TGFOP Tea Reviews (c) Silverneedles est.2005

Next time i need an infuser or strainer for tea, im just going to get a regular one -for kitchen use- from any store, as long as the mesh is not very large.

No more special for tea ones, it doesnt matter, dust still comes thru.

I just saw one at Target, about 4inches wide, but since i have what to use now, no need to clutter.

Hope its not made of lead

got this at a local Chinese supermarket, ~ 3.5$ … !?!

not really useful in infusing with it…because it has no top

so i just infuse/brew the leaf in a separate cup, then strain it with this in another cup.

somewhat time consuming, but the other side is that the tea leaf is not “constrained” by the space permitted by the infuser (yes. im trying to lie to myself in believing this thing is really worth 3.5$)

i used to use a french press to make large amount of tea at one time ~ 1L. its kind of tricky with dosing the right amount of tea.

i put in water by the cup, then match the number of teaspoons with tea leaf.

… pay atention to what you buy…

‘2007: so its been about 1 year, the ball got discolored rust-like, dont really use it anymore-visually unappealing.

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so this tea ball is pretty big, about 2in diameter, 3in high, metal mesh, with a good interlocking mechanism (at least thats useful)

but the mesh is very large: 1×1mm square hole — alot of dust and small tea particles escape into the liquid…

if you have whole leaf, or no dust in your loose leaf this is good enough, but for the cheap teas i get …not quite

update: its not bad, even the tiny Qimen red tea-it did not come out, but if there’s dust in the tea, that will come out.

i want a fine gold mesh infuser but i only see it online.

i have something like this which i use everyday. construction is iffy, broke one already, when trying to empty it in the garbage. either banging it on the side of the trash or releasing the clamp repeatedly , the mesh cup came apart from the arm. tried to solder it back, but solder would no stick to this metal.

got one of these useless crap products. the perforations are few - and not enough. cant get anything out of this thing. dont get this.