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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C9%99m_%C3%A7aydan%C4%B1" title="Dəm çaydanı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dəm çaydanı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirat" title="Cirat – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Cirat" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Імбрычак – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Імбрычак" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Чайник – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Чайник" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pod-te" title="Pod-te – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Pod-te" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetera" title="Tetera – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tetera" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%C4%95%C3%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Пĕçермелли чейник – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Пĕçермелли чейник" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebot" title="Tebot – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Tebot" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekande" title="Tekande – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tekande" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teekanne" title="Teekanne – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Teekanne" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1" title="Τσαγιέρα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τσαγιέρα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetera" title="Tetera – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Tetera" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekru%C4%89o" title="Tekruĉo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tekruĉo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teontzi" title="Teontzi – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Teontzi" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="قوری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="قوری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9i%C3%A8re" title="Théière – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Théière" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taephota" title="Taephota – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Taephota" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B0%BB%EC%A3%BC%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90" title="찻주전자 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="찻주전자" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%AF" title="Թրմելու թեյնիկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Թրմելու թեյնիկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cajnik" title="Čajnik – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Čajnik" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poci" title="Poci – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Poci" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekanna" title="Tekanna – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Tekanna" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teiera" title="Teiera – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Teiera" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9ko" title="Téko – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Téko" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D2%9B%D2%9B%D2%B1%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Аққұман – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Аққұман" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C3%BBre" title="Qûre – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Qûre" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbatinukas" title="Arbatinukas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Arbatinukas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Чајник – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Чајник" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teko" title="Teko – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Teko" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theepot" title="Theepot – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Theepot" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekpot" title="Trekpot – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Trekpot" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%80%A5%E9%A0%88" title="急須 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="急須" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekanne" title="Tekanne – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tekanne" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9" title="چینک – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چینک" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bule" title="Bule – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bule" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceainic" title="Ceainic – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ceainic" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Vessel for preparing and serving tea</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Teapot_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Teapot (disambiguation)">Teapot (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_tea_pot_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Black_tea_pot_cropped.jpg/220px-Black_tea_pot_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Black_tea_pot_cropped.jpg/330px-Black_tea_pot_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Black_tea_pot_cropped.jpg/440px-Black_tea_pot_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="838" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Brown_Betty_(teapot)" title="Brown Betty (teapot)">Brown Betty teapot</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>teapot</b> is a vessel used for <a href="/wiki/Steeping" title="Steeping">steeping</a> <a href="/wiki/Tea_leaves" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea leaves">tea leaves</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Herbal_tea" title="Herbal tea">herbal mix</a> in boiling or near-boiling <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a>, and for serving the resulting <a href="/wiki/Infusion" title="Infusion">infusion</a> which is called <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">tea</a>. It is one of the core components of <a href="/wiki/Teaware" title="Teaware">teaware</a>. </p><p>Teapots usually have an opening with a lid at their top, where the dry tea and hot water are added, a handle for holding by hand and a spout through which the tea is served. Some teapots have a strainer built-in on the inner edge of the spout. A small air hole in the lid is often created to stop the spout from <a href="/wiki/Teapot_dribble" class="mw-redirect" title="Teapot dribble">dripping</a> and splashing when tea is poured. In modern times, a <a href="/wiki/Thermally_insulating" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermally insulating">thermally insulating</a> cover called a <a href="/wiki/Tea_cosy" title="Tea cosy">tea cosy</a> may be used to enhance the steeping process or to prevent the contents of the teapot from cooling too rapidly. </p><p>Dry tea is available either in <a href="/wiki/Tea_bag" title="Tea bag">tea bags</a> or as <a href="/wiki/Loose_tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Loose tea">loose tea</a>, in which case a <a href="/wiki/Tea_infuser" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea infuser">tea infuser</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tea_strainer" title="Tea strainer">tea strainer</a> may be of some assistance, either to hold the leaves as they steep or to catch the leaves inside the teapot when the tea is poured. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="China">China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chinese_teapot.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Chinese_teapot.JPG/220px-Chinese_teapot.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Chinese_teapot.JPG/330px-Chinese_teapot.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Chinese_teapot.JPG/440px-Chinese_teapot.