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प्रश्न
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
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उत्तर
The teapot should be made of china or earthenware. Silver or Britannia ware teapot produces inferior quality tea. Enamel pots are worse. Though curiously enough a pewter teapot, a rarity nowadays, is not so bad.
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| Tea should be made in ______in a teapot. |
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| The teapot should be made of ______ |
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