The Brown Betty... a traditional English tea pot known for its rounded shape and utilitarian use, was originally lovingly crafted using red clay from Stoke-on-Trent, England. It created a manganese brown glaze known as Rockingham glaze. The shape of the tea pot, coupled with the red clay is said to produce the best pot of tea.
Do you use one of these sweet Brown Betty Tea pots to brew your tea?
And I think they do! I have a fairly large one that's great for groups. But I need a smaller one!
ReplyDeleteI have a 2-cup and a 4-cup I brought back from England years ago. These are my most used teapots. They bring back memories of the small teashop in Tewkesbury every time I brew tea in one.
ReplyDeleteAmazingly, I don't own a Brown Betty. I think I might have to remedy that! ;-)
ReplyDeleteLovely post --- I have several of the little Brown Betty's that I purchased from someone (ATAA) who was downsizing years back. I love them!
ReplyDeleteI do! It's one of my favorites and has shown up several times in the photos on my blog. It was a gift from DH many years ago. And when it was time to send my daughter off to university a few years ago, I made sure she had a proper Brown Betty pot for making a cup of tea in her dorm room.
ReplyDeleteLike Linda I have small and large Brown Betties, and though they make tea just fine, I have to say that preparing a single cup of tea at a time is usually how I do things!
ReplyDeleteSad to say I thought you were talking food! Maybe I should get one when I go to England next year! Thanks for enlightening me as always!
ReplyDeleteI do have a small one that belonged to my mother-in-law. Not sure where it is from, but certainly looks like a Brown Betty. I use it often for breakfast tea.
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