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animal exist?  eve789 Nov 19, 2012 10:17 AM  I have a porcelain
teapot for steeping tea and a copper/stainless steel tea kettle
for boiling water. Both work great, and I love them for what
they're meant for.  However, in additional to classic
black/green teas, I've also started steeping other plants for
medicinal purposes: fresh turmeric, fresh ginger, olive leaf,
etc. With these, I want to steep for much longer periods of time
than regular tea to extract as much of their active ingredients
as possible. I can either let them sit in my teapot for a half
hour (by which time the tea starts getting cold) or I can simmer
them on very low heat in a small, generic pot. I then either
poor directly into a mug (a little awkward since my pot doesn't
have a spout or groove for the purpose) or pour into my teapot
for serving.  What I'd love is something shaped like a
teapot/kettle that I can use to boil water, simmer tea (on the
stovetop) *and* is good for servin