Cast Iron Teapots

Video Transcript

"So, how do you make tea with a cast iron tea pot also known as a tetsubin? These are originally Japanese. They hold tea, very hot for quite a while. If you are one of those people who take time drinking their team and you like your tea to remain hot throughout that time, cast iron is the best choice. It comes in many sizes, colors, and such. The cast iron started off being a tea kettle. What they do is they put it over a stove top and boil water with it. But through time it changes in colors, it also changes in sizes to something that is more individual and now it made its way to the tea table where you're using it to serve tea. Using a cast iron tea pot is the same way you use any other tea pot. There is a tea filter inside, you put it in and then you put in your tea leaves. You take a tea scooper, put in the amount of tea that you like to make and then you put hot water into your tea pot like so and you let it sit inside the tea pot for three to five minutes and after it is ready you pour it into a tea cup and then you are ready to go. After you are done with your tea, you simply put the tea basket back in and then pour more hot water and make the tea leaves again and you get a second pot."