Sexiest. Teapot. Ever.
Posted 17 Nov, 2007 under Design by Chris Baskind
If Apple did housewares, this might be the iPot.
Designer Joey Roth calls his baby the Sorapot. It’s a radically minimalist reinterpretation of the teapot — a vision transforming a familiar, everyday item into something more like modern art.
The Sorapot will certainly ratchet up the sexy on your Earl Grey, but it’s not all about looks. The cast metal arch which makes up Sorapot’s handle also acts as a heat sink, something Roth intends to prevent over-steeping of delicate teas. And, unlike many conventional teapots, the Sorapot’s glass and metal components are fully recyclable.
But, alas: Roth tells snarfd that the Sorapot won’t quite be ready for sale before Christmas. All the more reason to plan a particularly special Valentine’s for the significant person in your life. Start with the Sorapot. Add a pair of these striking teacups by Japanese designer Isamu Noguchi, or something with more traditional lines from Royal Doulton. Some of Peet’s superb Lion Mountain Keemun tea and a selection of Alison’s Organic Gourmet Cookies, and it’s hero time. Drink up.
27 Responses to “Sexiest. Teapot. Ever.”
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My earl grey would taste so much better in an uber modern teapot! Get me one of those … somebody … anybody!
Beautiful piece of work, isn’t it? Now if we can only convince Joey Roth to deliver us from the flimsy, poorly designed coffee presses which dominate today’s market …
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Lovely teapot, wonderful design! Modern and sleek, havent seen much interesting in teapot design in quite a while. Would love to carry in my store if for christmas season.
thom
FAO Steve Jobs: the Sorapot teapot could be the iPot, non?…
Quite rightly, you’re asking why this teapot is being featured on Tech Digest. Does it use batteries? Electricity? Can I use it to access my emails?
Well, I’m sure some wacky shaman in this world could use the tea sediments left in this teapot to re…
The coolest thing about this teapot (for me at least) is that Joey Roth designed it while an UNDERGRAD at Swarthmore.
Soropot Teapot is Sexy, Architectural…
Some tea connoisseurs are calling the Soropot the “sexiest teapot ever,” but we just think it’s downright architectural. There’s function behind that form, too, where the arched handle is supposed to act as a heat sink to keep the tea……
[...] Some tea connoisseurs are calling the Soropot the “sexiest teapot ever,” but we just think it’s downright architectural. There’s function behind that form, too, where the arched handle is supposed to act as a heat sink to keep the tea from oversteeping. Its arched support straddles a burner on the stove, and the water in that horizontally oriented boiler acts like an old-timey locomotive, getting all hot and steamy until it’s ready to pour over your favorite teabags. All this stainless steel and glass and design overload isn’t quite available yet, but when/if it is, we tea drinkers at the Giz are even willing to forsake our gorgeous Michael Graves teapot from Target for one of these. [Snarfd] [...]
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Soropot Teapot - Arched Tea Madness…
We typically like our tea a bit more interesting, and why not our teapot too! … The arched handle acts as a heat sink to keep the tea from oversteeping, and the arched support straddles a burner on the stove to heat the water in the middle containe…
Soropot Teapot is Sexy, Architectural…
Some tea connoisseurs are calling the Soropot the "sexiest teapot ever," but we just think…
[...] Some tea connoisseurs are calling the Soropot the “sexiest teapot ever,” but we just think it’s downright architectural. There’s function behind that form, too, where the arched handle is supposed to act as a heat sink to keep the tea from oversteeping. Its arched support straddles a burner on the stove, and the water in that horizontally oriented boiler acts like an old-timey locomotive, getting all hot and steamy until it’s ready to pour over your favorite teabags. All this stainless steel and glass and design overload isn’t quite available yet, but when/if it is, we tea drinkers at the Giz are even willing to forsake our gorgeous Michael Graves teapot from Target for one of these. [Snarfd] [...]
From the perspective of someone who actually uses a teapot on a daily basis, this one looks utterly ridiculous. It’s pretty clear to me that many of those commenting here are not even passingly familiar with a teapot and the way it differs from a tea kettle.
Allow me to explain. No teapot has any reason to “straddle a burner.” The proper function of a teapot is steeping and brewing tea. Water is properly boiled in a kettle. The frequent confusion of these two different items points up the lack of familiarity with tea in the US.
Delicate teas do not “over steep” in standard teapots. In fact, the tea cozy was invented to retain heat in the teapot precisely because teapots tend to dissipate heat too quickly in most cases. This is also why serious tea consumers will preheat their teapot before adding tea and water for steeping. So there is no good reason to design a teapot that leaches heat away from the water.
How is the tea added to this pot? The only obvious opening is the spout. It would be bad enough to have to add and remove loose leaf tea through a spout. More ridiculous still would be inserting a teabag through the spout, with the tags and strings stuck dangling out where one needs to pour.
It’s great that a young designer can come up with an idea that lots of people think is “sexy.” I hope he makes plenty of money selling this item to people with more money than brains. This is definitely one of those items meant to be sold rather than used.
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J’adore c’est vraiment un très bel objet.
Minimalist? Hardly. Perhaps you should look up what minimalist means. A basic teapot is a 1 piece ceramic pot.
Also - the how exactly is this going to boil water on anything other than a gas stove?
The heat sink idea is also silly - the largest mass of metal is at the bottom, which will likely also be heated by your stove.
Does this pot even have a whistle?
I get the feeling that those praising this thing don’t really drink tea or boil water.
Quite sexy and beautiful! Love it!
World’s stupidest teapot, raved about by world’s stupidest people. Just because something is shiny doesn’t mean it’s good. No wonder the world is going to hell in a handbasket. All the marketing dweebs have to do is attach the word ’sexiest’ to something and you idiots rush to buy it. I wonder how many of you would be hot for this pot if it was named the ‘teapot for morons who know nothing about tea designed by one of their own’?
You’ve certainly chosen an appropriate screen name, Goat.
So, what is it? Have you all decided? Is it a tea kettle or a tea pot?
A better name for this would be;
iSor(a)
Whew! Thanks for all the comments guys. Sorapot is just for brewing tea with hot water from another source, like a stovetop kettle. Here’s how it works: http://www.joeyroth.com/how-to-brew-tea-with-sorapot
Let me know if you have any other questions, and thank you all for your interest in my teapot.
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Have any of you actually looked at how the tea gets in the teapot (never mind the pain and suffering required if you’d like to take it out again?
There are screws involved.
Isn’t the entire point of design to improve on what we have, and not to make it more difficult to use?