Cafetiere but for tea?

[utajoker]

Does such a thing exist?

Im after something to make tea using loose tea but not a traditional tea pot.

Ive got a strainer and a pot but something like a Cafetiere would be a lot easier and less hassle.


Or am i being silly and it is just a Cafetiere?

 

[pitchfork]

Or am i being silly and it is just a Cafetiere?

Yes.

 

[Siliconslave]

you can get a lot of tea pots with a strainer that lifts out, kinda like this:



or one that lifts up, out of the water to stop it overbrewing, like this:

 

[utajoker]

that mite be what im after, if i have a pot on my own and i get 3 cups out of it you got to drink fast

or strain it into another pot or something.

 

[Siliconslave]

there are loads of 'in cup tea strainers' you can get as well:

traditional:

(i have one like this i use for green tea)




or fun:

 

[Muban]

Bodum do a whole range of teapots and mugs in different price brackets that to this. I have the Assam one.

 

[utajoker]

Bodum do a whole range of teapots and mugs in different price brackets that to this. I have the Assam one.

Think im sold on this, looks perfect.

 

[Ekim]

I got my girlfriend one of these and she loves it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adagio-Teas-IngenuiTEA-Teapot-470ml/dp/B000FPN8TK

Once the tea is brewed you pop it on top of your mug and the tea goes through the filter in to the mug.

http://www.adagio.com/teaware/ingenuiTEA_teapot.html

 

[Raymond Lin]

^^^ what's stopping it going all over your table ? Is there a lever that you hit when placed on top of a mug?

 

[Ekim]

Can't think of how best to describe it, but yeah putting it on the mug opens the valve for the tea to go through.

 

[Jolteh]

The best thing is just a normal cafetiere, or a simple teapot with a mini sieve to catch the leaves.

Virtually all of the purpose build tea strainers (like the ones Siliconslave linked) have a really restrictive leaf chamber that doesn't allow the leaves to circulate properly. It works okay with crap quality leaf tea because it's basically tea dust like you find in teabags, but good quality leaves just expand too much and clog it up.

That said, the Adagio one that Ekim mentioned looks really good, I've considered buying one but they seem pretty expensive for what they are.

 

[randomshenans]

Ha those infusers are cool. There is one I'm going to get the Mrs called the Manatea. http://www.amazon.com/Fred-MANA-MANATEA-Infuser/dp/B00B5EE0A6

 

[Stan_Lite]

I have one of these for when I'm at home (I also have the 4 cup version for when I have company) and one of these for when I'm travelling. All are great.

 

[Stan_Lite]

I got my girlfriend one of these and she loves it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adagio-Teas-IngenuiTEA-Teapot-470ml/dp/B000FPN8TK

Once the tea is brewed you pop it on top of your mug and the tea goes through the filter in to the mug.

http://www.adagio.com/teaware/ingenuiTEA_teapot.html

That's basically the same as a Clever Dripper for coffee.

 

[Youstolemyname]

That's basically the same as a Clever Dripper for coffee.

Yes, I have both of them. Main difference being the Clever requires a filter paper whereas the ingenuity has a mesh built in. It makes a good brew, in my opinion.

 

[ttaskmaster]

I'm reliably informed that one has to be wary of cafetieres and similar products that involve compressing the tea as, just like squeezing a teabag, compression releases more tanin into one's beverage and spoils the flavour... as well as being bad for one.

However, I use teabags anyway, so don't really have an opinion either way!