All good tips here. I notice the Denby ones have a turned-down spout in the fashion of the old Bewley's pots - maybe those pots were Denby, actually.

I'm shocked and grieved to hear the phrase 'tea bags' from the lips of a folkie. Tea bags are an abomination unto the Lord. They make the tea taste of paper.

Best tea I've had recently came from Mariage Freres in Paris, and was delicious, subtle, scented with the Himalayan leaf.