Boil water in pan. Throw in loose tea. Use any kitchen mesh strainer
for cup. That's the way granny did it. If you have access to Asian
shops then lid,cup,infuser $8 or pot,infuser $4. The knick knack
discount stores usually have a 500ml tea press for $8. I use the
kangaroo pouches for the larger pots with no infuser. They cling to
the rim and lid seats properly. My local tea shoppe uses the smaller
ones for cups to go. Michael is right, dump the infuser if you can. I
could never understand tiny gong fu pots because they're little more
than infusers.

Jim

Michael Plant wrote:
> [Barky]
> > it's a gimmick. After several years of brewin' tea I use loose leaf in
> > Upton's little fill-yer-own paper tea sacks on a chain clip. They're big
> > enough they allow the leaf to unfurl but there's no mess, no plasticky
> > taste. and they're ~$4 per 100. Check em out in the back of the upton
> > catalogue.
>
> [Arf]
> Furthermore, you can get a ceramic mug at the thrift shop for 50 cents
> and a strainer at any chinese market for another dollar. So, for less than
> two dollars you'd have yourself a perfectly functional tea making kit.
> Word of advice on this: Put the leaves directly into your new mug, then
> when you pour the tea into another drinking vessel, use the strainer to
> catch leaves; do not put leaf in the strainer and the strainer into the mug
> as this will hurt the leaves' feelings by containing them too securely.