Mood. I think the prompt was “Tea”, so she’s holding a tea cup
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The Great (intermittent) Teapot Hunt
I mentioned, in this post from 10 (!) years ago, that @dduane and I are very fond of our Emsa glass teapot with its clever pivoting infuser, which parks in the domed lid once raised...
...but that it had been discontinued and the potential arithmetic of glass teapot + gravity + tiled floor = no more teapot meant we want to find a backup, Just In Case.
So far the arithmetic has remained potential (phew!) but every now and then we look at eBay, Etsy and in Name Your Search Engine, just in case something emerges from the mists of discontinued time.
The problem has always been - here are a couple of recent examples - that when they do turn up they're invariably Used, with occasional dings, scrapes or even cracks, and often involve shipping charges about a time-and-a-half the cost of the teapot:
There's also the possibility of further charges in the form of import / excise duty and VAT (sales tax) once it gets here.
But a couple of weeks ago we found EXACTLY what we'd been hoping for, Hurrah!
This is not only old-stock new-In-box at an excellent price, it came from the UK so shipping charges were in single figures and, though we did indeed have to pay VAT, that was less than €4.00.
Once again, Hurrah! :->
Here's where we found it, and here is a satisfied customer observation: Lesley and Ash are nice people with - from our own experience - admirable business practices.
Take a look at that link, or the others mentioned in "About Us".
You never know what you might find.
We certainly didn't... :->
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www.instagram.com/officialnatalina
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