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1435" data-file-height="1050" /></a><figcaption>Chinese porcelain hand painted blue and white teapot, 18th century</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glass_tea_kettle,_Kashgar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Glass_tea_kettle%2C_Kashgar.jpg/220px-Glass_tea_kettle%2C_Kashgar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Glass_tea_kettle%2C_Kashgar.jpg/330px-Glass_tea_kettle%2C_Kashgar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Glass_tea_kettle%2C_Kashgar.jpg/440px-Glass_tea_kettle%2C_Kashgar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Glass teapot containing mint leaves, being warmed by a <a href="/wiki/Tealight" title="Tealight">tealight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kashgar" title="Kashgar">Kashgar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a>, China</figcaption></figure> <p>The switch to specialized vessel for tea brewing was powered by the change from the <a href="/wiki/Powdered_tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Powdered tea">powdered tea</a> to <a href="/wiki/Leaf_tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Leaf tea">leaf tea</a> and from whipping to steeping<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199066_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199066-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that occurred in China. It is hard to exactly pinpoint the time of the invention of a teapot, since vessels in the shapes similar to the modern teapot were known in China since <a href="/wiki/Neolithic_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Neolithic period">Neolithic period</a>, but were initially used for water and wine, as boiling or whipping tea did not require a specialized container. When tea preparation switched to infusion (during the late <a href="/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" title="Yuan dynasty">Yuan dynasty</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELo198618_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELo198618-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), at first an <a href="/wiki/Ewer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ewer">ewer</a>-like vessel were used for this purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199066_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199066-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tea preparation during previous dynasties did not use a teapot.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELo198618_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELo198618-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a>, a cauldron was used to boil ground tea, which was served in bowls. <a href="/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song dynasty</a> tea was made by boiling water in a kettle then pouring the water into a bowl with finely ground tea leaves. A brush was then used to stir the tea. Written evidence of a teapot appears in the Yuan dynasty text <i>Jiyuan Conghua</i>, which describes a teapot that the author, Cai Shizhan, bought from the scholar <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sun_Daoming&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sun Daoming (page does not exist)">Sun Daoming</a>. By the <a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming dynasty</a>, teapots were widespread in China.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELo198618_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELo198618-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are early examples of teapots, like the ones made in <a href="/wiki/Jun_ware" title="Jun ware">Jun ware</a> and the eight-lobed <a href="/wiki/Celadon" title="Celadon">celadon</a> pots of the Song-Yuan times, but an expert on <a href="/wiki/Yixing_ware" title="Yixing ware">Yixing ware</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuei-Hsiang_Lo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuei-Hsiang Lo (page does not exist)">Kuei-Hsiang Lo</a>, believes that the first teapots made especially for tea appeared around 1500 as copies of much earlier Yixing wine pots.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199066_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199066-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The earliest example of such teapot that has survived to this day seems to be the one in the <a href="/wiki/Flagstaff_House_Museum_of_Teaware" class="mw-redirect" title="Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware">Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware</a>; it has been dated to 1513 and is attributed to Gong Chun,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the "father of Yixing teapot".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199066–67_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199066–67-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early teapots, like those still used in modern <a href="/wiki/Gongfu_tea_ceremony" class="mw-redirect" title="Gongfu tea ceremony">Gongfu tea ceremony</a>, are small by western standards meant for the individual consumption of tea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935436_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935436-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They use a higher ratio of leaves to water, which enables the brewer to control the variables of brewing to create several small infusions. After brewing, tea would then be decanted into a separate vessel, and distributed into the small cups of several drinkers, and brewed again. This allows the tea to be skillfully brewed, and for the flavor changes to be experienced through the various infusions.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Teapots made from pottery materials such as clay have been hand-fired for tens of thousands of years, originally in China. Clay is a popular material for teapots, as they tend to retain heat very well.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many traditional Chinese teaware is <a href="/wiki/Yixing_ware" title="Yixing ware">yixing ware</a>. Yixing and other regional clays are left unglazed. This allows the clay to absorb the flavor of the teas brewed over time, and enhance the flavor of the tea going forward. Some Gongfu practitioners designate their unglazed pots for specific types, sometimes even specific varietals of tea. </p><p>From the end of the 17th century tea was shipped from China to Europe as part of the export of exotic spices and luxury goods. The ships that brought the tea also carried <a href="/wiki/Porcelain" title="Porcelain">porcelain</a> teapots. The majority of these teapots were painted in <a href="/wiki/Blue_and_white_porcelain" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue and white porcelain">blue and white</a> <a href="/wiki/Underglaze" title="Underglaze">underglaze</a>. Porcelain, being completely vitrified, will withstand sea water without damage, so the teapots were packed below deck whilst the tea was stowed above deck to ensure that it remained dry.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japan">Japan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Household-kyusu-feb5-2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Household-kyusu-feb5-2015.jpg/220px-Household-kyusu-feb5-2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Household-kyusu-feb5-2015.jpg/330px-Household-kyusu-feb5-2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Household-kyusu-feb5-2015.jpg/440px-Household-kyusu-feb5-2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3858" data-file-height="2803" /></a><figcaption>Japanese traditional teapot, <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsu" title="Kyūsu">kyūsu</a> is a common for making Japanese green tea, <a href="/wiki/Sencha" title="Sencha">sencha</a>. It often has its handle on the side of the pot</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsu" title="Kyūsu">kyūsu</a> (急須), a common and traditional teapot in Japan, differs from the Chinese teapot in that it has a handle facing sideways to the spout<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although some kyusu, like their Chinese counterparts, have the handle located opposite the spout.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kyusu is frequently made of ceramics.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The kyūsu, has its origins in a Chinese tool used for tea ceremonies,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the Chinese tool may have been used to boil water, and it is unclear if it was used to steep tea at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Japan, kyusu was used since at least the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The side arrangement of the handle is considered to be unique to Japan,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935436–437_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935436–437-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, the same feature can be found in some of the Chinese tools mentioned above.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Morocco">Morocco</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Morocco"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tetera_marroqu%C3%AD_met%C3%A1lica,_para_servir_t%C3%A9_verde.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Moroccan tea pot" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tetera_marroqu%C3%AD_met%C3%A1lica%2C_para_servir_t%C3%A9_verde.JPG/220px-Tetera_marroqu%C3%AD_met%C3%A1lica%2C_para_servir_t%C3%A9_verde.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tetera_marroqu%C3%AD_met%C3%A1lica%2C_para_servir_t%C3%A9_verde.JPG/330px-Tetera_marroqu%C3%AD_met%C3%A1lica%2C_para_servir_t%C3%A9_verde.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tetera_marroqu%C3%AD_met%C3%A1lica%2C_para_servir_t%C3%A9_verde.JPG/440px-Tetera_marroqu%C3%AD_met%C3%A1lica%2C_para_servir_t%C3%A9_verde.