{"id":1347,"date":"2009-04-03T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T07:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/kitchen\/kitchen-accessories\/menu%e2%80%99s-new-%e2%80%98retro-feel%e2%80%99-tea-and-coffee-pots"},"modified":"2009-04-03T07:30:34","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T07:30:34","slug":"menu%e2%80%99s-new-%e2%80%98retro-feel%e2%80%99-tea-and-coffee-pots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/kitchen\/kitchen-accessories\/menu%e2%80%99s-new-%e2%80%98retro-feel%e2%80%99-tea-and-coffee-pots\/","title":{"rendered":"Menu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRetro Feel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Tea And Coffee Pots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/images\/menu\/retro-feel.jpg\" alt=\"Menu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRetro Feel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Tea and Coffee Pots\" class=\"right\" \/>The past meets the present in Menu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new version of the classic porcelain coffee pot, which has become a fully modern cafetiere.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, Menu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new cafetiere looks similar to the porcelain coffee pots of the past, but closer examination reveals an untraditional combination of materials and a couple of striking new details. There is also a teapot to match.<\/p>\n<p>Most cafetieres are made of glass and stainless steel. Designer Pernille Vea explains that it is extremely complicated to produce a well-functioning cafetiere in bone china.<\/p>\n<p>If the cafetiere principle is to work optimally, it requires a perfectly cylindrical pot, which hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been possible with porcelain until now.<\/p>\n<p>However Pernille Vea and Menu have now solved this problem; they have succeeded in designing and producing a porcelain cafetiere, in which it is possible to brew a perfect cup of coffee.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have selected delicate Bone China and functional silicone, as the combination of these two very different materials gives the classic cafetiere and teapot a refreshing touch, emphasised by the spring green colour on the lid.<br \/>\nThe knob is formed like a coffee bean and the silicone wrap on the base provides insulation, so that you can place the cafetiere on the table without a trivet.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The teapot\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lid includes a large and practical built-in tea infuser that easily and discretely lifts into a small groove in the top, when the tea is finished brewing; the tea infuser can be fully disassembled, making it easy to clean after use.<\/p>\n<p>The cafetiere holds a litre and retails at \u00c2\u00a364.95.<br \/>\nThe teapot holds 1.5 litres and retails at \u00c2\u00a364.95.<\/p>\n<p>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menu.as\/\">http:\/\/www.menu.as<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past meets the present in Menu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new version of the classic porcelain coffee pot, which has become a fully modern cafetiere. At first glance, Menu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new cafetiere looks similar to the porcelain coffee pots of the past, but closer examination reveals an untraditional combination of materials and a couple of striking new details. There is also a teapot to match. Most cafetieres are made of glass and stainless steel. Designer Pernille Vea explains that it is extremely complicated to produce a well-functioning cafetiere in bone china. If the cafetiere principle is to work optimally, it requires a perfectly cylindrical &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/kitchen\/kitchen-accessories\/menu%e2%80%99s-new-%e2%80%98retro-feel%e2%80%99-tea-and-coffee-pots\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[186,206],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}