A traditional German tea cosy made of quilted fabric with folk art patterns A textured, hand knitted tea cosy on a teapot A tea cosy or tea warmer is a cover for a teapot,Article of the Boston Journal, 25 November 1879 traditionally made of cloth. It insulates a teapot, keeping the contents warm. Their use predates the invention of vacuum flasks as a means of keeping hot liquids hot. Tea cosies may have padded inserts that can be removed and washed.
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Although the history of the tea cosy may begin when tea was introduced to Britain in the 1660s, the first documented use of a tea cosy in Britain was in 1867.A History of Hand Knitting, Richard Rutt (1987), London: Batsford. It is probably the Duchess of Bedford who, by establishing the activity of afternoon tea in 1840, would have brought the popularity of the tea cosy.Suie Roberts, "The History of the Tea Cosy", 31 March 2008 Afternoon tea was the time for networking and keeping up to date with aristocracy gossip and topical news.
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To keep teapots hot after tea is first brewed, early English households employed the tea cosy, a padded fabric covering, much like a hat, that slips over the tea pot. Often decorated with lace or log cabin motifs in the early 1900s, the modern tea cosy has come back into fashion with the resurgence of loose leaf tea.
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Some tea cosies are hand-knitted, resembling woollen hats, some even feature a "bobble" (pom-pom) on top, which may also serve as a handle to remove or lift the tea cosy. Sometimes, if the tea is served in a restaurant or in a hotel, the teapot is covered with a tea cosy that has a metal exterior to protect the inner fabric of the cosy from wear and tear and also to further improve the insulation of the teapot. A special tea cosy is the so-called tea lugger, which enables the hot teapot to be carried around easily. Tea cosies may sometimes be made in matching sets with items such as tablecloths, oven gloves, or aprons.
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Grandpa takes the vegetables to market using his pony (Twinkletoes) and cart. Grandma knits socks, mittens and nice warm woolies for them all. In Milly-Molly-Mandy Spends A Penny, Grandma teaches her to knit a tea cosy. Uncle's first name is Joe.
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A small air hole in the lid is often created to stop the spout from dripping and splashing when tea is poured. In modern times, a thermally insulating cover called a tea cosy may be used to enhance the steeping process or to prevent the contents of the teapot from cooling too rapidly.
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Oakeshott's pommel typology groups medieval pommel shapes into 24 categories (some with subtypes). Type A is the "brazil- nut" shape inherited from the classical "Viking sword". Type B includes more rounded forms of A, including the "mushroom" or "tea-cosy" shape. Type C is the "cocked-hat" shape also found in Viking swords, with D, E and F derived variants of C. Type G is the disk-pommel found very frequently in medieval swords.
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With all the chatter at teatime the teapot would get cold, which would have at times cut short some tea parties. And so, the tea cosy came about. Tea cosies then flourished during the late 19th century, where they appeared in many households across Britain, motivated by the obsession of decorating and covering objects characteristic of the Victorian era. Tea cosies started to be used in North America in the same period.
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Tea offered to labour is typically strong and has more sugar in it. High teas are common at hotels and restaurants, and are usually buffet-style meals with light snacks. Tea making techniques vary from home to home, and person to person, but tea is typically made from loose tea leaves and steeped for a couple of minutes before serving. A teapot and tea cosy may be used, if time permits, or tea may be steeped directly in the kettle off the heat.
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Image published in The Studio vol 12 (1898) Design for an embroidered panel by Jessie Newbery. The Studio vol 12 (1898) Tea Cosy designed by Jessie Newbery and Bella Rowat from The Studio vol 15 (1899) Jessie Newbery (28 May 1864 – 27 April 1948) was a Scottish artist and embroiderer. She was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. Newbery also created the Department of Embroidery at the Glasgow School of Art where she was able to establish needlework as a form of unique artistic design.
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The structure was used prominently in the original Battlestar Galactica television series episode "Greetings from Earth". Scenes for Robert Altman's post-apocalyptic ice age film Quintet were shot on site as well. The Biosphere appears in the 2003 animated Jacob Two-Two TV episode "Jacob Two-Two and the Notorious Knit Knapper", in which it is used as the headquarters for a group of seniors who plan on knitting a giant tea cosy to cover Montreal. The Biosphere made an appearance during the finales of The Amazing Race: Family Edition and The Amazing Race Canada 4.
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The crossguard on one side bears the Middle Latin inscription CHRISTVS : VINCIT : CHRISTVS : REIGNAT : CHRISTVS : INPERAT (Christ triumphs, Christ reigns, Christ rules). On the reverse side, the shorter variant CHRISTVS : VINCIT : CHRISTVS : REINAT. Schulze-Dörrlamm (1995:27) interprets the theological intention of this inscription as referring to Christ the Victor, Christ the King, and Christ the Emperor—the refrain of the Laudes imperiale and an invocation of Christ as legitimation for secular power and the translatio imperii to the Holy Roman Empire. The pommel is of the "mushroom" or "tea-cosy" shape typical of the high medieval period.
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 98% based on 85 reviews, with an average rating of 7.51/10. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100 based on reviews from 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote: "“Extra Ordinary” is a kind of tea-cosy Ghostbusters that’s consistently funny in a pleasingly off-kilter way." Donald Clarke of The Irish Times gave the film 3 out of 5 and praised Higgins for her performance but suggests that the film may be overstuffed.
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Of the same newspaper, Luke Holland called the chorus, "bigger than a God's tea cosy" as well as writing it "feels constructed by boffins in a hermetically sealed lab to be the most effective chrome-plated slammer it can possibly be". For PopMatters, Nick Malone stated it "flourishes" in the chorus as well as praising its hook, but criticised its bassline, writing it betrays what an obvious hit is. In Rolling Stone, Brittany Spanos viewed the song as a "gorgeous euphoria" while also recommending some club remixes. Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic called "Hallucinate" a "rapturous out-of-body rave", while Entertainment Weeklys Maura Johnston labelled in "stardust-dipped".
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