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3672" /></a><figcaption>A traditional Moroccan tea pot</figcaption></figure> <p>In Morocco, stainless steel teapots are an essential to make <a href="/wiki/Maghrebi_mint_tea" title="Maghrebi mint tea">Moroccan mint tea</a>. Moroccan teapots are heat resistant and can be put directly on the stove. With colorful tea glasses, they are part of the Moroccan tea ritual. The tea is considered to be drinkable only when it has foam on top. Teapots have a long curved spout in order to pour tea from a height of around 12 inches (30 cm) above the glasses, which produces foam on the surface of the tea.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their designs can range from simple to heavily-decorated.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tibet">Tibet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tibet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Novice_monk_with_teapot._Tashilhunpo,_Tibet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Novice_monk_with_teapot._Tashilhunpo%2C_Tibet.jpg/170px-Novice_monk_with_teapot._Tashilhunpo%2C_Tibet.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Novice_monk_with_teapot._Tashilhunpo%2C_Tibet.jpg/255px-Novice_monk_with_teapot._Tashilhunpo%2C_Tibet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Novice_monk_with_teapot._Tashilhunpo%2C_Tibet.jpg/340px-Novice_monk_with_teapot._Tashilhunpo%2C_Tibet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1123" data-file-height="1768" /></a><figcaption>Novice monk holding a large teapot. <a href="/wiki/Tashilhunpo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tashilhunpo">Tashilhunpo</a>, Tibet</figcaption></figure> <p>Teapots for <a href="/wiki/Butter_tea" title="Butter tea">butter tea</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a> evolved simultaneously with teapots of China, eventually settling on a pitcher-like shape.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Two_teapots.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Two_teapots.JPG/220px-Two_teapots.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Two_teapots.JPG/330px-Two_teapots.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Two_teapots.JPG/440px-Two_teapots.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2496" data-file-height="1664" /></a><figcaption>Two <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Era">Victorian Era</a> teapots</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shapes_of_18th_century_European_teapots.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Shapes_of_18th_century_European_teapots.png/220px-Shapes_of_18th_century_European_teapots.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Shapes_of_18th_century_European_teapots.png/330px-Shapes_of_18th_century_European_teapots.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Shapes_of_18th_century_European_teapots.png/440px-Shapes_of_18th_century_European_teapots.png 2x" data-file-width="1112" data-file-height="803" /></a><figcaption>Shapes of 18th century European teapots: A - pear-shaped (pyriform), B - globular, C - vase/urn</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:English_teaware.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/English_teaware.jpg/220px-English_teaware.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/English_teaware.jpg/330px-English_teaware.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/English_teaware.jpg/440px-English_teaware.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>English silver teapot with teaware</figcaption></figure> <p>The Yixing teapots came to Europe with the tea and became known as <i>boccarro</i> ("large mouth" in Portuguese).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935436_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935436-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chinese teapot models were used, since the preservation of the Chinese way of drinking was considered to be essential.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first known order for teapots "with covers and handles" dates back to 1639.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris201655_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris201655-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Porcelain teapots were particularly desirable because porcelain could not be made in Europe at that time, and tea drinking in Europe was initially the preserve of the upper classes. European teapots at the time were made of silver, with the earliest preserved English one, at the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a>, dated 1670,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it looks identical to the earlier coffee pots and can be identified as a teapot only through an inscription.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris201655_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris201655-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the production of the copies of the Chinese <a href="/wiki/Earthenware" title="Earthenware">earthenware</a> teapots started (Fulham Pottery in London was manufacturing these already in 1670).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPettigrew200136_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPettigrew200136-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was not until 1708 that the first successful experiments by <a href="/wiki/Ehrenfried_Walther_von_Tschirnhaus" title="Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus">von Tschirnhaus</a> enabled <a href="/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_B%C3%B6ttger" title="Johann Friedrich Böttger">Böttger</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Meissen_porcelain" title="Meissen porcelain">Meissen factory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a> started the operation in 1710<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColombanMilande20063_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColombanMilande20063-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and produced good copies of Japanese <a href="/wiki/Kakiemon" title="Kakiemon">Kakiemon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imari_porcelain" class="mw-redirect" title="Imari porcelain">Imari</a> porcelain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPettigrew200182_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPettigrew200182-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When European potteries in Holland, Germany, and England began to make their own tea wares they at first imitated the Chinese <i>bocarro</i> designs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many English potteries, however, decided not to risk money on the new material, and continued the manufacturing of earthenware and stoneware pots; the famed <a href="/wiki/Creamware" title="Creamware">creamware</a> services made in Staffordshire reached popularity in the second half of the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPettigrew200183_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPettigrew200183-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the turn of 18th century, design and decoration of the European teapot started to deviate from the Chinese tradition, with the pear shape, or <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="Pyriform"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>pyriform</b></span></span> being the first major novation. An early English pyriform teapot dates back to 1690, the shape became widespread at the time of <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Queen Anne</a> and remains in vogue since then. The other popular shapes in the 18th century were "globular" (sphere-like vessel on a raised foot) and a vase (or urn, <a href="/wiki/Louis_XV_style" title="Louis XV style">Louis XV style</a>), with the latter being a rare comeback to the wine-pot origins of a teapot.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437–438_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935437–438-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the last half of the 18th century, English factories introduced the matched sets of teaware. The original demand for "China" porcelain <a href="/wiki/Tea_set" title="Tea set">tea sets</a> was eventually replaced, at least among the wealthy, with enthusiasm for silver pieces that were extensively produced by the end of the reign of <a href="/wiki/George_III" title="George III">George III</a>. This period also saw a reduction in the price of tea, so teapots became larger.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPickford199775_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPickford199775-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, cheaper <a href="/wiki/Pewter" title="Pewter">pewter</a> sets were made for the less-affluent, mostly as simplified copies of the silver pieces.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="America">America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In colonial America, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> became the epicenter for silver production and artistry. Among the many artists in Boston there were four major families in the city's silver market: Edwards, Revere, Burt and Hurd. Their works of art included silver teapots.