No office can function without copious amounts of tea. Water is good for washing your car and flushing the toilet, but at the end of the day, when you need a drink that you can depend on, tea is the drink that delivers.

In an effort to maximise our tea consumption, we invested in a teapot over the weekend. After extensive research, we opted for a 2.2 litre enamel model in antique piss yellow. Expectations were high: could the £5.99 tea weapon really change our lives?…

The answer is an emphatic YES!

Capacity: 10/10 - with reckless over-filling it can deliver 5 generous mugs of piping hot tea.
Safety: 2/10 - the exterior gets rather hot; the lid is a real scalding threat.
Pouring: 10/10 - dispensing tea doesn’t get better than this - smooth, non-drip action, a delight to behold.
Design: 7/10 - traditional, solid, reliable, and, most importantly, non-threatening.
Cleaning: 9/10 - easily rinsed and de-bagged via the big hole in the top - genius!
Value: 10/10 - it paid for itself on its debut - what more can you ask for?

Summary

If you like tea, don’t miss this!