Nice and Interesting ...Pretty good. - Tea and Coffee

[sistermagpie]

Steve:
> Let me guess, Kettles heat the water, and teapots serve the
> tea. 
> 
> In the USA, we have coffee pots usually rather big, and tea
> kettles which are smaller. Coffee pots brew/percolate coffee, and
> metal tea kettles heat water for whatever purpose. 
> 
> We do have tea pots, which are small ceramic pots for brewing
> and serving tea. Keep in mind that we use almost exclusively
> tea bags. Lipton being the most popular. Though a few organic
> diehards still use loose tea, but very few. 

Magpie:
Yesterday a tin of loose tea I had hurled itself off the shelf when no 
one was in the kitchen and exploded all over the floor. I suspect 
poltergeist activity. It was a mark against my use of loose tea there.

-m (who usually uses teabags--but much prefers Tetley's to Lipton)