what's the point of a tea cosy

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i mean, the crap is already boiling

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

to comfort the tea

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't it to keep the tea warm in the pot?

― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

Keeps it warm, until you are ready for your second cuppa.

Also : it gives grannies something to knit.

― C J (C J), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

It doesn't seem like it would keep it any more warm than it would be without it. I need proof.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

Live with a metal teapot for a while then. Proof will be forthcoming. By the way, I just bought a new tea-pot a couple of weekends ago. Hand knitted by a granny of course. Anything else is for twats.

― everything (everything), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

you're supposed to use a porcelain teapot

you bought a knitted teapot?

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know what's funnier, the hand-knitted teapot or the twat cozy.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

It's for men to put their testicles in.

― Black lets you know that it's a far too late to be put in your vagina. (nickalic, Monday, 23 October 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

I have a thickly-quilted black and white cotton tea cosy which would probably be very efficient at keeping a potful of tea warm for ages and ages, but I never use it. I just make tea in a cup, since I'm the only one who drinks it in my house.

― C J (C J), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Dan beat me to the twat cosy joke.

Wait, I think there may be more in there ....

― C J (C J), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

A couple cellphones and some heroin?

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

That doesn't sound like it'd be very cosy.

― C J (C J), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

Roxy, boiling or no, porcelain or no, a layer of insulation that keeps cold drafts and circulating air off the teapot surface will always help to some degree! Still, cozies are pretty fussy.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

Also I'm pretty sure it's the invention of people right off the moors in horribly drafty cottages with only mud and rushes to chink the cracks between boards. Alternately anywhere in England before central heating was widely installed.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

They knitted a lot of things, those people in draughty cottages.

― C J (C J), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

It's pretty much exactly the same as wearing a winter hat. There's no doubt at all that the tea will stay hot for a longer period of time. I actually just wrap a dish-towel (tea towel?) around the pot, which doesn't work as well because it's not a snug fit, but there's still a definite difference in how long the tea remains warm.

― shorty (shorty), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

To knit rainbows and teddy bears into.

― def zep (calstars), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

Merkins be not to be listened to on the whole tea schtick. Tea cosies keep tea at a reasonable temperature in the pot. Simple as really.

― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

I'm sold.

In ye olden times, when winters were cold and people could not afford to heat their homes to subtropical temperatures, tea that was left in a pot could grow cold rather quickly. Hence the tea cozy was invented, because it kept the pot warm.

This is how people thought and acted, back before electricity was regarded as an unlimited resource, like air. This is probably how it will be again in roughly 30 years. See also: cardigan sweaters.

― Aimless (Aimless), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

Alternately anywhere in England before central heating was widely installed

so, everywhere in England now, basically

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:58 (nineteen years ago)

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