness”, but witless is lots funnier.  Thanks for the laugh.

    Kettles and all those things are very important.  That’s a cute one.  Mine (found for $2 at Salvation Army) is the black, art deco model, duplicate of one in the Museum of Modern Art.  I love it.  Basic black goes with anything.

  • I just retired my teapot! I got one of those water dispensors that have hot and cold, always ready and ooh la la, my quality of life is off the damned page now!

  • I would LOVE To have Instahot…but I know my feral children would scald themselves withing hours of its installation.  example:  the baby just rubbed an entire lipbalm over the seat of the new red sofa.  sigh.

  • OOOOHH PRETTY!
     

  • Verrrrrry pretty!  I need to get a kettle.  I love the cucumber sandwiches with the cream cheese!  We have a hotel here that puts on high tea everyday-you’ve got me hankerin to do that again…
    -M

  • Ah, nice. With my diet and propensity for the Oriental I enjoy Chanoyu, but that would be branching out quite a bit for you. But the accouterments don’t have to be expensive. In fact, that’s more of a Western abomination revealing our inability to grasp the basic concept of equal. But the tea tastes like crap. *smile*

  • i’m a tea whore.

    there was this great place in victoria when I lived there..I can’t remember the name of it but they made all of these different types of teas..over 100. You go to a huge barrel full of tea and fill a tin full of the good stuff. My favorite was Japanese Cherry Green Tea. I’m sure it cost more than heroin per gram..

    I know they have a website and you can order..why didn’t I think of this before?.. I’ll get back to you on that.

  • God, it’s been years since I’ve “done tea”…Mom and I used to go downtown a couple times a year and have high tea at the Jefferson Hotel in DC.  Sigh.  I love tea – in a spiffo hotel or just on my couch in a mug.

    PS…can I use ‘witless’????

  • http://www.silkroadtea.com/teaequipage/index.html

    Don’t hate me if you max the credit cards.

    Oh and the one I LOVE is Japanese SOUR cherry green tea.

    ENJOY!!!!

  • http://www.silkroadtea.com/teaequipage/index.html

    Don’t hate me if you max the credit cards.

    Oh and the one I LOVE is Japanese SOUR cherry green tea.

    ENJOY!!!!

  • I have never aquired a taste for tea.   But Im with Vm, hot water dispenser is wonderful.  You can purchase a small one to go ontop of your counter and they do have child proof ones.

  • I have an OXO kettle, its the best. and an iron one, its soo nice to use when we’re having dinner, it stays hot. I drink tea almost everyday, its goood shtuff.

  • What do the snack plates look like? I have some glass snack trays with their own cups and even a little section that’s supposed to be the ashtray! They’d be perfect for watercress (or cucumber) sandwiches.

    SMOOCH.

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