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Teapots: Why Do We Need Them?

Everything in life has its own purpose. And every single purpose must be served well. To foster our lives we have our jobs for money, experience for its teachings, the nature for its beauty, a million number of books for knowledge, and the continuous reinvention of teapots for our tea. Yes, even these nifty, little kitchen pots have their purpose.

In the early times, about 9^th century, tea wasn’t served through drinking vessels. It actually served 500 years of medicinal purposes for the Chinese and the Japanese. Then, the tea leaves were rolled, dried, grounded into powder, and mixed with salt and hot water to be whipped into froths. It was during the Ming Dynasty of the1600’s when the first tea serving and drinking vessels were created out of zisha, also called “purple” clay from the YiXing (pronounced ee-shing) Region of China. These first tea dining pots were very favored by tea lovers because in time, the clay eventually absorbs the flavor, smell and color of brewed tea.  These drinking pots were very small, enough to make one or two servings, a reason for Chinese to bring their own YiXing pots to drink directly from its spout which is less practiced nowadays. These small pots were viewed as influences of the earliest European tea drinking pots.

It was the Chinese who gave Europe her first tea. Even so, there are scholars who identify two influences in mid-1600’s that might have brought the European design of the known tea vessels today. One of these is the Islamic coffee pots. These were then in-style in England and Europe coffee houses in that time. Then there are also the imported Chinese wine vessels. It was the Earl Cadogan, the first Englishman known to own these wine pourer imports, globular in shape, greatly influencing today’s design of the European tea vessels. Europe developed the first porcelain tea kitchen furniture in 1710, after finding the clay near Meissen, Germany which can be turned into porcelain that are comparable to items of distant China, using some breakthrough technology. Constant innovations followed to promote culture, tradition and for trading and marketing purposes. Victorian art trending and style were seen in these designs ranging from Renaissance, Gothic, Chinese, Moorish, Japanese, other great floral forms. Tea kitchen furniture nowadays are simpler and functional in nature, but will always carry the designs of its mother creations.

Besides being a fancy part of our modern kitchen rack, tea serving and drinking vessels are popular in homes and more especially in hotels and restaurants today because of how tea benefits humanity. Tea drinking pots are always, now and then, used to complement tea. Tea serves various benefits to our health, making it second to water, as the most popular drink in the world. Camellia sinensis, first discovered by Shen Nung, the second emperor of China in 2737 B.C., gave way to the first tea taste which can now be served in conventional forms: green, black, ginseng, herbal, oolong, rooibos, and white tea, served hot, or because of taste differences, even cold. And no one can definitely remove this warm-weather evergreen drink from our culture anymore, given all the benefits it could provide us. Tea contains polyphenols and theanine, to name some of the elements that promote our bodies’ wellness. These benefits include helping us work out high blood pressure, protecting us from viral and bacterial infections, invigorate our immune system, anti-aging, and help our digestive and excretory systems work properly. It’s also good for people with high cholesterol levels. Totally, tea drinking pots serve a much greater purpose, just like everything else in our life. 

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Teapots: Why Do We Need Them?

Everything in life has its own purpose. And every single purpose must be served well. To foster our lives we have our jobs for money, experience for its teachings, the nature for its beauty, a million number of books for knowledge, and the continuous reinvention of teapots for our tea. Yes, even these nifty, little kitchen pots have their purpose.

In the early times, about 9^th century, tea wasn’t served through drinking vessels. It actually served 500 years of medicinal purposes for the Chinese and the Japanese. Then, the tea leaves were rolled, dried, grounded into powder, and mixed with salt and hot water to be whipped into froths. It was during the Ming Dynasty of the1600’s when the first tea serving and drinking vessels were created out of zisha, also called “purple” clay from the YiXing (pronounced ee-shing) Region of China. These first tea dining pots were very favored by tea lovers because in time, the clay eventually absorbs the flavor, smell and color of brewed tea.  These drinking pots were very small, enough to make one or two servings, a reason for Chinese to bring their own YiXing pots to drink directly from its spout which is less practiced nowadays. These small pots were viewed as influences of the earliest European tea drinking pots.

It was the Chinese who gave Europe her first tea. Even so, there are scholars who identify two influences in mid-1600’s that might have brought the European design of the known tea vessels today. One of these is the Islamic coffee pots. These were then in-style in England and Europe coffee houses in that time. Then there are also the imported Chinese wine vessels. It was the Earl Cadogan, the first Englishman known to own these wine pourer imports, globular in shape, greatly influencing today’s design of the European tea vessels. Europe developed the first porcelain tea kitchen furniture in 1710, after finding the clay near Meissen, Germany which can be turned into porcelain that are comparable to items of distant China, using some breakthrough technology. Constant innovations followed to promote culture, tradition and for trading and marketing purposes. Victorian art trending and style were seen in these designs ranging from Renaissance, Gothic, Chinese, Moorish, Japanese, other great floral forms. Tea kitchen furniture nowadays are simpler and functional in nature, but will always carry the designs of its mother creations.

Besides being a fancy part of our modern kitchen rack, tea serving and drinking vessels are popular in homes and more especially in hotels and restaurants today because of how tea benefits humanity. Tea drinking pots are always, now and then, used to complement tea. Tea serves various benefits to our health, making it second to water, as the most popular drink in the world. Camellia sinensis, first discovered by Shen Nung, the second emperor of China in 2737 B.C., gave way to the first tea taste which can now be served in conventional forms: green, black, ginseng, herbal, oolong, rooibos, and white tea, served hot, or because of taste differences, even cold. And no one can definitely remove this warm-weather evergreen drink from our culture anymore, given all these benefits it gives us: the chemical polyphenols protecting our body cells from oxidative stress, preventing blood clotting, lowering cholesterol levels, neutralizing enzymes, deactivating cancer promoters and stimulating our immune system. There is also theanine, an amino acid unique to tea, and other vitamins and minerals that are known to help fight against mutagenic agents, delay our body’s aging, help fight high blood pressure, help fight against viral and bacterial infection and help improve the functions of the digestive and excretory systems. Totally, tea drinking pots serve a much greater purpose, just like everything else in our life. 

