Only a designer with a true passion for tea could create a teapot as beautiful as this, the Sorapot. Joey Roth, entranced by the unfurling of tealeaves, designed the Sorapot to emphasise this process so you may enjoy the small details. Sorapot suspends the process of tea making in a glass tube a few centimeters above your tabletop. Unlike standard teapots that confine tealeaves in a small mesh basket, your leaves will have full run of Sorapot's interior as they unfurl and change the hot water into tea. You might even see a tea-colored shadow cast by sunlight that passes through the tube and comes to rest in a gossamer puddle on your table. A beautiful contemporary addition to any table.

Sorapot is available in the UK to pre-order from February from www.joeyroth.com/sorapot.  

By designer Ute Schniedermann, the Mono-C2 cutlery set from Tabletop Design is the re-invention of minimalist curlery for a new generation. Cut yourself loose from traditional cutlery confines with this smooth and stylish contemporary set. Starting at £89.00 for a 4-piece set, and £491.90 for 24-pc set.

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