I just bought the most marvelous little tea tool from Cargo and James!
http://www.cargoandjames.com/ It a metal sipping device that has a flat but
round mesh end in that goes in the cup and it allows you to use loose tea
leaves in your cup without swallowing them when you sip your tea. (Not that
I mind tea leaves occasionally but this is just fun.) Now some of you
probably already knew that things like this existed but I sure didn't and
I've been drinking loose tea since I was a few years old. Are there any
other nifty tea tools out there I should know about? I want to own them
all!

Giselle (having fun with my new tea-tasting experiments)