Primula Flowering Tea Set with 40-Ounce Pot with Glass Lid | 
| Brand: Primula
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $27.66
You Save: $12.33 (31%)
New (10) from $27.66
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 60
Color: Clear
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 6 x 8 x 10
MPN: PTA4002
Model: PTA-4002
UPC: 741393216189
EAN: 0741393216189
ASIN: B000P7506M
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Features:
| • | Microwave and dishwasher safe | | • | Easy to clean | | • | Will not stain | | • | Handblown borosilicate glass | | • | Gift Canister of 12 Tea Flowers |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Experience the unusual beauty and gentle taste of flowering tea from Primula! This gift set contains a clear 40 oz borosilicate glass tea pot with a gift canister of flowering teas, containing 12 different green tea flowers with jasmine flavor. Each flower can be used 3 times within a 24 hour period and comes in sealed foil with a 2.5 year shelf life. The canister makes over 250 cups of tea.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
Pleasing to both eye and taste December 11, 2007
M. Keating (Minneapolis, MN USA)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I purchased this set for my sister who loves tea even more than I do. I loved her set so much I went back and bought one for me! The set includes a lovely borosilicate tea pot which makes it versatile. You can use it in your microwave, but you probably won't. The heating and pouring of the water are essential elements of the ritual of tea making.
When you pour the hot water over the hand-tied tea balls, you will witness an enchanting display. The tea balls slowly open into delightful flowers. The pot and infuser are perfectly clear to show off your tea and allow you to easily witness the unfolding of your tea flower. I don't bother with the infuser because the tea balls shed very little during the brewing.
Best of all, the tea is delicious. The green tea flavor is robust (through 3 potential infusions) and the jasmine is very subtle. I have since tried other brands but Primula has struck the perfect balance between flavor and beauty. I strongly recommend this set to anyone who loves tea and the soothing ritual of brewing tea.
By the way, you should try not to boil the water you use for infusing green teas. The flavor will be negatively affected by boiling hot water. Try to catch the water just before it boils. Small bubbles will start to rise. That's the perfect time to remove the water from the heat and brew your tea.
Happy sipping!
Beautiful and unbelievable September 23, 2007
M. Marek (San Jose, CA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
This product is unbelievable. You just drop the ball in the tea pot with boiling water and it will change in front of your eyes into a beautiful flower. It is great and it would be an awesome gift! The tea pot by itself is very nice and it is easy to pour the tea to a cup. It does not leak.
Fantastic Tea Experience December 29, 2007
Rachel B123 (San Diego, CA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful tea experience. As the tea flower blooms you watch the green tea leaves expand. The flowere that are small inside start to hydrate and the flowers fully expand into a wonderful arrangement. The flowers are all sewn together in different shapes and styles so you get to appreciate a unique display of art everytime you have tea.
After the tea is fully bloomed simply pour everyone a glass. Then pour additional hot water into the pot so that the tea can be displayed on the table.
The gift canister is magnificiently made. It is obvious that skilled craftsmen spent a lot of time to create this gift canister that holds all the 12 teas.
The entire experience was fantastic.
 Fragile teapot, mediocre quality tea... but at least it's not expensive. March 30, 2008
D Tremblay (Canada)
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
Now I am a big tea enthusiast, and have enough fine teas to last me years. So my Grandmother, seeing this advertised on the shopping channel, thought this would make a nice birthday gift for me.
At first I was excited, but then I felt the teapot. The glass is thin, almost brittle. I know borosilicate glass is supposed to be strong, as anyone who's been in a Chemistry class should know, so I knew from the start that this teapot was of poor quality. In fact it broke on me two weeks after getting the gift! I was just cleaning it, and of course trying to be extra careful because I had a poorly made borosilicate tea pot in my hands, when I knocked it up against the wall of my sink a bit, and it chipped!
As for the tea itself... well, being someone who knows how fine black, green, and white tea taste, I knew from the smell alone that this tea was of mediocre quality at best. This is the type of quality you grab at walmart, or get in huge boxes for a bargain at a Chinese flea market. I have to admit the flowering action looked very nice, but beyond that, it's a poor quality tea. The earl grey they sent me... was one of the most revolting earl greys I have ever tasted, and I couldn't stomach even one cup without loading it with sugar and milk. You can know the quality of the tea better when you drink it with no sugar or milk... and if I couldn't even drink it plain, then it's simply cheap. The green tea is masked by fragrances and 'flavors', or in other words, much of the flavor in this tea is artificial--real teas use 'extract'--and the white tea is an insult to white tea. What is worst is that there's little subtly and quality to the masking; you might as well spray the tea with cheap perfume.
On a positive note, the cheap price fits the quality! Just don't buy this for someone who actually knows their teas or teapots, please.
Tea-lighted April 20, 2008
June Hersh
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I saw this beautiful product on Amazon.com while I was searching for the perfect gift for my daughter's bridal shower. I was looking for a gift that would appeal to both the young and old guests we were hosting at our very special tea party. All of my guests were tea-lighted when they realized that the beautiful centerpieces that I used to decorate the tables were actually their take-away gifts. Not only did we get to enjoy a variety of delicious teas at the party, but I am still hearing raves from all of my friends as to how much they are enjoying the teas in their own homes.
|
|
|
