# I'm a Super Hero!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-super-hero/832854>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 21, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-super-hero/832854 "2019-04-21T14:33:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-super-hero/832854/22 "2019-04-22T19:53:33Z")

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I am simply shocked and aghast at all this open talk of tea-bagging. And on a family forum like the internet. ::swoons::

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-super-hero/832854/23 "2019-04-23T03:55:28Z")

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Good God! Have none of you people heard of tea pots?!? What is all this business of forks and spoons (sorry, **Spoons** , nothing personal 😉 ).

Teapot, 1.

Boiling water, 1 splash to warm the pot.

Dump water.

Tea in pot (preferably loose tea, but I’m willing to make a grudging concession to modernity : tea bags if you must.

More lovely boiling hot water fresh from the kettle, which you’ve kept boiling while warming the teapot.

Tea gives up its lovely liquor - “_Le mort du thé_”

Steep. Patience.

Only at this stage do we introduce a cup: pour steaming hot tea and have a nice cuppa.

Forks to make tea, forsooth!

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-super-hero/832854/24 "2019-04-23T05:29:37Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
>
> Good God! Have none of you people heard of tea pots?!? What is all this business of forks and spoons (sorry, **Spoons** , nothing personal 😉 ).
> 
> Teapot, 1.
> 
> Boiling water, 1 splash to warm the pot.
> 
> Dump water.
> 
> Tea in pot (preferably loose tea, but I’m willing to make a grudging concession to modernity : tea bags if you must.
> 
> More lovely boiling hot water fresh from the kettle, which you’ve kept boiling while warming the teapot.
> 
> Tea gives up its lovely liquor - “_Le mort du thé_”
> 
> Steep. Patience.
> 
> Only at this stage do we introduce a cup: pour steaming hot tea and have a nice cuppa.
> 
> Forks to make tea, forsooth!

You talked me into it. I’m getting a teapot. Asap.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-super-hero/832854/25 "2019-04-24T01:55:15Z")

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That’s more like it!

I personally fancy the cobalt blue “brown Betty”. Accessorise with a tea strainer and a tea cosy.

> **[Cobalt Blue 2 Cup Brown Betty Teapot](https://www.english-teapots.com/england/TEA-GEM04N-BL.htm)**
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> Brown Betty teapot made in the UK by Adderley Ceramics, in blue color covered by Rockingham brown glaze

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