14 January 11
Teapot Tempestuousness
This morning I made my tea in the brown pot I bought last week to replace the white one whose lid had broken.
It cracked with a neat fissure near the bottom, all across the teapot. Tea poured everywhere — onto the stove, the counter, my sock. I make loose tea. This was tea with a lot of tealeaves all over the kitchen. Scalding.
Is it really so very much to ask to have a teapot that will JUST POUR TEA without spilling? I guess so.
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