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Royston's Ceramic Tea Filter (Set of 2)
Royston's Ceramic Tea Filter (Set of 2)
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Royston's Ceramic Tea Filter (Set of 2)
Final run · Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
Royston’s Ceramic Tea Filter
Set of 2 · No bag · No plastic“Boiling water should touch your tea and nothing else.”
Made by hand in Burslem
Burslem, the mother town of the Potteries, has lived off its kilns for more than three hundred years. Royston Sherratt has worked at one of them since he was eighteen. When his granddaughter Tamsin showed him that most teabags and paper coffee filters contain plastic, he remembered the ceramic filter candles his grandfather fired for household water filters, and spent two winters and more than 300 firings making one for a mug of tea.
Every filter in this last run was pressed by hand, fired in his kiln and tested with a cup of tea before it went in the box. Arthritis has taken his hands, and the studio closes on 30 November. These are the last 167 sets.
Royston Sherratt
What arrives at your door
- 2 porous ceramic filters, charcoal grey, unglazed
- Each 8.5 cm across and 5.3 cm tall
- Ready to use after a rinse with hot water
Why it’s different
The ceramic is the filter
No bag, no paper inside, no metal mesh, no plastic ring. The fired ceramic walls hold back the leaves on their own.
No plastic in boiling water
Many teabags and paper coffee filters contain plastic. Here, water just off the boil touches ceramic and tea, nothing else.
A clean cup, no bits
The pores are far smaller than the smallest flake of tea. What reaches your mug is tea, not the dust metal infusers leave behind.
Nothing to buy again
No more boxes of teabags, no running out on a Sunday morning, nothing in the bin after every cup.
Tea and coffee
Use one filter for loose tea and the other for ground coffee, so neither picks up the taste of the other.
Made for one proper cuppa
Small enough to sit right on top of your mug. One cup, made the way you like it, and no more faff than a teabag.
A teabag vs. Royston’s ceramic filter
How to use it
Rinse and set it on your mug. A quick rinse with hot water, then sit the filter on top of any standard mug.
Add tea or coffee. A heaped teaspoon of loose tea, or about two tablespoons of medium-coarse ground coffee.
Pour slowly. Water just off the boil, in two or three goes. Your cup is ready in three or four minutes. Add milk if you take it.
Tap and rinse. Tap the leaves or grounds into the food caddy or compost and rinse the filter under the hot tap. No washing-up liquid.
From someone who sells tea for a living
“I’ve tried every infuser going. I expected bits from this one and got a clean cup. No dust, no metal taste, no papery taste. I kept one by my own kettle.”
Philippa Beardmore, tea merchant in Leek, Staffordshire, for 22 years
Perfect for
Good to know before you order
- One cup at a time. It makes 250 to 350 ml. It is not made for a full pot.
- Loose tea or medium-coarse coffee. Very fine coffee, like espresso grind, slows the filter down.
- It fits most standard mugs. On a very wide mug, the bottom of the filter dips a little into the cup.
- It is fired ceramic. Treat it like your best mug. A fall onto a tiled floor can break it.
- The colour is natural. Every filter is the same deep charcoal grey from the firing, with a fine, stone-like surface.
Care
Rinse under the hot tap after every cup and let it air dry. Never use washing-up liquid or the dishwasher, because ceramic soaks up detergent. Every couple of weeks, boil the filter for ten minutes in a pan of water with a spoonful of bicarbonate of soda. That keeps the pores open and the filter quick for years. If it ever slows down, boil it again.
90-day money-back guarantee
Try it every morning for three months. If it isn’t for you, email info@cedarandtinco.com and send it back for a full refund. Every order is dispatched within 1–2 days.
Details
| Material | Porous fired ceramic, unglazed |
| In the set | 2 filters |
| Size | 8.5 cm across × 5.3 cm tall |
| Colour | Charcoal grey |
| Makes | One cup, 250 to 350 ml |
| For | Loose-leaf tea and ground coffee (medium-coarse) |
| Care | Rinse with hot water, no washing-up liquid, boil with bicarbonate of soda every few weeks |
| Made by | Royston Sherratt, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent |
| Delivery | Dispatched within 1–2 days, most orders arrive in 3 to 5 working days |
| Guarantee | 90-day money-back guarantee |
The Final Sale
The Final Sale
A message from Royston:
After 58 years at the wheel in Burslem, Sherratt Pottery closes on 30 November. These are the last filters I’ll ever send out. Every one was pressed by hand, fired in my own kiln and tested with a cup of tea before it went in the box. Nothing rushed. Nothing outsourced.
I’m proud of every single one. I hope they give you a better cuppa for years.
When they’re gone, they’re gone — and so is the studio.
Free UK Delivery
Free UK Delivery
Free delivery across the UK
- Dispatched within 1–2 working days, tracked delivery
- Every set is packed by hand by Royston’s granddaughter Tamsin in the Burslem workshop
- 2 porous ceramic filters, 8.5 cm across and 5.3 cm tall, for loose tea and ground coffee
- One cup at a time, sits on most standard mugs
- 90-day money-back guarantee — just email info@cedarandtinco.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? Here's how to reach us.
Got a question? Here's how to reach us.
Email us anytime at info@cedarandtinco.com. We answer Monday to Friday 9am–5pm and Saturday mornings 10am–1pm UK time – whether it’s about your order, a present, or just to say hello to Royston.
Can I return my order if I don't like it?
Can I return my order if I don't like it?
Of course. 90-day money-back guarantee. Use it for your morning cuppa every day – and if it isn’t right for you, email info@cedarandtinco.com within 90 days for a full refund. No forms, no fuss.
How are your products made?
How are your products made?
Royston pressed every filter by hand in his brick workshop in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, let it dry and fired it unglazed in his own kiln, so the ceramic itself does the filtering. More than 300 test firings went into getting the pores right, and every filter was tested with a cup of tea before it went in the box. The last 167 sets were finished before the arthritis in his hands stopped the fine work. This is his final run.