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| Anybody here have a Brown Betty? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 7 2013, 01:26 PM (1,043 Views) | |
| brenda | Jan 7 2013, 01:26 PM Post #1 |
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This is a Brown Betty, and it's supposed to be the best tea pot EVAH. I'm considering getting one, because we drink a lot of tea at our house. Is it truly wonderful and worth getting, or will any old pot suffice? (Careful now, don't step in the D'Oh bait.) |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 7 2013, 01:55 PM Post #2 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I had the best |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| brenda | Jan 7 2013, 02:06 PM Post #3 |
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But what about Brown Betty? Did you meet here then, too? |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 7 2013, 02:09 PM Post #4 |
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No, but there was Black Lisa. |
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| brenda | Jan 7 2013, 02:11 PM Post #5 |
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What about the redheads? |
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| Frank_W | Jan 7 2013, 02:13 PM Post #6 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Got one.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Luke's Dad | Jan 7 2013, 04:13 PM Post #7 |
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I think my Betty is none of your business, and I find your fascination with whether it's brown or not to be quite offensive. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| brenda | Jan 7 2013, 04:32 PM Post #8 |
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So she's not for sale?
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| brenda | Jan 7 2013, 04:33 PM Post #9 |
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You did? Do tell. Mik will be jealous. |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 7 2013, 05:56 PM Post #10 |
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Hmmm |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| brenda | Jan 7 2013, 06:13 PM Post #11 |
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Oh oh. Reports of problems with the newer Brown Bettys. People say the insides begin to crack or craze, and some have dribbling spout issues. Problems are due to poor manufacturing. May have to try to get a vintage Brown Betty, if I can find one. |
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| musicasacra | Jan 7 2013, 07:44 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I do have a Brown Betty -- but I think it's back at mom's house. |
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| Horace | Jan 7 2013, 07:53 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Is this what apple brown betty is named after? I wish I had one of those. |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| brenda | Jan 7 2013, 07:56 PM Post #14 |
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So no problems with it when using it? Does your mom use it? How is your mom? |
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| brenda | Jan 7 2013, 07:58 PM Post #15 |
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Not named after the tea pot, but a worthy desire unto itself. I should make something with the few fall apples we have left, and that's a great suggestion. Hey, Horace, you're alright.
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| Horace | Jan 7 2013, 08:04 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Thanks Brenda! Apple brown betty is the great unifier, that's what I always say. |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| musicasacra | Jan 7 2013, 08:16 PM Post #17 |
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I didn't have a problem with it but only used it a handful of times. Mom is good. She got an iPad for Christmas and now has all of the same Apple products that I do. I have to keep up with her, you know. |
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| Red Rice | Jan 7 2013, 09:53 PM Post #18 |
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Even the vintage Brown Bettys were really overrated. I never found them any better than most other teapots. The newer ones are terrible. My aunt had the handle break off in her hand while she was pouring. |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| Larry | Jan 7 2013, 10:10 PM Post #19 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Edited by Larry, Jan 8 2013, 09:18 AM.
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| Klaus | Jan 8 2013, 01:54 AM Post #20 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Brown Betty looks terrific (well, not Larry's version ), but I think the most important aspect of a tea pot is that the tea tastes good.Which means that 1) it should be easy to prepare tea in (no tea bags!), and 2) it should be easy to keep it hot. This is a model I like: ![]() The one we have is similar to this one: ![]() It is heat-insulated and will keep the tea hot enough for about an hour. |
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| brenda | Jan 8 2013, 08:41 AM Post #21 |
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Glad to hear she's doing well, MS. I wondered how the stress of the flooding would affect her, but it sounds like she came through that fine. Aha, now we know where your technical prowess comes from: it's the mom gene! |
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| brenda | Jan 8 2013, 08:43 AM Post #22 |
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So what brand or type of teapot do you like best? I want one that will help hold the heat well. I have a local friend who loves her Brown Betty, so I thought I'd try one. |
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| brenda | Jan 8 2013, 08:43 AM Post #23 |
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Larry, see RR's post above about problems with the handles. Do you think you could get a handle on that one you posted?
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| brenda | Jan 8 2013, 08:57 AM Post #24 |
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That's one of the comments often made about the Brown Bettys, that it makes the tea taste extra good. As for keeping it hot, the Brown Bettys are supposed to be good for that, too, at least the older ones are. To encourage heat retention, I would make (rug hook) a tea cozy for it. I'll need to buy the pot to get the accurate measurements, because they come in various sizes, as Larry well notes.
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| Red Rice | Jan 8 2013, 09:03 AM Post #25 |
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I don't like tea that sits around in the pot too long... it gets too cold, and the tea gets oversteeped. So I prefer a smaller teapot: the tea gets consumed more quickly before it gets too old, and I don't mind if that means adding fresh hot water more frequently, as I have a Zojirushi water heater. I use an Eclipse glass teapot I picked up for $5 in Chinatown: holds about two cups of tea. ![]() edit: For Chinese green or oolong tea, I use a YiXing teapot. ![]() Edited by Red Rice, Jan 8 2013, 09:06 AM.
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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