Posts Tagged ‘absorbent tea towels’

Kitchen Tea Towels

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

The kitchen tea towels have been very popular for a long time now. They are mainly used to dry dishes, cutlery etc and have been mass produced for several decades now. In old days the tea towels were actually only used by very rich people for cleaning and polishing up their extremely expensive china sets. All servants got to do was sew and create the tea towels and their job was done, they were considered too clumsy to be given the task of using the tea towels they made themselves to clean and polish the china sets.

Kitchen Tea Towels

Today there are literally thousands of kitchen tea towels on the market and you can find all kinds of designs and models you wouldn’t even be able to imagine. Most producers today focus on two factors when producing their kitchen tea towels:

  1. Creating very absorbent and high quality kitchen tea towels.
  2. Create eye catching and beautiful designs that spice up your kitchen and make it more fun to spend time cooking and cleaning.
  3. Some high quality producers differentiate themselves by using solely 100% organic cotton in the production of their kitchen tea towels. If you are looking for the highest quality possible this is one of the traits you should be looking for.

Some producers create smart hanging and organizing systems adding extra function to your kitchen tea towels. An example of this could be the company Typhoon that has added special magnets in the top corner of their kitchen tea towels so they can easily be hanged in the kitchen.  If you choose to buy kitchen tea towels from the recognized producers you are almost always guaranteed great quality, design and uniqueness.

When you are looking for kitchen tea towels you have to make sure they can be washed on high heat, as this is a must for tea towels. Another very important thing is whether they have the right size for you and the tasks you have in mind for them.

When you buy a kitchen tea towels set you usually get a blank towel that is ideal for drying and a couple of others with great design you can use for other tasks.

You can literally find all designs imaginable ranging from chickens, Australian motives, love and inspirational quotes, polka dotted design, hand woven and embroidered kitchen tea towels, we really like the design of one of the models called Typhoon Polka.

It has a very harmonious and relaxing expression and has three beautiful colors mixed together: lavender, sky light blue and a very unique green. The name of this cloth is actually the Greek word for not feeling worry and feeling at peace with yourself and the rest of the world.

We can recommend investing a couple of extra dollars in your new kitchen tea towels in order to get high quality that is going to last you for a long time to come. Usually you will make the investment back pretty fast because the high quality kitchen tea towels last a lot longer.

Kitchen dish towels

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Finding the right kitchen towels is an overlooked and needed task in any kitchen. We are great believers of the fact that if you are using a certain equipment or performing the same action on regular basis you can save a lot of time by optimizing that action and the equipment you are using.  There are all types of kitchen dish towels on the market but not all are of high quality. The typical low quality kitchen dish towels can have a lot of flaws and annoying properties, including:

Not being to absorb water properly.
Quickly start smelling and getting stained.
Get ruined and are useless just after being washed a couple of times.

Kitchen Dish towels

Some of the best kitchen dish towels are the Egyptian cotton towels. The Egyptian cotton towels are known for their exceptional quality, softness and almost unbelievable ability to absorb water. Their great water absorbing property is mainly due to the high quality of long staple cotton yarns they are made from. These high quality kitchen towels are machine washable and will last you for a very long time.

Most people looking for kitchen dish towels want them to be well designed and nice will being able to absorb water and not lint all over the place. If this is also what you are looking for then the Egyptian cotton towels will suit your needs perfectly.

You can also get the kitchen dish towels in other types of material. The other very popular option a lot of people go for are the microfiber kitchen dish towels.

Microfiber also has great practicality, even though it is not as soft as the Egyptian cotton towels. Some of the great benefits of microfiber dish towels include:

Very absorbent and efficient for drying.
Lint free and can be used on all types of surfaces.
A great ability to leave surfaces bacteria free without the need for constantly using disinfectants all over the place.
Can be used for a great variety of tasks like dusting, drying and cleaning.

If you go for the high quality Microfiber or Egyptian cotton towels you will most likely have towels for the next 3-5 years due to their very high durability. Most people who are not used to using high quality kitchen dish towels will literally be amazed and can really appreciate the simplicity and effectiveness of the high quality kitchen dish towels. One thing that most people don’t pay any further notice is the design of your dish towels. Whether a regular dish towel, waffle weaver or tea towel it is something you are going to be using for many hours during the next couple of years and therefore a beautiful design can be the added bonus that makes your towels exceptional instead of just good.

There are literally hundreds of different designs on the market. You can get the dish towels in all the base colors in addition to all the fabulous special designs and motives they come in. With all the above mentioned advantages you should consider paying an extra couple of dollars and get some high quality kitchen dish towels next time around.