If you want to get real strong tea, then you should use leaf brew. Practically in any tea service, there is a teapot in the set for this, but modern housewives often buy it separately. Earlier used iron or ceramic, but now more often you can see in the kitchen a glass teapot. About what they are, and will tell in our article.
Glass kettles are made not from ordinary glass, but from heat-resistant glass. It is not so fragile and does not add any flavors to the drink. This contributes to the fact that such dishes become easier, more convenient and more durable. The only inconvenience is that the glass must be regularly rubbed, as it leaves marks from hands and water stains.
Glass teapot with spout
In this case, there is a brewer, apparently identical to ceramic or porcelain. But when choosing such a model, it is necessary to pay attention to its handle, if it will be too close to the main part, then the fingers will be hot when pouring tea into a mug. The best option is a holder with a bulge in the upper part.
Glass teapot with press
The brewer in the form of a glass cylinder with a metal holder is usually called a french press , since they are equipped with a special piston with a mesh, through which the tea leaves without tea leaves. This option is most often used for offices, but it is also found in home use.
Glass teapot with filter
One of the most modern options are glass brewing kettles with sprinkler filters installed in the base of the spout. Often they also have a grid for placing the tea leaves. This helps even when using fine tea, to get a clean drink.
Glass teapot with heating
To make tea in the brewer was long hot, teapots with heating were invented. They are a usual vessel in shape, under which there is a high stand, and in the center it is supposed to place a candle-tablet. This method is perfect for long gatherings over a mug of tea and does not threaten the integrity of any glass teapot.
Glass teapot Kung Fu
Each tea should be a different amount of time to brew, this will help another innovation from China - tea pot Gongfu. Outwardly, it can have the shape of a cylinder or a standard spherical, its main difference is an internal interesting mechanism. It represents the second flask, which is installed inside the main one. At the bottom, it must have a hole that is covered by a valve, and a strainer that acts as a filter. On the lid of the brewer is a button that drives the valve, into the resulting hole, brewed tea from a small flask to a large one. Then from it you can already pour yourself in a mug clean, properly
Kungfu kettles are often compared to French presses, but in the latter, if you do not pour all the tea, it continues to infuse and becomes too strong, while Gongfu is suitable for multiple brewing.
For brewing in any variety of glass teapots it is better to use light varieties, since the liquid in such a vessel cools rapidly. It will be very interesting to observe the process, as the tea leaves open, especially if there are flowers in them or it is compressed into a ball. Despite such a shortage, glass fusion boilers are becoming increasingly popular.