Can you boil water inside of it on a stove-top, or is it just for holding tea?
802349
No, do not put it on direct heat. I do keep it on a hotplate on the lowest burner setting to keep already hot water hot.
802350
I'm pretty sure it is just for holding tea. I would not put it on the stove top.
802351
No I wouldn't use it on a stove top. I bought this for my granddaughter and she does, however heat water in the microway in it.
1965883
I would NOT recommend using this teapot on a cook top. I've had great success heating my water in a kettle or saucepan and pouring over loose tea in the strainer into the pot and let steep.
541901
NO! I have poured boiling water in it, but do not place it on a stove and heat it because it will break!
1002750
Hello, Carol, generally speaking, it is a bad idea to put crockery on the stove top. However, this tea pot can be put in the microwave. The best way to make the most flavorful cup of tea is to heat water on the stove (boiling hot if it is black tea or herbal blends; other teas--- white, red, oolong and green-- google for additional heat temperatures information) and then pour the water over the leaves in an infuser or an infuser basket. Anyway, this is more information than you've asked for. This is a beautiful blue teapot but it drips. There ought to be a law.
762115
Hi Connie: I, personally, would not boil any tea in a metal container. Tea is very acidic and would corrode metal. Also it would not taste very good. Very hot water from your Ovente poured over tea in a nice china pot works the best.
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Some of the teapot can be used on stovetop, it will state on the literature. I heat my water in the microwave and add the blooming tea, I enjoy this teapot very much. I have not used tea bags nor loose tea, I am sure they will work the same way, tea likes to seep. I hope I have answered your question. sincerely, Alice
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I have never directly used my teapot on the stove ,I do pour boiling water over the tea and have no problems at all.
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NO, NO, NO! A teapot is NOT a kettle. Boil the water in a kettle (if you drink a lot of tea, an electric kettle is a must and you'll find you'll wonder how you ever lived without one.) This teapot is not designed for anything other than holding already boiled water. Tea, once made should never be boiled. To keep it hot, look out for a tea cosy and put the teapot on a cork mat to help to further retain the heat. I hope this helps.
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I don't think so. I think somewhere in the instructions or descriptions it says not to put it on the stovetop. The teapot is very thin, in my opinion, that is why a little warmer is able to heat it so well.
646371
Yes you can use any teabag or loose leaf tea that you like in the pot. I have not used the glass pot on the stove. I just pour the boiling water over the tea into the pot and steep as usual.
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I don't really think it would be best for boiling water on a stove top. You can definitely microwave water to be very hot with this, I would not put it over the stove.
430840
This is a serving tea pot. It is not intended for use on a stove top. Fill it with boiling water from your tea kettle.
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No, you cannot. This is a tea pot. What you put on the stove is called a tea kettle.
537358
No, this is meant to brew and serve tea, but not to heat water. I use a separate electric kettle for boiling water.
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This is a ceramic tea POT. To boil on the stove you are looking for a tea KETTLE. There are some exceptions, but for the most part to make tea correctly and safely you need one of each. Tea kettles are made of materials that can stand up to the extreme heat from below and cooling liquid inside/above they encounter on the stove, typically metal. Tea pots are made of materials that can stand the less-intense heat gradient from boiling water to ambient temperature, and won't impart flavor to the tea, typically ceramics. If you steep the tea in a metal kettle, you will likely get unpleasant metallic flavors in your tea, because tea is acidic and will dissolve some of the metal into your drink. If you boil water stove-top in a tea pot, it will very likely crack, possibly violently, and spew hot water everywhere. There are a relatively few pots out there made out of materials that work both stove top and for steeping. The ones I've seen have mostly been made out of Pyrex or similar materials. Do *not* assume a glass tea pot is safe to put on the stove, though. Most glass is at least as likely to explode on top of the stove as a ceramic pot, and will make much more dangerous shards. Personally, I'm not comfortable with even glassware that claims to be safe on the top of the stove.
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Neither. This is used in addition to a tea pot. You pour boiling water in it or microwave a mug of tea from it
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This is a teapot for holding tea, not for boiling water. You'll still need a kettle for that. The handle doesn't get hot when using it for serving.