Dog Ma 1 wrote:

Using an egg timer to brew black teas has really made a difference over just
wandering off for a while. (Electronic timers don't seem to fit the
aesthetic.) I've only found 3-minute timers in kitchen shops. Would really
like a 5-minute "hourglass" that I can mark for 3.5, 4 and 4.5 minutes.
Anybody know where to find such an item? Google didn't turn up a US source,
but I might have set the search too narrowly.

Thanks-

DM

Here?

http://www.delpozzo.com/hourglasses.htm

They seem to have everything from a cute (but useless) keychain 5second 'hourglass'
to a huge 2 hour one and just about everything in between.
The 'useful' ones are kind of expensive or what they do, but they're shipped from CA
(so at least it's a US source), and most of them are quite decorative.

I especially like the antiqued italian hanging hourglass because of the attention
to detail (like the 6 beads on the wire so you can tell how many times you've
turned it ), though I'm aware it's not the one you're looking for.

--Leigh