With an opaque or ceramic teapot, brewing beautiful tea blends feels like a missed opportunity. Not so with a clear glass teapot where blooming petals, and visually-appealing botanicals from rose, bergamot, camomile, anise hyssop, and more are in full view as the tea brews. Here, we’ve profiled our 10 favorite Japanese clear glass tea pots for your viewing—and drinking—pleasure.
Above: The Hirota Glass Tall Teapot is made of hand-blown glass with a removable center piece for chilling tea with ice; $159 at November 19.
Above: The simple Kinto Unitea One Touch Teapot features a small filter around the ring of the teapot for filtering out leaves as tea is poured; $30 at Revolve.
Above: The Hairo Maru Glass Teapot features an interior mesh tea leaf filter; $35 at Todd & Holland Tea Merchants.
Above: Another Hario design, the Tsutsugata Japanese Glass Teapot has a removable stainless steel strainer (not pictured) and a stainless steel handle connected to the borosilicate glass; €64.90 at Yoshien.
Above: The Simplicity Glass Teapot has a coil strainer at the base of the spout allowing filtration while still viewing blooming tea leaves and the like; $315 at Nalata Nalata.
Above: The wide Hirota Glass Teapot with an interior strainer and gold-finish metal top is $110 at Clothbase.
Above: The Japanese Hammer Pattern Petal Teapot features a ribbed glass body that can be heated directly on the stove if desired; $59.90 at Moku Park.
Above: Designed by Katushia Hira and Mizuho Hira for Studio Prepa, the Teapot with Bamboo Handle features a bent bamboo handle that is removable for cleaning; $450 at Nalata Nalata.
Above: The Tealyra Glass Teapot Filter is made with a tall, cylindrical stainless steel mesh filter; $30 at Tenzo.
Above: The Iwaki Heat Resistant Glass Teapot features a spout with a stainless mesh filter for filtering out leaves as the tea is poured. Made from Iwaki Glass, a Japanese glass factory founded in 1883. The teapot is $28 at Global Kitchen Japan.
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