<sup id="cite_ref-BMA_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two new "Colonial" shapes appeared in the late <a href="/wiki/Georgian_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian period">Georgian period</a>: oval and octagonal teapots with flat bases, plain handles in the shape of C, and, frequently, straight tapering spouts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Heat_retention">Heat retention</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Heat retention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ability of a teapot to keep heat depends on the material, for example, <a href="/wiki/Stoneware" title="Stoneware">stoneware</a> is supposed to keep the heat better than porcelain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199067_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199067-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tea_cosy" title="Tea cosy">Tea cosy</a></div> <p>To keep teapots hot after tea is first brewed, English households since 18th century employed the <a href="/wiki/Tea_cosy" title="Tea cosy">tea cosy</a>, a padded fabric covering, much like a hat, that slips over the tea pot. The tea cosy got very popular in the 20th century as a practical and decorative object in the kitchen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPettigrew2001178_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPettigrew2001178-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Teapots evolved from the designs where the lid was resting in a recess of the body of the vessel to the lid sitting on top of the body, and then to the modern design with the deep flanges of the lid preventing it from falling out.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the tea is being poured out, outside air needs to enter the body of the teapot; therefore design involves either a loosely fitting lid or a vent hole at the top of the pot, usually in the lid.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The built-in <a href="/wiki/Strainer" class="mw-redirect" title="Strainer">strainer</a> at the base of the spout got borrowed from <a href="/wiki/Coffeepot" class="mw-redirect" title="Coffeepot">coffeepots</a> that in turn get this feature from the vessels designed for other liquids (the earliest known built-in strainer dates back to 1300 <a href="/wiki/Anno_domini" class="mw-redirect" title="Anno domini">BC</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The coffee <a href="/wiki/Drip_brew" class="mw-redirect" title="Drip brew">drip brew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coffee_percolator" title="Coffee percolator">coffee percolator</a> were invented in the beginning of the 19th century, similar designs for tea were developed soon after that.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Biggin"></span>Modern <a href="/wiki/Infuser" title="Infuser">infusers</a> originated in 1817, when an English patent was granted for a "tea or coffee biggin", a metal basket that sat at the bottom of the teapot. Many more tea leaf holder designs had followed,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935439–441_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935439–441-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Tea_ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea ball">tea ball</a> and tea-making spoon arriving in the first half of the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935445_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935445-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first automated electric teapot was invented in 1909.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935443_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935443-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Materials">Materials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Materials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The typical materials used for teapots have been <a href="/wiki/Stoneware" title="Stoneware">stoneware</a> (Yixing), <a href="/wiki/Porcelain" title="Porcelain">porcelain</a>, silver and gold. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199067_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChowKramer199067-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Making teapots from silver has a major disadvantage: the thermal conductivity of silver is the highest of any metal. Therefore the handles of antique silver teapots were often made of wood (often apple-wood or pear-wood) or ivory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPickford199774_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPickford199774-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the handles were made from silver, they would be attached to the body of the pot with thermally-insulating plugs, usually made from ivory. Without such features, the teapot would be uncomfortable or painful to pick-up when filled with hot tea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPickford199710_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPickford199710-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Teapots made of <a href="/wiki/Tin" title="Tin">tin</a> arrived around 1700, allowing for a very low-cost designs. At the same time the use of <a href="/wiki/Britanniaware" class="mw-redirect" title="Britanniaware">britanniaware</a> had started. <a href="/wiki/Nickel_electroplating" title="Nickel electroplating">Nickel plating</a> was introduced in the second half of the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438–439_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935438–439-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teapots from <a href="/wiki/Earthenware" title="Earthenware">earthenware</a> were produced in <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> from 1720 to 1780, with curious shapes (animals, houses, etc.) made possible by using molds (and not the <a href="/wiki/Throwing_wheel" class="mw-redirect" title="Throwing wheel">throwing wheel</a>). <a href="/wiki/Enamelware" class="mw-redirect" title="Enamelware">Enamelware</a> was in wide use at the end of the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935439_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935439-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 20th century, use of <a href="/wiki/Aluminum" class="mw-redirect" title="Aluminum">aluminum</a> became popular.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935439_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935439-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Borosilicate_glass" title="Borosilicate glass">heatproof glass</a> made a glass teapot possible, with the first "Teaket" design manufactured in 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUkers1935444_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUkers1935444-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Replacement_handles">Replacement handles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Replacement handles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The early European teapots frequently had wooden handles replacements made from pear, <a href="/wiki/Hornbeam" title="Hornbeam">hornbeam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sycamore" title="Sycamore">sycamore</a>, either <a href="/wiki/Stained_wood" class="mw-redirect" title="Stained wood">stained</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ebonized" class="mw-redirect" title="Ebonized">ebonized</a> (sometimes even made from <a href="/wiki/Ebony" title="Ebony">ebony</a>), connected to the body of the pot using metal sockets.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris201651_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris201651-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Use of wood to repair a broken ceramic handle started soon after introduction of tea to Europe: the vessels were expensive and were not thrown away once damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris201653_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris201653-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To underscore the preciousness of the repaired teapot, the sockets were occasionally made from <a href="/wiki/Gilt_silver" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilt silver">gilt silver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris201654_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris201654-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dribbling">Dribbling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Dribbling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Teapot_effect" title="Teapot effect">Teapot effect</a></div> <p>One phenomenon that occurs with some teapots is that of dribbling where the flow runs down the outside of the spout particularly as the flow starts or stops. Different explanations for this phenomenon have been proposed at various times. Making the external surface of the spout more hydrophobic, and reducing the radius of curvature of the inside of the tip so that the flow detaches cleanly can avoid dribbling.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chocolate_teapot">Chocolate teapot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Chocolate teapot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A chocolate teapot is an <a href="/wiki/Analogy" title="Analogy">analogy</a> for any useless item; a teapot made from <a href="/wiki/Chocolate" title="Chocolate">chocolate</a> would melt, and be impossible to use. </p><p>Experimental researchers in 2001 did indeed fail to successfully use a chocolate teapot they had made.