I don't bother with the heating the teapot thing - in fact I, like many, many other Brits, usually put a teabag in a mug and pour the boiling water on it unless I'm making more than one cup...

Haggis is really just the Scottish version of sausages or meatloaf, it has just acquired an air of mystery! But it is tradition to get a tot of Laphroaig with it at our particular event, to 'toast its health'.