Tea (rec.drink.tea) Discussion relating to tea, the world's second most consumed beverage (after water), made by infusing or boiling the leaves of the tea plant (C. sinensis or close relatives) in water.

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Arrgh, after a trip into the city and to every single Asian market
trying to buy a simple three piece tea infuser mug set for a gift I
have come up empty handed. I hit 6 stores and none had a single one.
Looking online isn't producing much in the way of normally priced ones,
if anyone knows of a online store for these that has a decent
selection/price I'd appreciate a link.

Google/Froogle haven't turned up anything like I had hoped for, and I'm
out of options. I was hoping someone knew of a chain store or online
store that sells them that may have missed my radar.

Thanks,
- Dominic

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Hi Dominic,

Are these what you're talking about?

http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000...&Category_ID=7
http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000...&Category_ID=7
http://www.shanshuiteas.com/product....ctCategoryID=5
http://www.rishi-tea.com/store/produ...&cat=11&page=1
http://www.taooftea.com/shop42-Tea_Filter_Cups.html
http://teasource.com/merchant2/merch...roduct_Count=9
http://teasource.com/merchant2/merch...oduct_Count=12

Or are you talking about something else? If so, my apologies.

Doug

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> Arrgh, after a trip into the city and to every single Asian market
> trying to buy a simple three piece tea infuser mug set for a gift I
> have come up empty handed. I hit 6 stores and none had a single one.
> Looking online isn't producing much in the way of normally priced ones,
> if anyone knows of a online store for these that has a decent
> selection/price I'd appreciate a link.
>
> Google/Froogle haven't turned up anything like I had hoped for, and I'm
> out of options. I was hoping someone knew of a chain store or online
> store that sells them that may have missed my radar.
>
> Thanks,
> - Dominic
>



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Hey Dominic,

Are you talking about the covered mugs or gaiwan/gaibei? I have tons of
the latter, as I use them primarily to infuse/consume tea on a daily
basis. Tenren.com has three which are priced very well at around eight
bucks (and aesthetically pleasing for someone's first gaiwan, if I say
so myself). They also have the infuser mugs, too. If you are just
looking for a covered mug, I'd suggest getting a gaiwan too. For me,
tea just doesn't taste the same if it isn't brewed in a gaiwan.

Get a gaiwan. You'll thank me later.

-Mike

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They're going for about $5 in my Asian stores. I know that doesn't
help you but gives you the idea of the cost. I watched some BookTV
yesterday and learned why Andrew Carnegie left town and went to New
York.

Jim

Dominic T. wrote:
> Arrgh, after a trip into the city and to every single Asian market
> trying to buy a simple three piece tea infuser mug set for a gift I
> have come up empty handed. I hit 6 stores and none had a single one.
> Looking online isn't producing much in the way of normally priced ones,
> if anyone knows of a online store for these that has a decent
> selection/price I'd appreciate a link.
>
> Google/Froogle haven't turned up anything like I had hoped for, and I'm
> out of options. I was hoping someone knew of a chain store or online
> store that sells them that may have missed my radar.
>
> Thanks,
> - Dominic


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How does $3.75 sound?
I got my last box of them from this outfit.

http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/index...S&Category=767



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> I got my last box of them from this outfit.
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http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/index...S&Category=767

Bless you sir

That is exactly what I was hoping someone knew about. Yes they normally
cost me like $5-8 in the Asian markets, but all the ones I was finding
online were like $17-25 and then shipping on top.

Also for those who asked, it isn't for me, it's for my fiance's sister
as a b-day gift because the last one we got her got broken (this one
may suffer the same fate, so that's why price was an issue to some
extent.)

I prefer a gaiwan by far as well, but I still have a few of these
around for quick cups myself.

Thank you all very much!
- Dominic

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With an infuser cup a person makes an easy transition from tea bags to
loose tea.
Gaiwans and Yixing pots might take a little longer.

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