Melissa’s Cozy Teacup

UPDATE-If you click on the picture, you’ll be taken to the website. On the right there are different color choices. We both like the black better. If we decide to wall paper, it would probably be in this color.

Do you think this would look good in a dining room?

I enjoy reading Tea Time, I even have a subscription to it, however, sometimes, the information just doesn’t make sense and seems inaccurate. Take, for instance, Dorothea Johnson’s column: Tea & Etiquette. Ms. Johnson writes in response to a reader’s question about what to do with tea bags and teapots of water one is served in restaurants. Brew in the pot of hot water, or in your teacup? Ms. Johnson advised brewing the tea in the small pot of hot water and, ‘When the tea has reached the desired strength, pour it into the cup. Do not remove the tea bag form the teapot.’

Well, yes, you may do this if you wish your next cup of tea to be undrinkable. Leaving tea leaves in hot water continues the steeping process. In order to stop the steeping process, one needs to either decant the tea into another pot, or remove the teabags. Perhaps ms. Johnson’s suggestion was for cases in which pouring out the steeped tea into your cup removes all water. If that were to happen then, yes, leave the bag in the pot, however, once again, if there is any water left and you wish to drink another cup of tea from it, you will need to remove the tea bag from the water in order for the brew to be palatable.