How does this work..tea pots?

[xelasnave]

I see these and like them particularly the one in the photo herewith...Its a Turkish unit but I dont know how they are used.. tea in each? Tea in one and coffee in the other? tea in one and just hot water in the other?...any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
Alex

[leon]

Hey Alex are you sure they are actually one unit, maybe the small one on top is just stored that way so one can have a big pot of tea or a small one, just saying.

Leon

[mura_gadi]

I'd be going with Hot water and Coffee...

[xelasnave]

Thanks for working on this one Leon.
I have seen quiet a few like this and assumed they are used this way...one on top and I had never thought they may be like this of storage purposes ...a way to have a big one and a smaller one that fit easy in the cupboard..and I don't know..it is the only thing left that I dont know..when I know how they are used I will know everything:D
But they would make nice collectibles and some maybe these I think are hand made...so interesting.
Alex

[Stonius]

Alex,


If you're going to mount two teapots, the most important thing is the load bearing specs of the table that will be driving them, and making sure the whole thing is balanced properly, otherwise you may end up with pouring errors and cups and saucers that are not round. I think Losmandy sell a biscuit tray accessory which can help during long sessions.


Best,


Markus

[LewisM]

Turkish teapots:


Turks, absolute geniuses of shortcuts, have created a great shortcut in the tea brewing too: they developed a construction of two stacked kettles called çaydanlık – the bottom part is for the boiling water while the upper one is for the tea brew.
Here is how to make Turkish Tea:


1. Fill the bottom kettle with water and bring to boil at the high heat on your stove top.
2. Place tea leaves into the upper kettle and stack the upper kettle on top of the bottom one.
3. Once the water in the bottom kettle is boiled, pour half into the upper kettle to brew the tea. Reduce the heat to medium and let the tea in the upper kettle get brewed for 15-20 min over the steam coming from the bottom kettle.
4. Pour out some tea brew into a Turkish tea glass up to the waist (the narrowest point of the tea glass) and then dilute it with water.
5. Reduce the heat to low to keep your tea warm as you’ll be serving a few rounds. Once the tea drinking is over turn off the heat.


Making tea is just a half of the deal in Turkey as it is very important to know how you serve it in a proper way. The tea in Turkey can be served in a variety of ways between the two extremes – koyu (dark, strong) and açık (light, weak).

[xelasnave]

Thank you Lewis most informative and very interesting.
Alex

[leon]

Yep, I think Lewis might have nailed it, sounds doable.

Leon

[xelasnave]

This is ewer...hand made in copper another Turkish item..what is a ewer?
Alex

[raymo]

Nothing of interest here Alex. It is just a sort of formal name for a pitcher
or jug.
raymo

[xelasnave]

Top matks Raymo that is what it is...
Alex

[billdan]

It all sounds too complicated for me, I'll stick to tea bags.

[xelasnave]

I like two tea bags, a ordinary black one and a lemon and ginger so I could have black tea in one and lemon and ginger in the other.:D
Alex

[ab1963]

It’s how the Turkish make tea water in the bottom tea leaves in the top then when the water boils in the bottom one on the stove it’s transferred into the top to brew it’s a very ceremonial thing to the Turks but that’s the basics of it…

[xelasnave]

Lewis gave an outline in post 6 but thanks for joining in.

Alex