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Reddit mentions of T-Sac Tea Filter Bags, Disposable Tea Infuser, Number 1-Size, 1-Cup Capacity, Set of 100
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T-Sac Tea Filter Bags are single-use, disposable tea infusers for steeping high-quality loose leaf tea with the convenience of tea bagsSteep tea with a more robust flavor without the hassle or mess of conventional straining methods; filters out sediment from finer-grade loose teasMade in Germany from natural, chlorine-free, paper fibers; will not taint the flavor of brewed teaGreat for steeping all types of tea, including black tea, oolong tea, green tea, chai, chamomile and other herbal tea, and for mulling spices, too1-time use; easy to fill; disposable for easy cleanup; fully compostable and biodegradable
Specs:
Color | White |
Height | 0.5 Inches |
Length | 3.5 Inches |
Number of items | 100 |
Size | # 1, 100 Count |
Weight | 1 Pounds |
Width | 2.5 Inches |
Yay! I can actually help with this!
Adagio Teas has my FAVORITE loose leaf teas in the world. It depends what kind of tea she likes to drink, but you can get her a bunch of samples and go from there. You'll also get frequent cup points you can use later if you get some samples.
My favorites are:
(Black teas) Yunnan Gold, Golden Monkey, and Black Dragon Pearl: all chocolatey and rich, I drink them with soy milk and listed from not-very-earthy to smoky-earthy.
(Green teas) Gyokuro, Sencha Overture, and Jasmine Yin Hao: I prefer Japanese steamed greens which are more grassy and vegetal than Chinese pan roasted ones, but if she likes nutty green teas Dragonwell is also great.
(White teas) Silver Needle and White Peony:
Awesome because they're low in caffeine(I was just informed they aren't necessarily lower in caffeine, so let's just say awesome for the sublime nectar-y taste), my white teas have been kind of lonely since it's winter here, but in the summer they're perfect. Apricot liqueur and honeysuckle come to mind.But I'm not a big fan of blends (she may be), or Oolongs, or Pu Erhs, and definitely I don't drink anything not camellia sinensis (like honeybush), and a lot of my favorites are pretty expensive (but so worth it), so if you know she loves peppermint or chamomile by all means do that! If you only got one from Adagio, I would go with yunnan gold undoubtedly. You can get a sample for only $5 and it's heaven. Nobody dislikes this tea, not even people who say they don't like tea!
(And you can use code 6905673943 for $5 off!)
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Next she's going to need a way to brew it. I abhor doing dishes, my mother has made me some wonderful tea cups (she does ceramic pottery) but you can definitely just use the coffee/tea cups you already have to start. If you wanted to make it a cute holiday basket, of course, a tea cup would make the whole thing look adorable. At the risk of sounding like I work for Adagio, a glass cup like this is so perfect because you can watch the color of the tea as it brews which is a great indicator of tea strength!
Since I hate dishes so much, I have ended up using just empty, fill-able tea bags (I get the 2-cup capacity ones here) which is really great for re-steeping because you can just save the tea bag and put it in the fresh water.
Temperature is super important if you're brewing anything other than super robust black teas or herbal teas. For example, I steep my favorite green tea at 170 degrees F, which is a lot cooler than the 212 of boiling water. I bought this thermometer more than a year ago, and I've never had any problems... plus, getting a temp-specific tea kettle is so expensive :/ To walk you through how I personally make my tea:
I'll often put agave sweetener in my tea, and soy milk if it's a black tea.
I have also bought this for steeping and I adore it but it's another dish to do for a student without a dishwasher... It's a spring-loaded receptacle where you place your loose-leaf, and when it's done steeping in the hot water, you put it on top of the teacup. The gravity pushing on the spring releases the tea from the receptacle leaving the leaves and it's really really cool and efficient and you can make more tea at a time... but for a beginner, I would really recommend empty bags.
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Best of luck!
tl;dr Adagio is not a cult
edit: linked to Adagio
Hi! If you want to get into tea, I would reccomend starting by watching Alton Brow's episode on tea here. It's a good background on everything involving tea and tea brewing.
If you have a Peet's Coffee near you, you can go and order mugs of tea (brewed with loose leaf). They will give you free hot water refills so you can drink as much as you can handle. You can find a tea you like without having to commit to a huge container.
I prepare my tea in the morning in a tea pot (I have this one, but I don't like it because it's hard to clean) and pour it into a travel mug.
They make travel mugs that are similar to a frech press (here) where you put the leaves and hot water in and just push down a stopper to stop brewing. I'm really picky about the lids on my travel mugs, so I don't own one.