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later research, however, by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Scientists" title="The Naked Scientists">The Naked Scientists</a></i> in 2008, showed that such a teapot could be used to make tea, provided that the walls of the teapot were more than one <a href="/wiki/Centimetre" title="Centimetre">centimetre</a> thick.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_non-teamaking_contexts">In non-teamaking contexts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In non-teamaking contexts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A teapot has a rather distinctive shape, and its fame may sometimes have little to do with its primary function. </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Utah_Teapot" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah Teapot">Utah Teapot</a> is a standard reference object of the <a href="/wiki/Computer_graphics" title="Computer graphics">computer graphics</a> community, comparable to <a href="/wiki/Hello,_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Hello, World">Hello, World</a> for its popularity. It is included as a graphics primitive in many graphics packages, including <a href="/wiki/AutoCAD" title="AutoCAD">AutoCAD</a>, <a href="/wiki/POV-Ray" title="POV-Ray">POV-Ray</a>, <a href="/wiki/OpenGL" title="OpenGL">OpenGL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Direct3D" title="Direct3D">Direct3D</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max" title="Autodesk 3ds Max">3ds Max</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot" title="Russell's teapot">Russell's teapot</a> is an analogy, devised by <a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Russell" title="Bertrand Russell">Bertrand Russell</a>, which attacks the unfalsifiability of religious claims, comparing them to the eponymous teapot. The concept in turn inspired the title of the 1973 album <i><a href="/wiki/Flying_Teapot_(album)" title="Flying Teapot (album)">Flying Teapot</a></i> by the Franco-British rock band <a href="/wiki/Gong_(band)" title="Gong (band)">Gong</a>.</li> <li>The teapot has been featured in the American children's song from 1939, "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Little_Teapot" title="I'm a Little Teapot">I'm a Little Teapot</a>".</li> <li>In Korea, the teapot is commonly used as a serving container for various types of wines.</li> <li>Part of the <a href="/wiki/Constellation_of_Sagittarius" class="mw-redirect" title="Constellation of Sagittarius">constellation of Sagittarius</a> contains an <a href="/wiki/Asterism_(astronomy)" title="Asterism (astronomy)">asterism</a> (or a star pattern not officially recognized as a constellation) that famously resembles a teapot.</li> <li>The 'Teapot Game' is a word game described by Mary White's <i>Book of Games</i>, and involves guessing a word which is replaced by "teapot" in various sentences.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Teapot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Teapot (page does not exist)">The Teapot</a></i> is a tale by <a href="/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen" title="Hans Christian Andersen">Hans Christian Andersen</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_architecture">In architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2004, a <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysian</a> <a href="/wiki/Cult" title="Cult">cult</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Sky_Kingdom" title="Sky Kingdom">Sky Kingdom</a> constructed a 35 foot tall, cream colored teapot, with an unusually long spout, higher than the pot itself on its property as part of its own private symbolism<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which included a similarly large blue vase next to the teapot. As part of a crackdown on the sect in August 2005, bulldozers and heavy machinery were sent in to tear down the structure.</li> <li>The (purported) world's largest architectural teapot is to be found in <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>. In 1938 The <a href="/wiki/Chester_teapot" title="Chester teapot">Chester teapot</a> was constructed by William "Babe" Devon. The Teapot started its life as a gigantic wooden <a href="/wiki/Hogshead" title="Hogshead">hogshead</a> barrel for a <a href="/wiki/Hires_Root_Beer" title="Hires Root Beer">Hires Root Beer</a> advertising campaign. Devon purchased the barrel in Pennsylvania and had it shipped to Chester, WV where it was set up at the junction of State Route 2 and U.S. Route 30. A spout and handle were added at this time and the wooden barrel was covered with tin to form the teapot's shape. A large glass ball was placed on top to make the knob of the "lid". The Teapot stood in front of Devon's pottery outlet store. Local teenagers were hired to run a concession and souvenir stand which was set up inside the Teapot.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Teapot_Dome_Service_Station" title="Teapot Dome Service Station">Teapot Dome Service Station</a> is located in Zillah, Washington. It was built in 1922, and the 15-foot handled-and-spouted gas station was designed as a <a href="/wiki/Visual_pun" title="Visual pun">visual pun</a> referencing the then-current <a href="/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal" title="Teapot Dome scandal">Teapot Dome scandal</a>. It has been moved multiple times and is no longer an active gas station.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tea_pot,_Downpatrick,_September_2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tea_pot%2C_Downpatrick%2C_September_2010.JPG/220px-Tea_pot%2C_Downpatrick%2C_September_2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tea_pot%2C_Downpatrick%2C_September_2010.JPG/330px-Tea_pot%2C_Downpatrick%2C_September_2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Tea_pot%2C_Downpatrick%2C_September_2010.JPG/440px-Tea_pot%2C_Downpatrick%2C_September_2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>A small metal teapot for a single person from <a href="/wiki/Tea_culture#Ireland" title="Tea culture">Ireland</a>, this type may also be found in <a href="/wiki/Diner" title="Diner">diners</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greasy_spoon" title="Greasy spoon">greasy spoons</a> and some restaurants</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%EC%B2%AD%EC%9E%90_%EB%8F%99%ED%99%94%EC%97%B0%ED%99%94%EB%AC%B8_%ED%91%9C%EC%A3%BC%EB%B0%95%EB%AA%A8%EC%96%91_%EC%A3%BC%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/%EC%B2%AD%EC%9E%90_%EB%8F%99%ED%99%94%EC%97%B0%ED%99%94%EB%AC%B8_%ED%91%9C%EC%A3%BC%EB%B0%95%EB%AA%A8%EC%96%91_%EC%A3%BC%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90_02.jpg/220px-%EC%B2%AD%EC%9E%90_%EB%8F%99%ED%99%94%EC%97%B0%ED%99%94%EB%AC%B8_%ED%91%9C%EC%A3%BC%EB%B0%95%EB%AA%A8%EC%96%91_%EC%A3%BC%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/%EC%B2%AD%EC%9E%90_%EB%8F%99%ED%99%94%EC%97%B0%ED%99%94%EB%AC%B8_%ED%91%9C%EC%A3%BC%EB%B0%95%EB%AA%A8%EC%96%91_%EC%A3%BC%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90_02.jpg/330px-%EC%B2%AD%EC%9E%90_%EB%8F%99%ED%99%94%EC%97%B0%ED%99%94%EB%AC%B8_%ED%91%9C%EC%A3%BC%EB%B0%95%EB%AA%A8%EC%96%91_%EC%A3%BC%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/%EC%B2%AD%EC%9E%90_%EB%8F%99%ED%99%94%EC%97%B0%ED%99%94%EB%AC%B8_%ED%91%9C%EC%A3%BC%EB%B0%95%EB%AA%A8%EC%96%91_%EC%A3%BC%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90_02.jpg/440px-%EC%B2%AD%EC%9E%90_%EB%8F%99%ED%99%94%EC%97%B0%ED%99%94%EB%AC%B8_%ED%91%9C%EC%A3%BC%EB%B0%95%EB%AA%A8%EC%96%91_%EC%A3%BC%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="2571" /></a><figcaption>Korean antique teapot</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brown_Betty_(teapot)" title="Brown Betty (teapot)">Brown Betty</a>, a type of British teapot made from a red clay, known for being rotund and glazed with brown manganese</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briq" title="Briq">Briq</a>, a teapot and pitcher traditionally used by Lebanese and Syrian Arabs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cube_teapot" title="Cube teapot">Cube teapot</a>, a ruggedized teapot invented for use on ships</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3103" title="ISO 3103">ISO 3103</a>, a description of a standardised method of brewing tea from the <a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="International Organization for Standardization">International Organization for Standardization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Little_Teapot" title="I'm a Little Teapot">I'm a Little Teapot</a>, a children's song</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_teapot" class="mw-redirect" title="I'm a teapot">I'm a teapot</a>, HTTP error 418</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kettle" title="Kettle">Kettle</a>, types of vessels specialized for boiling and pouring plain water, often metal, also with a spout, sometimes electric</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsubin" title="Tetsubin">Tetsubin</a>, Japanese cast iron pot with a spout</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsu" title="Kyūsu">Kyūsu</a>, a Japanese ceramic