Primula Flowering Tea Set with 40-Ounce Pot, Clear
by Epoca Inc.
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Primula Flowering Tea Set with 40-Ounce Pot, Clear
Customer Review: Fragile teapot, mediocre quality tea... but at least it's not expensive.
Summary: 2 Stars
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.
Customer Review: Good deal for the price
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm happy with the deal I got with this product. It's a great way to watch teas bloom. I really like that I can put the teapot on the stove to keep it warm. The one thing I don't like is that it is a bit difficult to pour. You have to turn the entire teapot upside down to get the last bit of tea out, and must hold the lid on so it doesn't fall off. Next time I might spend a little more to get a teapot with a spout from the bottom. Other than that, this product is nice, and the tea is good.Customer Review: Good, tea, like the pot, cover gets a little warm
Summary: 4 Stars
Tea is excellent, the pot holds a decent amount of tea and displays the flowers well. Only minor issue is that sometimes the cover gets extremely warm, and it doesn't stay in very well, you need to put a finger on it when pouring the tea. Otherwise, works perfectly.Customer Review: Great Gift Idea
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife often jokes that I don't put enough thought into the gifts I buy for her. I surprised her for her birthday with breakfast in bed and the feature was the glass pot with a blooming flower inside. She hadnt seen one before and thought that alot more had gone into it then just me dropping something into boiling water.
I've since had my mom and sister add it to their "GIFTS TO GET ME" list...thanks to the Primula gift set I now know what to get them for Mothers day.
We use it alot. The kids love it. We actually made iced tea for a recent bbq. We used the glass insert to infuse citrus into tea, it now has us wondering what other flavor combinations would taste good.
Customer Review: Great Product, Reasonable Price
Summary: 5 Stars
This blooming tea set was shipped to my house for free. I opened it up and it was triple boxed, ensuring that the glass tea pot remain intact. This tea set is a steal. It has a clear glass tea pot (with removable tea infuser) and a dozen different flowering teas. The teas are beautiful as well as tasty. I recommend it at such a price.