Customer Reviews

Churchill China Brook Pink Tea Pot

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Holy Toledo! I honestly did not even notice the teapot's country of manufacture, and I have had it for years. It is everyday earthenware, for gosh sakes! I hope none of the discontented buyers expected to net something from Newport's Gilded Age such as Porcelain Limoges, or Serves porcelain teapots for under $30.00 including free shipping.

Churchill and similar manufacturers with the same physical design are my everyday teapots. I have collected seven of various patterns over the years as utility teapots, and I love them! The lids are interchangeable if one dies. The crocheted cozies I made for them are interchangeable as well.

With clean pots constantly in rotation, one can retain the cold remains from breakfast's keemun for later use over ice, while preparing a mid morning green tea in a fresh pot. If I do not get wild with the lid, and inadvertently fling it somewhere, these pots will last many years.

Churchill teapots are durable, high-fired earthenware. They lack the ultimate heat retentive capability and unsurpassed elegance of bone china teapots; they are also only 10% of their cost. These two issues are partially overcome with pretty porcelain teacups.

Churchill tea pots are wonderful, sturdy, utility stalwarts that have better heat-retentive qualities than a "Brown Betty" as well as superior balance. The design's spout is also reasonably drip-free.

The earthenware is not as inclined to craze as bone china. I can preheat a pot with sitting boiling water without fear of thermal shock. They are dishwasher safe, as well as microwave safe, should anyone be inclined to blaspheme their noble brew by nuking it.

The 32-ounce capacity is the five and a half mark on a Russell Hobbs electric kettle. The opening accepts a 72 mm tea strainer. The 3" stainless mesh tea strainer basket with 3" outside diameter is a fraction too small for the teapot's opening. Other than green or white teas, I dispense with the strainer and measure from 5 grams to 8 grams of black China or India teas, which are then allowed to settle. The spout's size and shape permits easy removal of whole tea leaves, simply by rinsing with water. It never becomes necessary to poke at the spout with skewers.

A footed lip on the lid helps to secure it when pouring. The balance bears mentioning again as it is so annoying to deal with a poorly balanced teapot all day.

Churchill teapot's design (not just the pattern), has been around for many years it has been my preference for an everyday pot for over 25 years.

I received made in columbia and not made in england.
Amazon website says made in england and that's why i placed the order with amazon.
The made in columbia tea pot was defective,rough on the surface ,print was not proper and color did not match my existing churchill china made in england.
Amazon replaced it 2 times and it had similar issues.The customer service at amazon was excellent they understood the issues with this item but could not do anything.Looks like churchill china has shifted its manufacturing unit to columbia.
Made in columbia churchill china 5 piece set,teapot,gravy boat
is poor in quality,color and print and has rough surfaces.
Amazon was not able to provide me made in england I had a bad experience with this product.
When i ordered the item the product description at amazon site said "MADE IN ENGLAND".

I was very pleased with my purchase. I am in the process of moving and can't wait to have it on display. It was just what I was looking for.

Over the last few years several English ceramics companies have shifted production eastward. Here are just a few:

CHURCHILL CERAMICS

JOHNSON BROTHERS

SADLER

ROYAL ALBERT

CHATSFORD

If you insist on English MADE ceramics and are not sure, inquire, or shop elsewhere. I too tend to shy away from teaware--porcelain & bone china--made in China or other countries--ESPECIALLY when I am looking for items Made in England. Sometimes an item may say "DESIGNED" in England, or "MANUFACTURED OF ENGLISH DESIGN". These are not Made or Manufacted in England. There are some really fine China based producers of ceramics, but what I despise is any attempt to mislead the consumer. When no country of origin is listed, I usually assume that item is NOT made in England. I hope this helps!

This is a beautiful addition to your Churchill Brook Pink China set.
It's a nice size and adds charm & elegance to tea time.
You can't beat Amazon's price!

HELP! I ordered place settings for almost 16, and I have a few more plus some serving pieces remaining to buy, but I'm unsure what to get now. All of mine were ordered six months ago and they all say "Made in England". I'm afraid to buy any more from Amazon. It looks like I will have to go directly to the Replacements.com site to get the remining ones, but they don't have all the pieces I need for the "made in England" set. Were the "made in England" sets discontinued????? When you look at the descriptions for "made in England" dishes, they say from 1993 to 1993, but I ordered several sets six months ago of these. Lesson learned....get the whole sets all at once instead of waiting several months to complete the sets before the company sends them somewhere else to be made! I saw a set of the "made in Columbia" ones up close in a local flea market and they are not like mine at all!! I could tell that they were different than mine before I turned them over and looked at the back to see where they were made! I'm so mad and confused!