Teaware

thumb|Rococo cup with saucer, circa 1753, [[soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelling, Vincennes porcelain]]

thumb|A traditional stainless steel kettle with a handle upright|thumb|An electric kettle, with boiling water visible in its transparent water chamber A kettle, sometimes called a tea kettle or teakettle, is a device specialized for boiling water, commonly with a lid, spout, and handle. Strictly, this refers to a stovetop kettle, which uses heat from a cooktop. An electric water boiler, which is a small kitchen appliance with an internal heating element, may also be referred to as an electric kettle.

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upright=1.35|thumb|A mug of tea with milk

thumb|right|Teacups on matching saucers thumb|right|A tea bowl without a handle (grip)|handle A teacup is a cup for drinking tea. It generally has a small handle that may be grasped with the thumb and one or two fingers. It is typically made of a ceramic material and is often part of a set which is composed of a cup and a matching saucer or a trio that includes a small cake or sandwich plate. These may be part of a tea set combined with a teapot, cream jug, covered sugar bowl, and slop bowl. Teacups are often wider and shorter than coffee cups. Cups for morning tea are conventionally larger t

thumb|upright=1.3|Formal dining table laid for a large private dinner party at Chatsworth House thumb|upright=1.3|Table laid for six at the Royal Castle, Warsaw, (18th–19th century fashion)

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small bowl for holding sugar

250px|thumb|Rococo cup with saucer, , soft-paste porcelain with glaze and enamel, [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] 250px|thumb|Saucer, 1753, soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration, Cleveland Museum of Art (USA) 250px|thumb|German saucer, by Koenigliche Porzellan Manufaktur, , porcelain, diameter: 14.6 cm, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)]]

A ' (; ) or ' () is a Chinese lidded bowl without a handle, used for the infusion of tea leaves and the consumption of tea. It was invented during the Ming dynasty. It consists of a bowl, a lid, and a saucer.

insulating cover for a teapot, traditionally made of cloth

type of strainer

A chawan (; literally "tea bowl") is a bowl used for preparing and drinking tea. Many types of chawan are used in East Asian tea ceremonies.

set of dishes for preparing and serving tea

thumb|A tetsubin cast-iron kettle is suspended over an irori hearth in a traditional Japanese style farm house, at the Boso-no-Mura Museum thumb|alt=A video with the camera spinning around a tetsubin on a brasier (hibachi)|A tetsubin on a brazier (hibachi) are Japanese cast-iron kettles with a pouring spout, a lid, and a handle crossing over the top, used for boiling and pouring hot water for drinking purposes, such as for making tea.

museum in Hong Kong

small jug or pitcher, designed for holding and serving cream or milk (for coffee or tea), normally with a handle and a spout

thumb|A cheap generic mesh tea infuser ball

thumb|Nickel-plated glass holder

storage for tea

thumb|Chinese ceramics|Chinese porcelain piyāla from the period of the [[Qing dynasty]] thumb|Simple ceramic piyāla

thumb|Vienna porcelain trembleuse cup with gallery from the du Paquier period, 1730 thumb|Gobelet et soucoupe enfoncé by Manufacture nationale de Sèvres|Sèvres c. 1776

thumb|upright=1.35|A Goblin Teasmade A teasmade is a machine for making tea automatically, which was once common in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries. Teasmades generally include an analogue alarm clock and are designed to be used at the bedside, to ensure tea is ready first thing in the morning. Although crude versions existed in Victorian times, they only became practical with the availability of electric versions in the 1930s. They reached their peak in popularity in the 1960s and 1970s. Since then their use has declined, but they started to boast a partial revival in the 2

thumb|Azeri tea in Armudu stəkan Armudu or Armudu stəkan (Armudu glass), sometimes called Boğmalı is a kind of drinking glass used for black tea in Azerbaijan. It is similar to the Turkish traditional tea glass called ince belli bardak (lit. "slim-waisted glass") (see also Tea in Turkey).

sculpture by Méret Oppenheim

kind of spoon

bowl for accepting used tea leaves for European tea sets

kind of spoon

thumb|Tea in the United Kingdom|English teaware

type of drinkware made from especially hard and thick glass

tongs for acquiring sugar, usually sugar cubes

clay figurine used during tea making