Design Joey Roth, 2008. SORAPOT ®

Sorapot is a simple, modern teapot. Its architectural shape and simple functionality bring tea’s quiet beauty into sharp focus. Made from 304 stainless steel, borosilicate glass (Pyrex), and food-grade silicone, it articulates the ritual of tea making in a thoroughly modern way.

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.

As you use your teapot, it will acquire a patina based on how you hold it, how you clean it, and the type of tea you use. The uncoated stainless steel will develop a sheen where you grasp it, and will gradually become more matte in other areas. Over time, a completely unique gradient of surface shine will form over your Sorapot’s body, making it more valuable and personal than the day you took it out of its package.

Capacity: 11 oz, just enough for two cups of tea.
Dimensions: 8″L x 6″H x 5″W

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Instead of hiding these materials behind a layer of glossy paper (as is often done with retail packaging), Joey tried to articulate the cardboard’s natural beauty as much as possible, using its fluting and imperfections as central design elements.