On 20 Dec 2004 10:34:35 -0500, Lewis Perin wrote:
> Mike Petro > writes:
>>
>> On 20 Dec 2004 03:15:21 -0800, cast caution to the
>> wind and posted:
>>
>>>[...]
>>>
>>>I had seen that ingenuitea pot. It certainly makes brewing easier, but
>>>I have read some of the reviews at that site and some say that there is
>>>a price to pay -- cleanup is even more irritating than when using a
>>>regular pot with loose leaves in it.
>>
>> I haven't found cleanup to be that bad, however I took the lid off of
>> mine.
>
> Sorry to think of this only after pulling in miles of this thread, but
> Mike's post brings up an issue I sometimes wonder about. Most
> teapots, especially those with a screen embedded in the spout, make it
> nearly impossible to clean the interior of the spout. Admittedly, the
> liquor doesn't contact the spout during the steep, but it sure does on
> the way out. Maybe a gaiwan's the only choice for a cleanliness
> freak?
You could always change your definition of cleanliness.
--
Derek
"...we know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. My
concern is that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side." --
Abraham Lincoln