For resusable tea bags, the most popular style is a [tea ball] (http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Stainless-Steel-Mesh-Ball/dp/B00004RIZ7/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407090137&sr=8-1&keywords=tea+ball) (although the one I linked is a little too small to allow the tea to fully unfold). They are cheap and fairly easy to clean, but you have to be careful where you store them so they don't get bent up.
They also make tea bags for loose leaf tea. These would be easy to pop into your travel mug. You can also find bags made of muslin that can be washed out, but I don't know where you would do that.
Might I recommend T-Sac.
T-Sac Disposable Paper Filter Tea Bags, Size 1, 100 Count https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B001BLCIN4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_i8j4Ab10XY90X
With the caveat that these are def not indie, but they made it possible for me to actually use all the indie loose-leaf tea I acquired... I ran into the same issue, and tried infuser balls but hated cleaning them out. I saw some single-use tea filter bags--these aren't the ones I bought but they're out of those and it's the same idea--and they're working out really well so far! I like that they're compostable and I reeeeally like that I don't have to clean out some fiddly infuser that ends up leaking pieces of tea into my drink anyway and irritates me, defeating the purpose of the tea.
I went on amazon.com looking for empty tea bags and what I found works wonders.
T-Sac Disposable Paper Filter Tea Bags, Size 1, 100 Count
http://amzn.com/B001BLCIN4
They hold 3 tea spoons of tea, good for on the go people, and all I do is fill, staple closed and put in my cup before I head out. So easy and the same great taste I want.
Are you okay with filling your own bags? It's less annoying than using/cleaning diffusers and you can fill with any tea or dried herbs/fruit you want [compostable]
https://www.amazon.com/T-Sac-Filter-Disposable-Infuser-Capacity/dp/B001BLCIN4
Get some t-sacs or similar and make your own, using "work tea" of your choice?
Your poor friend! I'm glad he was able to recover!! I now work as a nurse, and I plan on shamelessly stealing your hilariously accurate observation of severe swelling. "Doctor, I believe this man has an edema grade of Homer Simpson."
Also, unless you really like the taste of Arizona Tea, you could make yourself gallons of the stuff on your own for a fraction of the price! All you need:
-Depending on the size of your pitcher, you want to use one MEASURING teaspoon per 8oz (1 cup) water. Example: 1/2 gallon pitcher = 8 cups = 8 teaspoons tea. It won't look like much, but you don't need a lot! Using too much loose tea is a common mistake, which doesn't improve the flavor a whole lot and just costs extra money!
-Put that tea into the empty paper teabag (don't fill more than half full, if it's more than that, use an additional bag) and fold the open end shut. Secure it with one or two staples.
-Throw your homemade tea bag into your pitcher, fill your pitcher with COLD water, add whatever sweetener you prefer (I like honey and a slice of lemon, yum!) and put it in the fridge overnight.
-In the morning, take the teabag out, along with anything else you put in (lemon slices, cinnamon sticks, some people get real crazy!) and BAM. Homemade iced tea! It will stay good in the fridge for up to a week and you just spent way less than buying it prepared while making it exactly how you want!
LOL...I have these, but I couldn't find any of them (found them later):
http://www.amazon.com/kitchen-dining/dp/B001BLCIN4
I'd suggest buying some t-sacs, at least to use up the tea you have without wasting it. You could also try lining your basket with a coffee filter (basically the same thing as pictured), or folded cheesecloth.
are you sure it wasn't just a low quality water bottle you tasted from?
I have 3 Klean Kanteens I use for all kinds of things and none of them leave a flavor behind because its just steel and no plastic lining that collects off flavors. Are you sure it wasnt a cheap lining? my first reccomendation would be a insulated klean kanteen. Its by far been my favorite and I've been through a lot of tea mugs.
If you're set on glass though I owned [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Lifefactory-Glass-Beverage-Bottle-Turquoise/dp/B004C3LVXQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1427182808&sr=8-3&keywords=16oz+glass+water+bottle
) for a while before I moved to metal and it held up well and the coating was nice to protect my hands from hot drinks. I was always careful to prewarm it but I never had it crack when I was lazy a few times. It DID shatter when it went flying out of my backpack side pocket like 10ft onto a concrete hill...but if you're set on glass it would be my choice. I usually make my own teabags from cheesecloth or this stuff to steep on the go.
another cheap option is to get something like this
and buy a mason jar. That way when it shatters, you can just get another jar for very cheap.
edit: Also with the mason jar you can just use something like this
gives you a better quality brew to go and lets you control how long you brew a little easier and better than french press style mugs imo.
Regarding tea bags and their (possible lack of) quality, get yourself a box of t-sac filters and make your own tea bags: https://www.amazon.com/T-Sac-Filter-Disposable-Infuser-Capacity/dp/B001BLCIN4
Just an example link, I'm sure you can get it much cheaper. Also, they're available in local tea stores worldwide. They come in three sizes so you can comfortably brew tea with larger leaves as well.