teapot, often with a side handle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samovar" title="Samovar">Samovar</a>, a heated metal container traditionally used to boil water for tea in and around Russia, as well as in other Slavic nations, Iran and Turkey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Teapot" title="Operation Teapot">Operation Teapot</a>, a series of fourteen <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear test">nuclear test</a> explosions conducted at the <a href="/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site" title="Nevada Test Site">Nevada Test Site</a> in the first half of 1955</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pot-holder" class="mw-redirect" title="Pot-holder">Pot-holder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slop_bowl" title="Slop bowl">Slop bowl</a> part of a tea set - a bowl to empty tea cups of cooled tea and dregs before refilling with fresh tea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparta_Teapot_Museum" title="Sparta Teapot Museum">Sparta Teapot Museum</a>, formerly in Sparta, North Carolina, USA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teacup" title="Teacup">Teacup</a>, a small cup with or without a handle, from which to drink tea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tealight" title="Tealight">Tealight</a>, a small candle originally used to keep a teapot warm</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_set" title="Tea set">Tea set</a>, a usually matching set of dishes including a teapot, small pitcher for milk and sugar bowl, for serving tea in a formal manner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teaware" title="Teaware">Teaware</a> – Traditional equipment for drinking tea in some cultures</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teapot_Rock" title="Teapot Rock">Teapot Rock</a>, a rock formation in Wyoming</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_teapot" title="Utah teapot">Utah teapot</a>, a 3D model of a teapot frequently used as a reference object in computer graphics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yixing_clay_teapot" title="Yixing clay teapot">Yixing clay teapot</a>, a special Chinese clay teapot</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_pot_calling_the_kettle_black" title="The pot calling the kettle black">The pot calling the kettle black</a>, idiom</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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China Books. pp. 66–68. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8351-2194-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8351-2194-1"><bdi>978-0-8351-2194-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1024166703">1024166703</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=From+wine+pot+to+teapot&rft.btitle=All+the+Tea+in+China&rft.pages=66-68&rft.pub=China+Books&rft.date=1990&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1024166703&rft.isbn=978-0-8351-2194-1&rft.aulast=Chow&rft.aufirst=Kit+Boey&rft.au=Kramer%2C+Ione&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNT8J5qDjABIC%26pg%3DPA66&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeapot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColombanMilande2006" class="citation journal cs1">Colomban, Philippe; Milande, Véronique (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00120393/document">"On-site Raman analysis of the earliest known Meissen porcelain and stoneware"</a>. <i>Journal of Raman Spectroscopy</i>. <b>37</b> (5): 606–613. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006JRSp...37..606C">2006JRSp...37..606C</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fjrs.1494">10.1002/jrs.1494</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/EISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="EISSN (identifier)">eISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1097-4555">1097-4555</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0377-0486">0377-0486</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Raman+Spectroscopy&rft.atitle=On-site+Raman+analysis+of+the+earliest+known+Meissen+porcelain+and+stoneware&rft.volume=37&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=606-613&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1002%2Fjrs.1494&rft.issn=0377-0486&rft.eissn=1097-4555&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2006JRSp...37..606C&rft.aulast=Colomban&rft.aufirst=Philippe&rft.au=Milande%2C+V%C3%A9ronique&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhal.archives-ouvertes.fr%2Fhal-00120393%2Fdocument&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeapot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris2016" class="citation journal cs1">Harris, Jonathan (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26782105">"Handled with care"</a>. <i>Furniture History</i>. <b>52</b>. The Furniture History Society: 51–72. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0016-3058">0016-3058</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26782105">26782105</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-10-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Furniture+History&rft.atitle=Handled+with+care&rft.volume=52&rft.pages=51-72&rft.date=2016&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F26782105%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.issn=00163058&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F26782105&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeapot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLo1986" class="citation book cs1">Lo, Kuei-Hsiang (1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3zAP3tBBPEcC&pg=PA18"><i>The Stonewares of Yixing: From the Ming Period to the Present Day</i></a>. Hong Kong University Press. p. 18. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-962-209-112-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-962-209-112-2"><bdi>978-962-209-112-2</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 February</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Stonewares+of+Yixing%3A+From+the+Ming+Period+to+the+Present+Day&rft.pages=18&rft.pub=Hong+Kong+University+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=978-962-209-112-2&rft.aulast=Lo&rft.aufirst=Kuei-Hsiang&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3zAP3tBBPEcC%26pg%3DPA18&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeapot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPettigrew2001" class="citation book cs1">Pettigrew, Jane (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CwkTAQAAIAAJ"><i>A Social History of Tea: Tea's Influence on Commerce, Culture & Community</i></a> (1 ed.). National Trust. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9836106-2-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9836106-2-5"><bdi>978-0-9836106-2-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Social+History+of+Tea%3A+Tea%27s+Influence+on+Commerce%2C+Culture+%26+Community&rft.edition=1&rft.pub=National+Trust&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-9836106-2-5&rft.aulast=Pettigrew&rft.aufirst=Jane&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCwkTAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeapot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPickford1997" class="citation book cs1">Pickford, Ian (1997). <i>Antique Silver</i>. Antique Collectors Club. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781851492442" title="Special:BookSources/9781851492442"><bdi>9781851492442</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Antique+Silver&rft.pub=Antique+Collectors+Club&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=9781851492442&rft.aulast=Pickford&rft.aufirst=Ian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeapot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUkers1935" class="citation book cs1">Ukers, William Harrison (1935). "Evolution of tea-making appliances". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=viciAQAAIAAJ"><i>All about Tea, Volume 2</i></a>. Tea and coffee trade journal Company. pp. 436–448. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1201914">1201914</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Evolution+of+tea-making+appliances&rft.btitle=All+about+Tea%2C+Volume+2&rft.pages=436-448&rft.pub=Tea+and+coffee+trade+journal+Company&rft.date=1935&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1201914&rft.aulast=Ukers&rft.aufirst=William+Harrison&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DviciAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeapot" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Steve Woodhead, "The Teapot Book" A.&C. Black, 2005 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7136-6016-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7136-6016-3">0-7136-6016-3</a>.