Space Cowboy wrote:
> 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

While I agree with Michael and Cowboy, I still say that the People's
Brew Basket is the way to go at $4 it holds well over a cup, so it has
plenty of room for expansion and since it is mesh there is absolutely
no restriction of water to leaf. The asian ceramic mug's with
cup/infuser/lid are also very very good... however you need to pay
careful attention to the shape and design of the infuser. Make sure
there are a lot of holes and not too big/small, and that they are on
the sides as well as the bottom... also that the infuser is as close to
a 1-cup size as possible. This is a perfect solution because since it
is ceramic it is not affected by tea flavors brewed in it as the
polymesh basket can be to some slight extent.

They are all good suggestions, and any of them will work fine... and
cost much less than the original product.

- Dominic