I received this teapot and the accompanying teacups/saucers as a gift and it makes me feel like a Disney princess every time I drink tea. The only downside is if you are making a smaller amount of tea, the water will not reach up to the infuser, but I normally use teabags anyway so I can just put them directly down into the water instead of using the steel basket. This tea set makes me giddy just looking at it because of how unbelievably gorgeous it is. I cannot imagine anyone being less than thrilled to receive this as a gift! The design is really beautiful and the ombre and gold details are incredibly classy. The people in the store packed the product really well (i.e., the pieces were all wrapped individually in several layers of tissue) so nothing was chipped or ... MoreI received this teapot and the accompanying teacups/saucers as a gift and it makes me feel like a Disney princess every time I drink tea. The only downside is if you are making a smaller amount of tea, the water will not reach up to the infuser, but I normally use teabags anyway so I can just put them directly down into the water instead of using the steel basket. This tea set makes me giddy just looking at it because of how unbelievably gorgeous it is. I cannot imagine anyone being less than thrilled to receive this as a gift! The design is really beautiful and the ombre and gold details are incredibly classy. The people in the store packed the product really well (i.e., the pieces were all wrapped individually in several layers of tissue) so nothing was chipped or broken when I opened it despite having traveled in the car.

Broke upon first use; filled with hot water and base snapped clean off

Gorgeous colour, excellent size for sharing a pot of tea with a friend.