</li> <li>Robin Emmerson, "British Teapots and Tea Drinking" HMSO, 1992 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-11-701509-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-11-701509-1">0-11-701509-1</a></li> <li>Garth Clark "The Artful Teapot" Thames and Hudson <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-500-51045-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-500-51045-8">0-500-51045-8</a></li> <li>Edward Bramah "Novelty Teapots" Quiller Press <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-870948-72-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-870948-72-6">1-870948-72-6</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teapot&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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style="width:1%">Common <br />varieties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Black_tea" title="Black tea">Black tea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assam_tea" title="Assam tea">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wuyi_tea" title="Wuyi tea">Bohea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Sri_Lanka#Ceylon_black_tea" title="Tea production in Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congou" title="Congou">Congou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_tea" title="Darjeeling tea">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dianhong" title="Dianhong">Dianhong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Monkey_tea" title="Golden Monkey tea">Golden Monkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Jun_Mei_tea" title="Jin Jun Mei tea">Jin Jun Mei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangra_tea" title="Kangra tea">Kangra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keemun" title="Keemun">Keemun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_tea" title="Nilgiri tea">Nilgiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_tea" title="Sikkim tea">Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibeti" title="Tibeti">Tibeti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rize_tea" title="Rize tea">Rize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yingdehong_tea" title="Yingdehong tea">Yingdehong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oolong" title="Oolong">Oolong tea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bai_Jiguan_tea" title="Bai Jiguan tea">Bai Jiguan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ban_Tian_Yao_tea" title="Ban Tian Yao tea">Ban Tian Yao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baozhong_tea" title="Baozhong tea">Baozhong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bu_Zhi_Chun_tea" title="Bu Zhi Chun tea">Bu Zhi Chun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Da_Hong_Pao" title="Da Hong Pao">Da Hong Pao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dong_Ding_tea" title="Dong Ding tea">Dong ding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongfang_meiren" title="Dongfang meiren">Dongfang meiren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fo_Shou_tea" title="Fo Shou tea">Fo Shou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-mountain_tea" title="High-mountain tea">Gaoshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huangjin_Gui" title="Huangjin Gui">Huangjin Gui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Meigui_tea" title="Huang Meigui tea">Huang Meigui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Xuan_tea" title="Jin Xuan tea">Jin Xuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qilan_tea" title="Qilan tea">Qilan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rougui_tea" title="Rougui tea">Rougui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruan_zhi" title="Ruan zhi">Ruan zhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shui_Jin_Gui_tea" title="Shui Jin Gui tea">Shui Jin Gui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shui_Xian" title="Shui Xian">Shui Xian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tieluohan_tea" title="Tieluohan tea">Tieluohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tieguanyin" title="Tieguanyin">Tieguanyin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Green_tea" title="Green tea">Green tea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anji_bai_cha" title="Anji bai cha">Anji bai cha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aracha" title="Aracha">Aracha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baimao_Hou" title="Baimao Hou">Baimao Hou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bancha" title="Bancha">Bancha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biluochun" title="Biluochun">Biluochun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chun_Mee" title="Chun Mee">Chun Mee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dafang_tea" title="Dafang tea">Dafang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genmaicha" title="Genmaicha">Genmaicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lu%27an_Melon_Seed_tea" title="Lu'an Melon Seed tea">Lu'an Melon Seed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_tea" title="Gunpowder tea">Gunpowder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyokuro" title="Gyokuro">Gyokuro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Djicha" title="Hōjicha">Hōjicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiping_houkui" title="Taiping houkui">Taiping houkui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huangshan_Maofeng" title="Huangshan Maofeng">Huangshan Maofeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyson" title="Hyson">Hyson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sencha#Kabusecha" title="Sencha">Kabusecha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamairicha" title="Kamairicha">Kamairicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konacha" title="Konacha">Konacha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kukicha" title="Kukicha">Kukicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longjing_tea" title="Longjing tea">Longjing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matcha" title="Matcha">Matcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinyang_Maojian_tea" title="Xinyang Maojian tea">Maojian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecha_(tea)" title="Mecha (tea)">Mecha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mengding_Ganlu_tea" title="Mengding Ganlu tea">Mengding Ganlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sencha" title="Sencha">Sencha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sencha#Shincha" title="Sencha">Shincha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamaryokucha" title="Tamaryokucha">Tamaryokucha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/White_tea" title="White tea">White tea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baimudan_tea" title="Baimudan tea">Bai Mudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baihao_Yinzhen" title="Baihao Yinzhen">Baihao Yinzhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoumei_tea" title="Shoumei tea">Shoumei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yellow_tea" title="Yellow tea">Yellow tea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Junshan_Yinzhen" title="Junshan Yinzhen">Junshan Yinzhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huoshan_Huangya_tea" title="Huoshan Huangya tea">Huoshan Huangya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fermented_tea" title="Fermented tea">Fermented tea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pu%27er_tea" title="Pu'er tea">Pu-erh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncha" title="Doncha">Doncha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahpet" title="Lahpet">Lahpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kombucha" title="Kombucha">Kombucha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tea_blending_and_additives" title="Tea blending and additives">Blended or <br />flavoured teas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Grey_tea" title="Earl Grey tea">Earl Grey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lady_Grey_(tea)" title="Lady Grey (tea)">Lady Grey</a>)</li> <li>Breakfast tea (<a href="/wiki/English_breakfast_tea" title="English breakfast tea">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irish_breakfast_tea" title="Irish breakfast tea">Irish</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasmine_tea" title="Jasmine tea">Jasmine tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapsang_souchong" title="Lapsang souchong">Lapsang souchong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masala_chai" title="Masala chai">Masala chai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maghrebi_mint_tea" title="Maghrebi mint tea">Maghrebi mint tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_tea_blend" title="Prince of Wales tea blend">Prince of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Caravan" title="Russian Caravan">Russian Caravan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strobilanthes_tonkinensis" title="Strobilanthes tonkinensis">Strobilanthes tonkinensis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_Australia" title="Tea in Australia">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_tea" title="Arabic tea">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tea in the United Kingdom">British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_tea" title="Ceylon tea">Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_tea" title="Chinese tea">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_tea" title="Korean tea">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_tea" title="Nepali