Scientists Learn To Boil Tea In A Chocolate Teapot

The idea of a chocolate teapot might slip into the realm of fantasy fiction. These unique and seemingly useless devices could probably be classified as pieces of tasty, decorative clutter. Yet rest-assured, they combine two of Britain's favorite savory-sweet pastimes: decadent candy and hot tea.

The only problem: Nestle Product Center in York wasn't certain if they could get such a chocolatey device to properly boil tea without melting. Luckily, they were able to develop this kettle to properly boil tea, as witnessed by BBC1's The One Show.

Master Chocolatier of the company, John Costello, deciphered the secret to boiling tea in this deliciously exotic device by using dark chocolate with 65 percent chocolate solids, as the fat content helped to build the proper series of layers for a silicon mold to form the device, according to the North Devon Journal.

The secret to preventing the pot from turning into mush was not stirring the water, but rather, allowing it to just settle and brew at its own pace. Average tea time for a nice hot cup of tea with just a hint of chocolate was about two minutes.

Wouldn't you like a cup?