Primula Blossom Glass Teapot, 1 Flowering Teas, Green

After experiencing a flower tea at a restaurant, I wanted to get this for my mom as a gift, so that she can experience what I experienced. The glass teapot is thin, but nicely crafted. You just have to be a bit careful in handling it as it is not a thick teapot. I do not recommend heating this glass teapot on top of your stove. I imagine that to move this teapot from a hot surface to a cold surface will crack it as glass reacts that way to quick temperature changes. So, in my family we placed the flower tea into the teapot and then pour hot water into the pot. While we stare at the ball of tea in the pot of hot water, the ball slowly blossoms into a flower right in front of you. It's a beautiful thing to see. Soon, a fully opened flower is in the teapot and the tea is then ready for consumption.There are twelve tea balls that come with this set, but every ball gives off almost the same taste even though each ball has a different flower in it. My mom normally doesn't drink tea because she's afraid that it would keep her awake. However, since she started drinking this tea, she's been sleeping just fine and she likes the taste (green tea with jasmine flavor). The tea seems to withstand a few refills without losing much of its taste. The pot is pretty big and it looks nice on my mom's table.It also comes with a glass tea infuser in case you want to use loose tea leaves (that you buy separately). The infuser fits inside of the teapot, but is not used for making tea from the flower tea balls. I was a bit confused when I saw the infuser because the flower tea balls don't fit well in them. My mom really liked the whole set. My niece bought one for her friend's mother as a gift as well. I'm considering getting one for myself. If you've never tried a flowering tea before, you have to try it. You'll like the pot that comes with this set, but you'll love the tea as it flowers in it.

I bought three of these pots, one for myself and two for Christmas gifts. I couldn't wait to open mine and used it the night that I got it. The tea was really good. Other reviewers have said that it is weak but jasmine tea isn't supposed to have a strong flavor and I found it to be just right. The flowering effect was really neat to watch and I found it fun watching to see what it would turn into. I did brew the flower three times and the form of the flower started to fall apart by the third brew but the tea tasted just as great on the last brew as it did on the first.I was a bit skeptical about buying the pot because of some of the other reviews mentioning broken pots and outdated tea but all three of mine arrived in perfect condition and the tea is dated for January 30, 2013. I am planning on giving two of the pots as Christmas gifts but there will still be a little more than a month for the tea to get used and I have a feeling my tea balls won't be unused before the expiry date. I haven't used the diffuser yet so I can't comment on its performance but I don't tend to drink a lot of loose leaf tea so I don't anticipate it being an issue even if it doesn't work all that well.I think this set is great and I am happy that I didn't let the negative reviews turn me away from trying it. This would be a great gift for anyone who enjoys tea or even for yourself.

When this product arrived, I had been waiting impatiently for a few days. I have wanted a tea pot for a very long time, and could never decide on the style I wanted. Never having had flowering teas before, I was excited to get to try them too.Once it got here, I rinsed it in warm water, and placed a flowering tea in it. It looks just like the picture, and has a great aroma to it. After sharing my first pot of tea with my family, I went to inspect the diffuser. The first thing I noticed was that this thing is HUGE! it only has small slits in the bottom corners. It goes from the opening of the pot, all the way down to the bottom. There are little slits across the bottom corners. I do not know how well this will work as a difuser. Mine had a small crack across the bottom. I returned my first tea pot, and as always, amazon took great care of me, and immediately shipped me a replacement.The second one arrived in perfect condition. I do wish I had known that every one of the flowering teas is the same flavor. Jasmine and green tea. They are light, refreshing, and fragrant. They do not really seem to get bitter as they steep. The loose teas the pot comes with are attractively packadged. I have only tried the black tea. I wasn't a huge fan. It is pretty weak (and I have a very strong sense of taste...I don't steep my teas for more than a minute or two usually). I do not know if this has something to do with the design of the difuser...I did try lifting and lowering the difuser durring the steeping process to help it along.The mouth of the pot is very short, and the lid gets kinda hot when holding it to pour. I did notice that a drip of liquid will pretty readily travel down the outside of the pot. I suppose this is due to the short spout.Over all this seems to be a decent pot for the money, though the teas may be sup par. The included flowering teas are pleasant, and refreshing, though I have not tried steeping them more than once.

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La tetera está muy delgadita y tronó a la primera lavada, aunque el agua no se sale. Creo que el error fue mío porque lo lavé con agua del grifo que venía fría, y según leí tiene que ser con agua tibia (no pensé que salida de la llave estuviera tan fría).

Pues he visto muchas opiniones acerca de que es muy delgado el vidrio y que se rompe con facilidad. Ciertamente es delicado, pero lo he manejado con cuidado y funciona bien. Por ejemplo, no hay que agarrarlo del asa, sino más bien del cuerpo de la jarra.