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musgrat
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Mar 22, 2017
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Just FYI, you should never use any teapot on any sort of direct heat. There are a few that are meant for that, made of cast iron, and their purpose is keeping hot water for heating a small space, typically for a small cabin or tent.
Teapots are purely for combining hot water with tea leaves, so you will need a kettle to boil the water.
Mar 22, 2017
Theroc
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Mar 23, 2017
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musgratThis is marketed as a kettle, however. For stove top use.
Mar 23, 2017
musgrat
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Mar 24, 2017
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TherocYou are right, my bad. Instant no buy I think. You should never put any ceramic, no matter what the manufacturer says, on direct heat. It will by nature weaken over time, and fail. Tea kettles should be glass or metal.
That said, I wonder if this is just a person from massdrop that does not understand tea or kettles. I am rather into teas, and I have never seen a "tea kettle." Plenty are called that, but they are for water, and tea pots for tea. The 2 are never the same when brewing/steeping tea. Maybe though, I am just ignorant of this particular thing.
Mar 24, 2017
Theroc
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Mar 24, 2017
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musgratThe information apparently comes from the manufacturer, as it is sold elsewhere as a gas/electric stove-top tea kettle. Although I drink tea daily, I would not to presume to know anything about the subject; I only ever used stainless steel for boiling and steeping. However, ceramics in general, are terrible heat conductors, and that alone makes them less than ideal for stove-top heating.
Mar 24, 2017
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