simax teapot

A Hand blown glass tea pot is a unique and cost effective present idea for showers, anniversaries, Mother's Day, wedding presents, or christmas. Every teapot is carefully hand finished by experienced glass journeymen.

Hand blown Euro tea kettle. Tea kettles have a real artistic, historical and ethnic value throughout the world. Teapots have become great gift items. The first tea pot originated in China in the sixteenth Century. The Japanese enjoyed assorted teas, including green tea. By the eighteenth Century the teapots manufactured at Yixing, China, were being made in shapes which had symbolic significances, for example, peach shape for longer life and good luck, pomegranate for many, sound children.

Early teapots, when brought to Europe, prompted potters to develop new variations of tea pot culture. Britain, being more keen on tea drinking than the remainder of Europe, made the tea pot their own specialization.

Presently, tea drinking is making a resurgence in the United States. Some suppose Americans are switching over from "happy hour" to "tea time." Excessive social drinking is increasingly frowned upon and, with executives facing shrinking expense budgets, the "power lunch" is being replaced by the "power tea." Herbal teas popularized during the 60s are also gaining acceptance as more folks try to keep away from caffeine.

Today we enjoy an potpourri of healthy teas. Many specialized "healthy" teas are now available. Many of these are decaffeinated and organic variations of the respective tea types. A selection of tea varieties is ideal for afternoon tea or a simple tea party.

Research with green tea in animals has shown it can repress arthritis. Green tea, already extolled for its cancer fighting ability, may also protect against certain autoimmune diseases, new research indicates. Green teas subdue the expression of antigens made by the body, substances that can set off an immune response. EGCG, a substance found in green tea is known to suppress inflammation.
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Browse our unique glass-within-glass oil and vinegar cruet decanters.

• See our selection of elegant kitchen gourmet cruets.
• Great for a birthday gift, mothers day gift, wedding present, crystal gifts,
• Christmas, housewarming and/or romantic gifts.