In the luxury market, we’re increasingly coming across companies that are skillfully combining both visual appeal and practicality. This philosophy is what has been applied to the Sorapot.

This designer teapot is part modern art piece, part modern luxury item, and part practical tea maker. It has a stainless steel housing and a Pyrex tube that allows its user to watch as the water transforms into tea.

You can preorder the Sorapot for $285. Shipping begins in October of 2014.