Customer Reviews

Japanese Cast Iron Tea Pot Set Burgundy Red Bamboo

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This teapot is really beautiful but it's only big enough for about 2 cups of tea. Also, it is cast iron so you have to be careful not to chip or scratch it because it can rust.

What do you mean you can't brew tea with this thing? Of course you can. It can sit on an oven burner and heat up, and the handle stays cool. It doesn't whistle, so you have to keep an eye on it, but I brew tea in it two or three times a day. True, it is a one or two cup pot, but adding water each time, I have found, burns very few calories.

Heat water in a kettle, put green tea into pot, pour nearly boiling water into pot. The heat is absorbed by the cast iron to make the water just the right temperature for green tea. Don't put this on the stove..... that's not what it is for. You wouldn't put a bone china tea pot on the stove would you?

5 stars because the product is exactly what it claims to be. It's pretty and looks good on a shelf. Too small to be any use unless you sip tiny amounts of tea at a time. Also, and I should have been more attentive before buying, it is as impractical an item as possible. Cannot brew tea in it and after using the pot, it requires a lot of cleaning to avoid rust. Hey, not the manufacturers fault--my fault for buying it. Oh, it's also a little more brownish than the pictures depict.