"Space Cowboy" wrote in message
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The 1L Sierra Tea Press I see elsewhere in town for $25 is on the Ross
knick-knack closeout shelf for $8. I say 1L because it says 8cups.
The people in NJ still don't know about metrics. It also says Coffee
on the box which says how much they know about Tea. At least it might
mean made elsewhere besides Asia. It has a metal sleeve and cap which
makes it more elegant than the plastic ones from Bodum. It has hooked
metal feet which allows see through the bottom of the pot. A nice
touch which the Bodum lacked....

My first press isn't as inexpensive as yours.

I bought an insulated Bodum travel press with grip in January at Sur La
Table in the Farmer's Market in LA - or maybe the store's in The Grove next
to it. Anyway, the grip is really nice and the mouth-feel of the lip section
is very comfortable. I'm well pleased with all aspects of it. A tiny bit of
rooibos sneaks by, but it's not bad at all, not nearly as bad as many
others. Because I like an impeccably clean brew, I took the opportunity to
put my despised Republic of Tea People's Brew Basket to good use by cutting
off the rim and sliding the mesh of the basket over the plate of the press
to keep rooibos contained. Now, it's wonderful, absolutely perfect, and the
ROT basket is no longer the waste of money that it's been for ten years.

All I have to do now is get rid of the Green Bay Packers insulated mug that
I was using as a travel mug. It was a gift from a Cheesehead or whatever
they're called, it's in no way leak resistant much less leakproof as
evidenced by a bunch of soaked papers, the handle and lip ridge are
uncomfortable, and I'm not into the GBP at all. I never use it otherwise and
the only reason I brought it along on this trip is because the ROT basket
fits into it, but the ROT basket is so worthless, I ended up using a
Teeli/Finum basket until I got the Bodum press.

Here's what I bought. It's MUCH better about not leaking than the GBP mug if
the hole cover is snapped closed:

http://tinyurl.com/237lmt or

http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.as...13LFVNH9UJ9DC7.


I was thinking to get a non-press travel tumbler cap and seeing how well the
cut ROT basket stays in to use for my green and white teas - like the
thermal traveler sold by Yellow Mountain Imports which is
leakproof, but gets too hot for my hands
(http://www.ymimports.com/Items/fg-tt110-a?). I emailed Bodum about it,
the caps are interchangeable, but aren't sold separately. Since I haven't
found the tumblers in any of the stores I visited in LA, I'll have to wait
until I get home and see if the store there still carries them or order
online.


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