Cauldron

The Cauldron was originally going to be a craftable essential block in Minecraft. It would have been used to make Potions using Brewing Recipes. It is planned to be replaced with the Brewing Stand because of the inconvenient method of brewing with the cauldron. The Cauldron will be left in game as Jeb has said he may find another use for it later.

History
Alchemy was first hinted at in July 2010, when Notch hinted that redstone dust would later be used in potions. Potion effects were introduced in Beta 1.8, and expanded on in the Beta 1.9 Pre-release.

On September 27th 2011 Jeb tweeted that there wasn't enough time to add the brewing system to Beta 1.9.

On September 29th 2011 Jeb tweeted about issues with the current implementation of cauldrons.

On September 30th 2011 Jeb tweeted that "the Caudron is out" after a conversation with Notch on how potions should work.

On September 30th 2011 Jeb tweeted "Look back at me! Your Cauldron is now a Brewing Stand. Anything's possible when working with interaction design." and "I'm fully aware the potions are very thin (diet?), but it looks cute: http://i.imgur.com/cNX6J.png (Always work in progress, of course)."

Trivia

 * There is an unused texture for the cauldron in terrain.png