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Hey all you tea drinkers. I'm going to describe a small brewer and tea cup my mom gave me and hopefully someone out there will know the proper name of it. I'd be interested in finding more.
Ok, it has 3 parts to it. The base is like drinking out of a small bowl, there is no handle. The second part rests inside the bowl. It has tiny holes at the bottom of it, so your tea leaves won't fall through, or you may also lay a teabag inside it. The third part is the lid that covers both pieces. BTW, keep in mind these are all ceramic.
So, I put the first parts together, rest my teabag inside, pour my boiling water, put the lid on and let steep for a few minutes.
I then remove the lid and slowly lift out the second part. The water will slowly fall through the holes, but my teabag is nicely contained. Set that aside and cary my tea bowl/cup off to enjoy.
How was this description for you guys? Lol, my mom gave it to me years ago, and I've just begun using it.
It's ever so cute and rather practical. I like how I can easily lift out the teabag.
Here's hoping someone knows the proper name! *smile*
Polka Dot loving her Lemon Zinger tea.
I'd be interested in something like this too. I used to have two or three cups of green tea per day at work, but now that I'm unemployed I don't tend to drink tea at home. But I keep meaning to start again since green tea is supposed to be good for you.
Have you tried loose tea leaves with this device? I'm curious because when I drank tea at work I tried a couple different things, one was a tea ball and one was a strainer that you put at the bottom of your cup over the tea leaves. However, with each of these, I would still get some tea leaves floating in my cup. So I went back to tea bags. But I'd rather use loose leaves if I could find a way to keep them from getting into my mouth when I take a sip of tea.
I mostly use a teaball or a strainer and very rarely have problems with either. that said, I'm wondering if your's is a tea infuser? Maybe, someone a bit more knowledgeable can help but it definitely sounds nice. Another way, for those of us who don't have a device like this, to let teabags steep is to put them in the cup with the boiling water and put a plate over it. That way, the air won't cool it off and it'll get nice and strong. Thurmuses also work wonders here. Btw, what's a tea towel? I've heard of these and am not exactly sure what they do.
Sorry can't help, I usually only drink English tea and love it. A German drinking ENglish tea? Hmmm. Lol anyways: Since I only use teabags I don't really have an issue. The thing you described though sounds very very practical though.
I love Twinings English Breakfast and also earl Grey, but prefer the loose variety.
it's sort of like what I've got, or the same.
I bought a chinese teacup in beijing airport recently and it's got one you put in the cup and put the teabag in it and then you lift the top part off and the bag is in it minus the water.
LibraLady, I haven't tried loose leaves with this device, but I'd be interested as well.
I use to drink loose earl gray and black tea, using a mesh teaball. That worked great! The mesh material definitely works better than the metal with holes.
I have this cute teapot from QVC, called a teaball, I should try that as well. It has a fine mesh filter inside it.
I'm very much a coffee drinker, but I am enjoying this lemon tea. A bonus is, I drink my tea as is: no milk nor sugar. It is much easier to prepare or order while out and about.
I'm going to try to google this tea bowl thing. I'll post my results if successful. *smile*
I'd be very curious to know what this tea-making device is, too. Sounds cute, and useful. Your description of it was really good, actually, I can get a good mental picture of what you're talking about. I've just never heard of anything like it. So, looking forward to finding out if you get any results on what it's called.
what you are describing is a tea for one with an infuser. many places make these. there are all kinds of ways to do this. some are mugs with an infuser, which is the name for the ceramic item with holes. then there are the asian handleless varieties. also there are really adorable ones with a cup tthat has a separate tiny teapot withl or without the infuser. if you wish, you can use the lid for a saucer.
here are some great websites that I use all the time.
http://wwwstashtea.com
http://englishteastore.com
http://missmariestea.com
all the above have very accessible websites and excellent customer service. Of course great products and a wide variety of selections.
Hope this helps. Enjoy your day.
i'm from the land where tea is a national passtime. and yes i have seen the tea for one, the version i saw was shit, though your infuser version sounds great. i drink 99 tea, which is our co op's version, loose of course. but i have also drunk english breakfast from winings, and da geeling.
i only drink the loose version of twinings english breakfast. it tastes the best. english tea store also has an interesting irish and a scottish breakfast. both are very excellent.
These breakfast teas, are they differen than your basic black tea?
there are many different types of black teas. uloon, black peco, lapsang suchong, and assam are just some of the varietals. different brands of tea and different types have different mixtures. The most common black teas are orange and black peco. Typically breakfast teast are more robust and hence have a higher caffeine content. teatime ties, usually are gentler and sweeter.
I've had the orange you are talking about...not bad I must say.
I tried a chai tea latte from Starbucks earlier this year. It was ok, but a bit spicy. Maybe it was just that I haven't really tried teas. Any ideas for teas that might be sweet, or in the middle, but not extremely sour or something? Smiles. Thanks!
Macy
Personally I love peppermint tea, or chai. But those are a lot sweeter than a lot of people like. Still, mmm.
ok.
Rooibos, or red bush tea as known in the UK is a grate tea, nice with sugar, its not caffinated, very healthy and grate to fall asleep with. if your looking for something diferent this one's recommended
Green tea is good but a bit bitter. I think white tea is good if you are looking for a sort of sweeter tea. Keep in mind that white tea is actually heavily cafinated.