Teapot  

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A teapot is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or a herbal mix in boiling or near-boiling water, and for serving the resulting infusion which is called tea. It is one of the core components of teaware. Dry tea is available either in tea bags or as loose tea, in which case a tea infuser or tea strainer 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. 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 dripping and splashing when tea is poured. In modern times, a thermally insulating cover called a tea cosy may be used to enhance the steeping process or to prevent the contents of the teapot from cooling too rapidly.

See also

• Brown Betty, a type of British teapot made from a red clay, known for being rotund and glazed with brown manganese
• Briq, a teapot and pitcher traditionally used by Lebanese and Syrian Arabs
• Cube teapot, a ruggedized teapot invented for use on ships
• ISO 3103, a description of a standardised method of brewing tea from the International Organization for Standardization
• I'm a Little Teapot, a children's song
• I'm a teapot, HTTP error 418
• Kettle, types of vessels specialized for boiling and pouring plain water, often metal, also with a spout, sometimes electric
• Kyūsu, a Japanese ceramic teapot, often with a side handle
• Operation Teapot, a series of fourteen nuclear test explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the first half of 1955
• Pot-holder
• Samovar, 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
• Slop bowl part of a tea set - a bowl to empty tea cups of cooled tea and dregs before refilling with fresh tea
• Sparta Teapot Museum, formerly in Sparta, North Carolina, USA
• Teacup, a small cup with or without a handle, from which to drink tea
• Tealight, a small candle originally used to keep a teapot warm
• Tea set, a usually matching set of dishes including a teapot, small pitcher for milk and sugar bowl, for serving tea in a formal manner
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• Teapot Rock, a rock formation in Wyoming
• Tetsubin, Japanese cast iron pot with a spout
• Utah teapot, a 3D model of a teapot frequently used as a reference object in computer graphics
• Yixing clay teapot, a special Chinese clay teapot
• The pot calling the kettle black, idiom
• Russell's teapot