I know this isn't a new item, but I just got one, on sale at my local grocery store. I really want one of the double-walled thermal tea presses, but ... that'll come later.
The Assam Tea Press from Bodum.
It's cute. A cute round little teapot. Not pretty or elegant, but definitely cute.
I really like a glass pot. I like being able to see the color of the tea as it steeps.
This is my first experience with a tea press of this kind, and I like how it works.
The holes in the tea container only go down about halfway, so that when the tea is the strength you want, you simply press down and the tea is pushed down to the bottom and steeping stops.
Well, not quite. I did find that there was a tiny bit of leakage. I could have removed the holder after steeping, but I frankly wanted to see if it really did stop steeping or if the tea would just keep getting stronger and stronger. It wasn't a lot, but I did notice the second cup was stronger than the first.
The tea did manage to stay fairly warm for the 2nd cup, even sans double-wall or tea cozy. But it's not really practical for me alone. I usually don't drink more than one cup here by myself. I'll continue to use my one-cupper IngenuiTea for my solitary afternoon tea, but this little tea press will come in handy for when I have guests.
If I was going to rate such things, I'd give it 4-cup salute (out of 5). Me likes.
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Hey Stacey, you old cuz you! Thanks for missing me. :)) I'm back, I think. I hope.
Hallo Smythe. How do you like your coffee press? I had a heck of a time figuring out just the right combination of coffee and water temperature and all that to get my coffee the way I like it using the press. But once I figured it out... heavenly coffee!
This tea press is not my favorite thing right now. I realized too late that you can't remove the infuser and treat it like a regular tea pot. The lid is designed to go with the infuser, so without the infuser, no lid. What are these people thinking?
Posted by: Christine | February 17, 2006 at 08:55 AM
Where are you? I miss you!
Posted by: Stacey | February 16, 2006 at 05:52 PM
Hi, I've been brewing tea using a Bodum Kenya 8 cup coffee press, which I originally bought for making coffee. But once day I thought I'd try brewing some Darjeeling loose tea, and it made a wonderful cup of tea (many wonderful cups). But after reading your post, I'm wondering if the tea press would make an even better cup of tea.
Posted by: Smythe | February 12, 2006 at 05:29 PM