TEAPOT COFFEE POT:
THE PRESS POT HISTORY

TEAPOT COFFEE POT: ALL ABOUT CHINTZ

TEAPOT COFFEE POT:
HOW TO BREW A POT OF COFFEE

TEAPOT COFFEE POT:
COLLECTING TEAPOTS

TEAPOT COFFEE POT:
COWBOY COFFEE, BACKPACKER STYLE

TEAPOT COFFEE POT: HOW TO ASK FOR
COFFE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

TEAPOT COFFEE POT: FACTORS THAT MAKE A GOOD POT OF PRESS POT COFFEE

TEAPOT COFFEE POT:
THE TEAPOT- A CERAMIC CULTURAL ITEM

WHERE TO BUY TEAPOTS AND COFFEE POTS

TEAPOT COFFEE POT
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Teapot Coffee Pot

Teapots are a quaint addition to anyone’s cabinet. Pouring a relaxing cup of tea becomes a ritual with the right teapot. For Centuries secrets, conquests, proposals and a plethora of quiet moments have been spent over a teapot!

Tea, renown for its healing and refreshing properties has been a favorite drink for over 5,000 years. Tea had it’s beginnings in China and India and today many of the most beautiful teapots and tea serving sets come from those area’s of the world. The first mention of tea outside China and Japan is said to be by the Arabs in 850 AD and it was they who were reputed to have brought it to Europe via the Venetians circa 1559. However, it is the Portuguese and Dutch who claim the credit bringing tea and tea drinking to Europe.

The Portuguese opened up the sea routes to China, some say as early as 1515. Jesuit priests travelling on the ships brought the tea drinking habit back to Portugal, while the sailors manning the ships encouraged the Dutch merchants to enter the trade. Subsequently a regular shipment of tea to ports in France, Holland and the Baltic coast was set up in 1610. England entered the trade via the East India Company, or the John Company as it was known, in the mid to late 17th Century.

Today collecting teapots and tea cups has become as much a hobby as the actual drinking of tea. We hope that those tea enthusiasts will find this website a fun informative place. It is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only and no entities receive any monetary value from appearing herein.

Coffee was first discovered in Eastern Africa in an area we know today as Ethiopia.
Coffee berries were transported from Ethiopia to the Arabian peninsula, and were first cultivated in what today is the country of Yemen.

Coffee first arrived on the European continent by means of Venetian trade merchants.
Coffee houses spread quickly across Europe becoming centers for intellectual exchange. In the 1700's, coffee found its way to the Americas by means of a French infantry captain who nurtured one small plant on its long journey across the Atlantic. This one plant, transplanted to the Caribbean Island of Martinique, became the predecessor of over 19 million trees on the island within 50 years. It was from this humble beginning that the coffee plant found its way to the rest of the tropical regions of South and Central America.

Today, coffee is a giant global industry employing more than 20 million people. This commodity ranks second only to petroleum in terms of dollars traded worldwide. If you start your mornings with a cup of fresh brewed coffee the following pages will interest and lead you to the best coffee pots with frequently asked questions, articles on coffee pots and the best places to buy your coffee pot.