What is a Tea Infuser?

When making tea an infuser does exactly the same job as a tea bag, the difference being that with a tea infuser you add the loose tea yourself and the tea infuser holds the tea whilst letting the flavor of the tea escape into the boiling water. Such tea making devices are usually made of perforated metal and come in a variety of shapes including conical, spherical and cylidrical. Often called a tea egg or tea ball infusers these devices first became popular in the early 19th century.

The main advantage of such a product is that it is great for the enviroment as it cuts down on material use due to the lack of a paper tea bag, secondly the flavor of your tea will not be tarnished however it is advised that you purchase a top quality infuser as the cheaper products tend to change the flavor of your brew.

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Tea Infuser Design Clips On, Catches Drips

- So this new design is of more than passing interest: student Paul Sukphisit has reinvented the tea infuser. And it actually looks like he’s really “built a better mousetrap” with his idea, since it cures some of the ills of normal …

Infuse your teamaking with some clever design
- This new tea infuser from Massachusetts College of Art and Design student Paul Sukphisit is an elegantly simple one piece design with a clip that hangs over the rim of the cup, which then becomes a drip catcher once you pull the infuser …

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- Does anyone have tips on where to obtain the following: 1) A tea infuser big enough for a whole pitcher of iced tea 2) Those plastic case things that you use to store nice china Anyone? Thanks!…

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- A quality tea infuser can last a lifetime and replace an untold number of (questionably compostable) tea bags. If you do use filters and bags, look for biodegradable and unbleached ones. 7. Milk and sugar …

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- The traditional method of making a cup of tea is with loose tea placed either directly, or in a tea infuser, into a tea pot and pouring boiling (or very hot depending on the type of tea) water over the tea. …

So now you know what a tea infuser is why not do your bit for the enviroment…

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