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Tea, being the second most popular drink in the world, serves various benefits to a person’s health. And with its increasing popularity all over the world, so is the increased used and demand for its finely designed and well crafted pots.

When tea was first discovered by Shen Nung, the second emperor of China in 2737 B.C., he was just then boiling his water under a tree. When Camellia sinensis fell to his cup (the common tea plant), that was when the wonders of tea was first tasted. It evolved through many years, now coming in many forms, green, black, ginseng, herbal, oolong, rooibos, and white tea, served hot, or because of taste differences, even cold.  And no one can definitely remove this warm-weather evergreen drink from our culture anymore, given all these benefits it gives us: the chemical polyphenols protecting our body cells from oxidative stress, preventing blood clotting, lowering cholesterol levels, neutralizing enzymes, deactivating cancer promoters and stimulating our immune system. There is also theanine, an amino acid unique to tea, and other vitamins and minerals that are known to help fight against mutagenic agents, delay our body’s aging, help fight high blood pressure, help fight against viral and bacterial infection and help improve the functions of the digestive and excretory systems. Not bad for a few cups of tea every day, right? And of course, tea will always be complemented by the wide ranged and reinvented teapots.  

These nifty china kitchen furniture can now be found made in porcelain, glass, ceramic, and stoneware. Although these are very popular nowadays, tea was served very differently when it was first discovered. Then, people will roll the tea leaves by hand, dry them and have them grounded into powder. The powder is then mixed with salt and then dropped hot water, forming a thick mixture. The mixture is whipped until it turns to froth. This method, introduced very early in China during the 9^th century was actually used as a form of medicine by the Chinese and Japanese for 500 years. The earliest form of kitchen furniture used to serve tea was introduced in the beginning of Ming Dynasty which were made from the zisha, or "purple clay”, of the YiXing region of China. The YiXing tea drinking vessels were then very favored by tea lovers because these gradually season and the unglazed clay eventually absorbs the flavor of brewed tea. These pots then influenced the invention of the hard-paced porcelain typed pots in the western world, and now constantly reinvented in different countries.

In some countries, tea denotes a meal time, which can be an afternoon or high tea. It is often served with sandwiches, fruit cakes or pastries. Some of these tea meals though are now only served in restaurants and hotels, mainly in Asia.  Now, modern tea parties are still adapted in various cultures, whether in Japanese or Chinese homes or in the big hotels and restaurants. These are served in conventional kitchen wares and tea kettles, in different designs, all to serve the taste and purpose of a modern tea-drinker. Now, knowing all the benefits and different ways you can drink and enjoy tea and in its attractive pots, wouldn’t you want to see some of these in your kitchen rack? 

Teas and Teapots: Why Would We want These in out Kitchen

Tea, being the second most popular drink in the world, serves various benefits to a person’s health. And with its increasing popularity all over the world, so is the increased used and demand for its finely designed and well crafted pots.

When tea was first discovered by Shen Nung, the second emperor of China in 2737 B.C., he was just then boiling his water under a tree. When Camellia sinensis fell to his cup (the common tea plant), that was when the wonders of tea was first tasted. It evolved through many years, now coming in many forms, green, black, ginseng, herbal, oolong, rooibos, and white tea, served hot, or because of taste differences, even cold. And no one can definitely remove this warm-weather evergreen drink from our culture anymore, given all these benefits it gives us: the chemical polyphenols protecting our body cells from oxidative stress, preventing blood clotting, lowering cholesterol levels, neutralizing enzymes, deactivating cancer promoters and stimulating our immune system. There is also theanine, an amino acid unique to tea, and other vitamins and minerals that are known to help fight against mutagenic agents, delay our body’s aging, help fight high blood pressure, help fight against viral and bacterial infection and help improve the functions of the digestive and excretory systems. Not bad for a few cups of tea every day, right? And of course, tea will always be complemented by the wide ranged and reinvented teapots.

These nifty china kitchen furniture can now be found made in porcelain, glass, ceramic, and stoneware. Although these are very popular nowadays, tea was served very differently when it was first discovered. Then, tea leaves were rolled by hand, dried and then grounded into powder. This powder was mixed with salt and formed into cakes that would be dropped into bowls of hot water to form a thick mixture. Eventually the powder was left in its loose form, to be mixed in a bowl with boiling water and whipped into froth. This method, introduced very early in China during the 9^th century was actually used as a form of medicine by the Chinese and Japanese for 500 years. The earliest form of kitchen furniture used to serve tea was introduced in the beginning of Ming Dynasty which were made from the zisha, or "purple clay”, of the YiXing region of China. The YiXing tea drinking vessels were then very favored by tea lovers because these gradually season and the unglazed clay eventually absorbs the flavor of brewed tea. These pots then influenced the invention of the hard-paced porcelain typed pots in the western world, and now constantly reinvented in different countries.

In some countries, tea denotes a meal time, which can be an afternoon or high tea. It is often served with sandwiches, fruit cakes or pastries. Some of these tea meals though are now only served in restaurants and hotels, mainly in Asia. Now, modern tea parties are still adapted in various cultures, whether in Japanese or Chinese homes or in the big hotels and restaurants. These are served in conventional kitchen wares and tea kettles, in different designs, all to serve the taste and purpose of a modern tea-drinker. Now, knowing all the benefits and different ways you can drink and enjoy tea and in its attractive pots, wouldn’t you want to see some of these in your kitchen rack?