Hi bluesea,
Look at this link for bodum. In your last review, you said you couldn't find
the mini travel press. Please look at the Bodum "bistro". It is a small
french press that you can put into ANY size mug, and it's portable. I just
bought one at World Market today. I was going to give it to my hubby for
xmas; he drinks french press all the time...but now, I just may want to keep
it for my tea (ha!)...or I may have to go buy another one. :-)
good luck! www.bodumusa.com - the Bodum online shop

"darawen littlestich" wrote in message
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Hi bluesea,
Look at this link for bodum. In your last review, you said you couldn't
find
the mini travel press.

Yes, evidently the older model is history. I got 4 of the new Mini Travel
Picture presses, one for myself and the others for coffee-drinkers. I wanted
the older model to give people for tea so they can view the agony of the
leaves without thinking that maybe they should block the view with a photo.

Please look at the Bodum "bistro". It is a small
french press that you can put into ANY size mug, and it's portable. I
just
bought one at World Market today. I was going to give it to my hubby for
xmas; he drinks french press all the time...but now, I just may want to
keep
it for my tea (ha!)...or I may have to go buy another one. :-)
good luck! www.bodumusa.com - the Bodum online shop

Thanks, I appreciate your letting me know about it. I practically never
click on that section, only the Travel section, so I didn't know it existed.
It looks great and good for travel, too, and I'll keep it in mind for other
gift-giving times or for when I'm ready to try something new myself.

Yesterday, I ordered several mini tumblers at $4.46 each and one 16 oz clear
tumbler for $3.50 from HomeClick (Huh. I wonder why the 8 oz. costs more
than the 16 oz.) and went to a local store and bought Finum brew baskets to
go with them. Since each set comes out less than the Bistro, I'm saving
nearly $30.

In one respect, these sets I'm putting together, and the Bistro, are better
than the presses I intended to give because there's no way possible for
over-steeping when a basket's removed like there is with a travel press when
the contents are consumed v-e-r-y slowly. It's protecting the recipients's
tea from themselves.

Considering the cost of the Bistro and that you'll be pulling it out of your
mug in order to drink your tea, is it worth the cost difference when
drinking tea? Upton sells Chatsford and Finum brew baskets for much less
(http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/cat...&categoryID=82) and
other online vendors sell Finum/Teeli baskets, too, as well as
brick-and-mortar stores. Or, you could ask Santa for a really nice bone
china Chatsford mug
(http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/cat...&categoryID=71) like
I'm giving a friend for her birthday this month and leave the Bistro for
your husband and his coffee. Please look at it again with a mind for tea
(the larger image isn't much larger), comparing it to brew baskets, and let
me know.


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Hi bluesea,

you are right about using the bistro as a "strainer/brew basket". Check out
the "tea-buddy" from amazon. I bought one of these when I was in
china...you can throw it around and stomp on it and it won't break. It's
clear and you could put loose tea in or out of the strainer. i was going to
tell you about this earlier on, but i couldn't see you travelling to china
to get one. of course, you can check at your local tea shop and ask if they
have a similar product.



http://www.amazon.com/Tzu-The-T-Buddy-501/dp/B000FNCCPI



Considering the cost of the Bistro and that you'll be pulling it out of
your
mug in order to drink your tea, is it worth the cost difference when
drinking tea? Upton sells Chatsford and Finum brew baskets for much less
(http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/cat...&categoryID=82) and
other online vendors sell Finum/Teeli baskets, too, as well as
brick-and-mortar stores. Or, you could ask Santa for a really nice bone
china Chatsford mug

"darawen littlestich" wrote in message
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Hi bluesea,

you are right about using the bistro as a "strainer/brew basket".

Thanks for letting me know.

Check out
the "tea-buddy" from amazon. I bought one of these when I was in
china...you can throw it around and stomp on it and it won't break.

Yes, polycarbonate is great that way .

It's
clear and you could put loose tea in or out of the strainer. i was going
to
tell you about this earlier on, but i couldn't see you travelling to china
to get one. of course, you can check at your local tea shop and ask if
they
have a similar product.

http://www.amazon.com/Tzu-The-T-Buddy-501/dp/B000FNCCPI

It looks great. How fine is the mesh - have you tried it with rooibos?

I really like the idea of a built-in infuser. What happens with black tea?
How do you stop the steep? Do you turn the bottle upside-down, remove the
infuser, and recap?


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"Bluesea" writes:

"darawen littlestich" wrote in message
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http://www.amazon.com/Tzu-The-T-Buddy-501/dp/B000FNCCPI

It looks great. How fine is the mesh - have you tried it with rooibos?

(Having seen the picture, I'm assuming this is the same as the Piao-I
travel tea jar.) I don't do rooibos, but the mesh is exceedingly
fine, comparable to a Chatsford filter.

I really like the idea of a built-in infuser. What happens with black tea?
How do you stop the steep? Do you turn the bottle upside-down, remove the
infuser, and recap?

I guess you could do that, but I'm too cowardly and lazy. I use the
device with teas that tolerate long steeps, and I use a lot less leaf
than in "normal" brewing setups.

/Lew
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"Bluesea" writes:

"darawen littlestich" wrote in message
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[...]
http://www.amazon.com/Tzu-The-T-Buddy-501/dp/B000FNCCPI

It looks great. How fine is the mesh - have you tried it with rooibos?

(Having seen the picture, I'm assuming this is the same as the Piao-I
travel tea jar.) I don't do rooibos, but the mesh is exceedingly
fine, comparable to a Chatsford filter.

Excellent!

I really like the idea of a built-in infuser. What happens with black
tea?
How do you stop the steep? Do you turn the bottle upside-down, remove
the
infuser, and recap?

I guess you could do that, but I'm too cowardly and lazy. I use the
device with teas that tolerate long steeps, and I use a lot less leaf
than in "normal" brewing setups.

LOL. That's what I do with greens and whites with lower temps, too. With
black, I set the timer and stop the infusion when it goes off.

Thanks for the info. I think I'll enjoy having one.

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"Bluesea" wrote in message
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http://www.amazon.com/Tzu-The-T-Buddy-501/dp/B000FNCCPI

It looks great. How fine is the mesh - have you tried it with rooibos?

I have not tried it with rooibos yet but just looking at the mesh it seems
pretty fine. I will experiment and report back to you.


I really like the idea of a built-in infuser. What happens with black tea?
How do you stop the steep? Do you turn the bottle upside-down, remove the
infuser, and recap?

Yes, this is what I would do for black tea and hot water. Most times I use
the Tbuddy with jasmine in the strainer and cool water--and drink thruout
the day, replenishing water when necessary.