RSVP International Stoneware Teapot Collection, Microwave and Dishwasher Safe, 16 oz, Red

This is my second one after I broke the first one. It’s perfect for my needs and love the color

exactly what we ordered.

I've been a tea drinker all my life, and that's quite a while. I was trained at the time-honoured English school of tea brewing, under the tutelage of the Grandma & Mum team. This 42 ounce/6 cup teapot might have been made in China, and not Stoke on Trent, but it's a good version of a Brown Betty at a fraction of the price. I bought this one back in 2015 and eventually decided to review it.It was delivered on time and safely. Cannot recall details of the packaging, but it was certainly adequate protection for the pot. A quick wash and rinse, and it was ready to go. Sometimes loose leaf black tea (Orange Pekoe a preference) but for convenience three bags of Tetley's British Blend by default. Which type you use depends on the water itself (hard, soft, etc).Go through a multi-stage routine of prep and brewing, covered with a tea cosy. How long you leave it is your choice... but try to resist the urge to stew the tea by reheating it with the tea still in the pot; it will change it beyond redemption.It's a 6 cup, which is meaningless. 42 ounces will give you almost 3 big 16 ounce mugs or 4+ teacups, depending on size.My wife, god bless her, loves to drink chilled tea with one kind of fruit juice added. So as soon as the tea is brewed it goes in a jug with the juice and into the fridge. Consumption levels have sometimes called for up to 2 pots a day (!) so the pot is rarely empty for long.Consider it's 2023 and we've had the pot since March 2015, plus the fact that, with careful and regular cleaning, it's still in perfect condition after more than a few thousand potfuls.Works for me. Could work for you.

I didn't even get to use this. Took it out of the box and admired it, then put the lid on - backwards apparently - and the lid was stuck. After reading the reviews here (search the reviews with the word "lid") and searching the internet for a solution, I finally got it unstuck using a sandwich spreader blade. One reviewer recommends to put on the lid by lining up the hole in the lid with the center of handle - good advice. After I got mine unstuck, I looked at the underside of the lid and the teapot opening. Both are round except for a straight section on each piece which fit together perfectly. This also lines up the aforementioned hole in the lid with the handle. For us non-engineers, it would be really helpful if the company would drop a little note in the box explaining how to put the lid into the pot opening without getting it stuck. A line drawing would be nice, too. The note should also tell how to get it unstuck.I bought this pot to use for every day and reduce the likelihood of breaking the teapot from my china set. It looks well made and sturdy. I did put water in it to check for the dripping mentioned by other reviewers and had zero problems with that. I think it's going to be good now that I know how to put it together. I'll update this review after I've actually used this pot a few times. Hope I'll be able to increase the star rating. GBEdit. This is a very good teapot. Large capacity and it keeps the tea hot. I wish I had bought a light color so I could see the inside better, but that's on me. I'm glad I am able to give another star to the rating.Edit again. I'm finding this teapot a pain to clean. I'm old school and like to brew tea by warming the pot, putting in the loose tea, adding the hot water and swirling. After brewing, I pour the tea through a tea strainer into the cup. This teapot has holes inside the pot at the base of the spout, thus trapping the tea leaves and forcing me to dig out the used tea leaves with my fingers. So if you buy this pot, be sure to use a strainer insert. The pot does not come with one so I thought the base of the spout would be completely open to the inside of the pot (tea leaves come out through the spout to be caught in a tea strainer - old school method but it brews better tea). Went back and read the description and saw that it does say it has large drain holes, which I misread as large drain hole. In looking at other teapots on Amazon, most do not address this, but a lot of them come with strainer inserts. I haven't found one yet that has a picture of the inside of the pot so that you can see if the spout is one large hole or several small ones. Although I'm returning this tea pot, I still rate it four stars - just use tea bags or a strainer insert.

I've been looking for a classic looking functional teapot that I could proudly display on my buffet. I did an extensive research and came to a conclusion that most - if not all - ceramic, porcelain, or glass teapots all drip. This teapot is unfortunately no exception and it does drip a bit due to its rounded blunt spout tip no matter how carefully I pour (trust me, I tried) or even when it's less than half full where it's less likely to drip down the spout at the end of a pour. However, that does not stop me from rating the teapot a 5 star for its low cost, capacity, and function. I love the lid design with a latch that allows me to completely empty the teapot even at 90 degrees vertical. You can pretty much assume that you will never need to hold the lid while pouring. The lid also has a tiny vent hole on top that allows the teapot to pour more smoothly without making splash. The handle is a bit on the thin side as you can see on the photo, but it's an inch wide to allow me to have an adequate grip or thumb placement on top which is needed given that this is a large capacity teapot. The teapot also has 7 strain holes (each at about 3/8") at the base of the spout inside, so the design helps to catch larger tea leaves. I've tried loose Jasmine tea (Sunflower Jasmine Tea 0.5 LB (227 g)), and it did a decent job at catching most tea leaves, but quite a few leaves did end up in my cup. This is acceptable for Jasmine tea, but for other loose leaf teas, you'll probably want a tea ball infuser or strainer to capture the smaller fragments and to stop the bitterness from over brewing. The top opening is about 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 at the most, so you'll want about 2" diameter tea strainer if you're planning on using loose tea. I often find myself using the teapot personally although the capacity allows for group gathering. As for the drippings, I tie a piece of cloth or paper towel on the spout to help capture the liquid, or you should use a tray. I boil my water with an electric kettle (Aroma AWK-115S Hot H20 X-Press 1-1/2-Liter Cordless Water Kettle) in a jiffy, and the stoneware teapot does a very good job at retaining the heat. All in all, this is a great bargain teapot that's very functional and pleasant to look at.