If you stay with me at 52 Clichy almost everyone gets to see my ‘perfect teapot’, the Grosche ‘Budapest’.
Put the tea in the centre chamber, lower it into the water and wiggle it about a bit if you want to speed up the brewing process.
The real perfection for someone like me who doesn’t like strong tea is that when the water gets to the right colour you just lift the lever which raises the tea above water level so the tea stays your perfect strength and doesn’t stew.
On first introductions, practically every guest wants one or knows someone for whom this teapot would be perfect and for a while I had supplies I could sell to guests who had enough room in their suitcase on the return journey but, oh horror, the shop closed.
To the rescue came delightful guests from Australia who found a near-perfect solution but, drumroll, gorgeous English guests found the real thing!
So now, never fear, you too can have the perfect teapot, my ‘Budapest’ or, am I being disloyal here, maybe one that has a sleeker design, the Grosche ‘Barcelona’. In this design the glass doesn’t touch the table surface. At $35 each, and cheaper on other sites, I might allow myself both! If you can’t get hold of Grosche, alternatives there are a-many.
What about this one? Does it resemble anything? At around $20 who wouldn’t plump for the Oggi 6577 teapot I’m not sure it isn’t a Grosche in sheep’s clothing? Or how about the €20 Rosenstein & Söhne branded version that is available is Europe.
There’s also a Scandanavian teapot design by Norm Architects and this one from the HappyLuckys website looks fun too.
There are choices out there! But for the moment if you stay in the apartment you have to put up with my adorable green teapot (I love lime green). Do tell me which you prefer or what you use.
Maybe I don’t have the perfect teapot – although I think I do! In any case, come and stay at 52 Clichy and test mine out by clicking on the link and checking out my Availability.
If you haven’t already considered visiting Paris and staying with me, take a look at my website or read some of my zillion 5* reviews of the B&B or the Apartment from TripAdvisor and elsewhere.
Also do take a look at my suggestions of the best restaurants minutes from 52 Clichy or find out lots more information about French food and where and how to eat it in my blog page on where and how to eat well in Paris.
If you’re getting ready to visit Paris you might also want to dive in with my in-depth Guide to Living Like a Local.
Hope you found this informative and I look forward to your comments.
A très bientôt,
One reply on “How to choose the perfect teapot”
We have to agree Rosemary, this is the perfect teapot for us too, as we found out this week when presented with yours on the breakfast table at 52 Rue de Clichy. So much so we had to find one for ourselves which hopefully will be hot footing itself to us shortly along with our order for a yogurt maker(The blue one) as we discovered we preferred when we had the taste test. Thank you for a wonderful enlightening stay, full of great tips on where best to visit, eat and most of all the simple everyday pleasures in life such as perfect tea and yogurt. Sheree and Brent.