I use a little jersy sock kind of thingy with a round wire around the top.
Put the leaves in this and it hangs in the pot. I dump the wet leaves in
the garbage or composte depending on the time of year and I never through
out tea, I nuke whatever's left by the cupful.

"Frogleg" > wrote in message
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> Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and
> loose leaves. Would like to have more tea more often, but the used
> leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the drain; no
> disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my
> kitchen trash. How *do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the
> leaves?