I've used T-Sac "disposable tea infusers" and they work pretty well. I don't think I'd use them with a tightly-rolled oolong, because they're not as roomy as a metal infuser. But other than that, they're acceptable.
I use these, I think it's just as good about as using a small strainer in a mug or pot, unless you're letting those leaves go totally loose before pouring through a strainer. Though I also don't keep my high quality loose tea at work, so there is that. To be honest, if you're that worried about bags cramping your style is it that much hassle to tap out a strainer & run under water for a hot second?
I'm not sure where you live, but if you have Wegmans grocery stores they have a really excellent and affordable (like almost Lipton affordable if you pick less expensive teas and double infuse them like I do) loose tea selection. They also have a variety of infusers and disposable tea bags (I would start out with something like this and upgrade to a reusable infuser like this if you decided that you're going to keep buying and making loose leaf tea). If you don't have a Wegmans, Google tea rooms in your area...some of them sell tea as well. If that still doesn't get you results, there are a ton of websites. Adagio is probably one of the more accessible ones for beginners...they sell an oolong called Fujian Rain, which is one of my favorite everyday teas. They also sell their teas in bags if you don't want to do the whole loose tea thing.
There are also reasonable quality bagged tea options...Numi comes to mind, I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting.
Also, don't listen to the snobs that are going to come into this thread to give you shit about ever having had Lipton.
I buy these. They are a little cheaper than the davidstea ones and they work just as well.
I use these T-Sac Tea Filter Bags, Disposable Tea Infuser, Number 1-Size, 1-Cup Capacity, 100 Count https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BLCIN4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_D7Elyb3SG7J2W
Just at tip - if you have a hair straightener, you can use that to heat seal these bags! Just fill the bag, fold over the top, then press it with the hot flat iron for a few seconds. It'll seal immediately and perfectly!
By the way, I'm talking about these types of bags: https://www.amazon.com/T-Sac-Filter-Disposable-Infuser-Capacity/dp/B001BLCIN4/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1482895644&sr=1-2&keywords=t-sac
I rather have control how long I steep the tea. Some people want a weaker or stronger cup. Many take aways that use loose leaf use these things and it is fine. http://www.amazon.com/T-Sac-Disposable-Paper-Filter-Count/dp/B001BLCIN4
Personally, I dislike barely hot, stale tea that has been sitting in a pot for hours.
Of course, if you want to go balls out http://alphadominche.com/steampunk-models/steampunk-2-1/ but you'll need a big budget for it I'm guessing.
http://www.amazon.com/T-Sac-Filter-Disposable-Infuser-Capacity/dp/B001BLCIN4
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These would be useful!
This one is nice because it's cheap. These are nice because cleanup is a lot easier. Cleaning out infusers can be a pain.
How about a reusable teabag or even disposable tea bags? If you happen to live by a Daiso or other kind of dollar store, they sell disposable teabags for about $1.50 for a 100 pack. I think that there are also collapsable tea filters, if you don't mind a non-metal filter.
Otherwise, those are pretty small in terms of infusers (~2.5x4in) that would actually work well with tea. My last suggestion would be using a strainer like this although it's not too different from the second infuser I linked earlier (aside from maybe you could use this to scoop out the leaves). If space is the priority though, I think your teaball is already effective for your needs.
Just make sure that it's super fine material, but not too fine to let the leaves out. Also make sure it isn't treated with anything. We can't use regular paper towels because of the chemicals that they are covered in- gotta make sure the same goes for your fabric. Good luck!
If you want it to be reusable, you can model them off of the paper ones for single use.
Looks awesome!
put your weeds in this for even less clean up :D
https://www.amazon.com/T-Sac-Filter-Disposable-Infuser-Capacity/dp/B001BLCIN4
something like that is generally what I would think of. Although it would probably be easier just to go with a basket strainer if that works.
http://infuseteabarny.com/ - A tea shop local enough, with great selection!
http://www.amazon.com/T-Sac-Disposable-Paper-Filter-Count/dp/B001BLCIN4/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1412620110&sr=1-1&keywords=tea+bags+for+loose+tea - Tea Bags for loose tea!
Just get these. There were cheaper ones that are like 2 bucks for a bajillion, but they don't seem to be on amazon anymore. Anyway, you get the gist. I'm sure you can find something in London.
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Also, for the tea filters, these are the ones I use - https://www.amazon.com/T-Sac-Filter-Disposable-Infuser-Capacity/dp/B001BLCIN4 - cheap & cheerful for loose teas.