tea">Nepali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_tea" title="Taiwanese tea">Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_Turkey" title="Tea in Turkey">Turkish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_tea" title="Vietnamese tea">Vietnamese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tea_culture" title="Tea culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Customs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_(meal)" title="Tea (meal)">Afternoon/High tea/Evening meal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_party" title="Tea party">Tea party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasseography" title="Tasseography">Tasseography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_tea_ceremony" title="East Asian tea ceremony">East Asian tea ceremony</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gongfu_tea" title="Gongfu tea">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yum_cha" title="Yum cha">Yum cha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony" title="Japanese tea ceremony">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_tea_ceremony" title="Korean tea ceremony">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_tea_culture" title="Taiwanese tea culture">Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryukyuan_tea_ceremony" title="Ryukyuan tea ceremony">Ryukyuan</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_garden" title="Tea garden">Tea garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teahouse" title="Teahouse">Teahouse or tearoom</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cha_chaan_teng" title="Cha chaan teng">Cha chaan teng</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chashitsu" title="Chashitsu">Chashitsu</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mizuya" title="Mizuya">Mizuya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sukiya-zukuri" title="Sukiya-zukuri">Sukiya-zukuri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roji" title="Roji">Roji</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_tea_culture" title="American tea culture">American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_tea_culture" title="Argentine tea culture">Argentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_tea_culture" title="Azerbaijani tea culture">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_tea_culture" title="Brazilian tea culture">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_tea_culture" title="Chinese tea culture">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_tea_culture" title="Dominican tea culture">Dominican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_tea_culture" title="Hong Kong tea culture">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_tea_culture" title="Indian tea culture">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_culture_in_Japan" title="Tea culture in Japan">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_tea_culture" title="Mexican tea culture">Mexican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_tea_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani tea culture">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_tea_culture" title="Russian tea culture">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegalese_tea_culture" title="Senegalese tea culture">Senegalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_tea_culture" title="Taiwanese tea culture">Taiwanese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_tea" title="History of tea">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_tea_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="History of tea in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_tea_in_India" title="History of tea in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_tea_in_Japan" title="History of tea in Japan">Japan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Production and <br />distribution</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_leaf_grading" title="Tea leaf grading">Leaf grading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_processing" title="Tea processing">Processing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Decaffeination" title="Decaffeination">Decaffeination</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_tasting" title="Tea tasting">Tasting</a></li> <li>Cultivation <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tea_diseases" title="List of tea diseases">Diseases</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tea_companies" title="List of tea companies">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tea_consumption_per_capita" title="List of countries by tea consumption per capita">Consumption by country</a></li> <li>Auctions <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Tea_Auction" title="London Tea Auction">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Tea_Auction" title="Chittagong Tea Auction">Chittagong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Tea_Auction_Centre" title="Guwahati Tea Auction Centre">Guwahati</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="By_country" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Bangladesh" title="Tea production in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Indonesia" title="Tea production in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Kenya" title="Tea production in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Rwanda" title="Tea production in Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Tea production in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_the_United_States" title="Tea production in the United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Preparation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flowering_tea" title="Flowering tea">Flowering teas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infusion" title="Infusion">Infusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compressed_tea" title="Compressed tea">Compressed tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decoction" title="Decoction">Decoction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3103" title="ISO 3103">ISO procedure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steeping" title="Steeping">Steeping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_bag" title="Tea bag">Tea bag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_lady" title="Tea lady">Tea lady</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Health</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_effects_of_tea" title="Health effects of tea">Health effects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phenolic_content_in_tea" title="Phenolic content in tea">Phenolic content</a></li> <li>Compounds <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caffeine" title="Caffeine">Caffeine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theanine" title="Theanine">Theanine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flavan-3-ol" title="Flavan-3-ol">Flavan-3-ol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catechin" title="Catechin">Catechin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epigallocatechin_gallate" title="Epigallocatechin gallate">Epigallocatechin gallate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theaflavin" title="Theaflavin">Theaflavin</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tea-based <br />drinks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bubble_tea" title="Bubble tea">Bubble tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Builder%27s_tea" title="Builder's tea">Builder's tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_milk_tea" title="Burmese milk tea">Burmese milk tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butter_tea" title="Butter tea">Butter tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chifir" title="Chifir">Chifir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doodh_pati_chai" title="Doodh pati chai">Doodh pati chai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93style_milk_tea" title="Hong Kong–style milk tea">Hong Kong–style milk tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iced_tea" title="Iced tea">Iced tea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Palmer_(drink)" title="Arnold Palmer (drink)">Arnold Palmer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagertee" title="Jagertee">Jagertee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahwah" title="Kahwah">Kahwah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lei_cha" title="Lei cha">Lei cha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milk_tea" title="Milk tea">Milk tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noon_chai" title="Noon chai">Noon chai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven-color_tea" title="Seven-color tea">Seven-color tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahi_haleeb" title="Shahi haleeb">Shahi haleeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suutei_tsai" title="Suutei tsai">Suutei tsai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweet_tea" title="Sweet tea">Sweet tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teh_tarik" title="Teh tarik">Teh tarik</a></li> <li><a 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