What is in your cup?

[astra]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Cannot use this type of infusers.They very messy. Difficult to open, refill, then close...I tried and tried and gave up.

Cup of number three.
Assam.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by astra

Cannot use this type of infusers.They very messy. Difficult to open, refill, then close...I tried and tried and gave up.

Cup of number three.
Assam.

I was thinking that I never encountered this problem, but then I realized...

I never refilled one! I always just grabbed a dry one! For $1.50 I figured it would be a good investment to get several.


Stitchawl

[astra]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I was thinking that I never encountered this problem, but then I realized...

I never refilled one! I always just grabbed a dry one! For $1.50 I figured it would be a good investment to get several.

OK. You got me!

Fifth cuppa.
Roasted Mate.

[ProfCrash]

Pot number one of Rooibos Jungle Fire.

I use a wire mesh basket in the tea pot and these

http://www.teavana.com/Tea-Products/...t-TeaMaker.axd

I actually have two at the office and they work nicely. I rinse them out at night and do a Polident soak once a week.

[astra]

Sixth cup of tea.
Mate coconut milk

[happy_terd]

2nd cup of coffee

[bjones6416]

Nothing.

Heading out the door shortly to get my one year follow-up hearing test. (from ear surgery)

Wish me luck -- I think I'm hearing pretty well, though!

[Pookeysgirl]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Nothing.

Heading out the door shortly to get my one year follow-up hearing test. (from ear surgery)

Wish me luck -- I think I'm hearing pretty well, though!

Good Luck!!!!

[bjones6416]

Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl

Good Luck!!!!

What did you say? (cups hand to ear)

Oh, got it. Thanks!

[astra]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Wish me luck -- I think I'm hearing pretty well, though!

Good luck!

[ProfCrash]

(hums to herself) tea balls are evil no matter what the size (/hums to herself)

Finished two pots of Rooibos Jungle Fire

Found out that my job want from analysis to data entry and decided to job hunt

Working on my second pot of Chili Chocolate Black Tea.

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Prof, the ball infuser is the size of the cup. It's not like the little spring-loaded spoon-sized thing. But the problem remains, there is no way to clean between the wires of the mesh. It's just too fine.



Polident was the very first denture cleaner I tried. While it did make the infuser 'look' cleaner, it didn't make it 'taste' cleaner.' I tried several other brands with the same result. I had the same problem with bleach. Looked great; tasted like resin. Now if I use an infuser, I use a stainless steel 'ball' type. Something like this;



It's easier for me to keep clean. It's large enough for my mug too, and that holds a liter of tea. But since I found good quality empty tea bags, I don't use any infuser any more. The tea bags don't impart any taste to the tea, and I can just throw them away. I still like the 'idea' of the French Press. It just wouldn't work for me.

Stitchawl

That looks like the infuser I have. I like the empty tea bag idea, though, I'll keep my eye out for them.

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Nothing.

Heading out the door shortly to get my one year follow-up hearing test. (from ear surgery)

Wish me luck -- I think I'm hearing pretty well, though!

Best of luck! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you.

[desertblues]

Beppe, I thought you were on our party today? You live the good life.
In my cup: cold coffee to sober up a bit.

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

That looks like the infuser I have. I like the empty tea bag idea, though, I'll keep my eye out for them.

Teavana and Tea Gschwendner sell empty tea bags on their website. I use them when travelling.