Soy una teterita,
Pequeña y fuerte
Esta es mi asa
Este es mi pico
Cuando me calientan…
Silbare…
Vierteme y vaciame!

Hola, Biggies, I’m here to spill the tea on Guatemala’s most refreshing tourist attraction – La Gran Tetera, which can be found in the historic village of Tecpán!

With an eccentric design and capricious details, The Big Teapot is a little bit beau-tea-ful, a little bit os-tea-ntatious, and a bit of a guil-tea pleasure. So grab a bickie and I’ll tell you all about it!

This spout-standing attraction stands out the front of Restaurante Los Pinos, about a camo-mile up from the famous El Jardín de Tecpán. Los Pinos also offers a giant Transformer and a decommissioned Cessna 152 plane to admire, which go oolong way to making it the perfect spot for a par-tea.

I will, sadly, have to mark Los Pinos down for not offering scones slathered in cream and strawberry jam (unlike Bygone Beautys, home of Australia’s Big Teapot).

However, I did order a plate of chilaquiles that was so scrumptious, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven-shire tea.

Putting the ‘tea’ in Tecpán

Just a quick warning before visiting La Gran Tetera: the road from Guatemala City to Tecpán can be quite steep, so you could find yourself in hot water! But if this attraction isn’t your cup of tea, try La Bota Gigante in Pastores and La Mano Verde in San Pedro.

They’re both within a cuppa-la hours drive – teehee!

Tecpán was colonised by Spanish conquis-tea-dors in 1525, making it the oldest settlement in Guatemala. These days it’s a resort town that locals compare favourably to the mountain villages of Switzerland.

I’m not sure if Zermatt has quite as many smash repair shops and street dogs, but Tecpán does have a charm all of its own.

Whilst the Swiss might have their million-dollar chateaus and world-famous ski slopes, they don’t have a giant novelty teapot – so you’re better off going to Gua-tea-mala!