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Tea cup
To brew the tea can be used china (faience), clay and glass (for a special exotic ceremony) and metallic. It is better not to use the material for teapot that consists of plastic. Even if plastic doesn't deform under high temperature and doesn't give any taste, smell being in contact with tea - especially black tea - plastic elements of the tea can be covered with patch.
Porcelain or faience teapots are almost universal - white spherical teapot from all these materials provides with qualitative brewing of any tea. But also it depends on ceremony.
Not being up to forms and color, porcelain teapots ideal for brewing black teas (tea ceremony in European style) and for Japanese teas. Even modern clay teapots can steal aroma and taste even of the best tea.
Clay teapots are ideal for brewing green, white, yellow Chinese teas and of course for brewing Chinese oolong tea while tea ceremony. Clay teapots should be Chinese or Taiwanese, without clay smell, not to give tea unpleasant taste. No glaze on it! Only low-quality clay teapots are covered with glaze.
At last transparent teapots - ideal for serving Chinese tea or just for taking pleasure from this sight.
Teacups should be porcelain or glassy, lightweight, thin-walled, simple, comfortable and contrasting. Lets overview all this qualities:
The porcelain teacups have all this qualities that mentioned above. Only porcelain cups can be light weighted (in contrast to faience and clay), thin-walled (another materials usually thick-walled) and contrasting (can be covered with different drawings). Besides, china is an example of luxury.
Phial, cylinder and beaker form is ideal form for teacup. Sometimes following old English tea traditions - a teacup has a small stem, but is better without it.
Transparent beakers and highball glasses in original used for Irish coffee and cold tea. Serving tea in such ware can be originally, but not comfortable.
The same thing with clay ware, it can be used only in china ceremonies. While serving green tea for china tea ceremony, clay phials, covered with glaze will come in handy.
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