I think I answered that question (we were both typing at the same time, so
you did not see it).
Brewing at home and having a thermos with you is Ok with me, but keep in
mind that
1. This is a VERY light bottle - as opposed to heavy thermos
2. All you need here is a chunk of puerh and hot water at any hotel ogr gas
station, so when you travel for several days - do you take your Bodum with
you?
3. Believe me - I used these for quite some time - they are marvelous. Cheap
too.
The same guy sells other designs of these bottles too - but somehow never at
the same time. Soem of his thermoses are much smaller and do not have bottle
"necks".

Sasha.


"Melinda" > wrote in message
...
> OK help me to understand he from what I see of the one on E-bay the
> leaves go in the water loose, and there is only a screen to screen out the
> leaves from the tea when you pour the tea out of the thermos. So if you
> are, say, wanting to steep tea and take the thermos with you (without
> oversteepiung the leaves badly), you'd have to steep in the thermos,
> decant, clean the leaves out of the thermos and then put the tea liquor
> back into the thermos to take with, is that right? Instead of, say, having
> a filter basket where you steep, remove the basker, put the top on and
> everything is ready to go (were there such a thing). Or what I find even
> easier, brewing in my regular Bodum at home and putting the finished tea
> liquor into a regular thermos.
>
> Am I understanding correctly? :?
>
> Melinda
>
>
>
> "Alex Chaihorsky" > wrote in message
> . com...
>> It is excellent design. The top part of the bottle (ust above the mesh)
>> also unscrews, not only the "cork"
>>
>> Sasha.
>> "Melinda" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Just from looking at it it seems like it would not be a good design
>>> because you can't remove the leaves easily when they're done steeping
>>> and they would oversteep. Might not be a problem for iced or cold brewed
>>> tea but for hot it would. Comments?
>>>
>>> Melinda
>>>
>>>
>>> "Alex Chaihorsky" > wrote in message
>>> om...
>>>>I am looking for the same item!
>>>> These "tea thermoses" are coming in many designs, shapes and sizes. One
>>>> design I particulary likes was two-wall glass cup. Unfortunately I
>>>> broke it
>>>> Another good design (I still have it) although single-wall, uses some
>>>> kind of very thermostatic plastic and keeps the tea hot for quite some
>>>> time. It has a mesh filter too.
>>>>
>>>> I have not been able to find these in SF Chinatown, to my great
>>>> surprise. However, I found some on ebay:
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...1676 109&rd=1
>>>>
>>>> Sasha.
>>>>
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