Hello, All,

I am enjoying a cup of Lichee that was brewed using a 2-cup French press
purchased yesterday. The tea is delicious, and none of the loose leaves
reached the cup.

It is a cinch to clean the press afterward. I may not go back to the ol'
tea ball again

Carl
/ tooo many 'o's in yahoo ;p

There's a lot of discussion about loose tea leaves.

I use a regular tea pot which lets the tea leaves move around.

When I pour the tea, I have an inexpensive ($5) metal filter that sits
over the cup and has holes small enough not to let larger pieces of tea
leaves through. It's not even a filter really, just a piece of metal
with holes in it, and a little space for liquid. Very elegant and
simple, really.

After the brewing is done, leave a little water in the pot, and scoop
out the tea leaves with a large spoon. The water is the trick, because
you can pick up a whole bunch of tea leafs in the liquid, and then
drain the liquid from the spoon and the tea leaves remain.

Rinse the tea pot out and its done.

There's a lot of discussion about loose tea leaves.

I use a regular tea pot which lets the tea leaves move around.

When I pour the tea, I have an inexpensive ($5) metal filter that sits
over the cup and has holes small enough not to let larger pieces of tea
leaves through. It's not even a filter really, just a piece of metal
with holes in it, and a little space for liquid. Very elegant and
simple, really.

After the brewing is done, leave a little water in the pot, and scoop
out the tea leaves with a large spoon. The water is the trick, because
you can pick up a whole bunch of tea leafs in the liquid, and then
drain the liquid from the spoon and the tea leaves remain.

Rinse the tea pot out and its done.

carl wrote:
> Hello, All,
>
> I am enjoying a cup of Lichee that was brewed using a 2-cup French
press
> purchased yesterday. The tea is delicious, and none of the loose
leaves
> reached the cup.
>
> It is a cinch to clean the press afterward. I may not go back to the
ol'
> tea ball again
>
> Carl
> / tooo many 'o's in yahoo ;p


I think the French press sounds nifty. I love my ingenuiTea though. It
is very easy to use. See it work at http://www.adagio.com/ (this is not
an ad, you can check me out - I'm just a tea drinker - and relatively
new one at that).

-elgoog

carl wrote:
> Hello, All,
>
> I am enjoying a cup of Lichee that was brewed using a 2-cup French
press
> purchased yesterday. The tea is delicious, and none of the loose
leaves
> reached the cup.
>
> It is a cinch to clean the press afterward. I may not go back to the
ol'
> tea ball again
>
> Carl
> / tooo many 'o's in yahoo ;p


I think the French press sounds nifty. I love my ingenuiTea though. It
is very easy to use. See it work at http://www.adagio.com/ (this is not
an ad, you can check me out - I'm just a tea drinker - and relatively
new one at that).

-elgoog

"carl" > wrote in message
...
> Hello, All,
>
> I may not go back to the ol' tea ball again

Yeah, you would do well to do away with the tea ball even if the French
press wasn't working out so well for you. Get a strainer, Ekco makes a
decent one that's sold for <$2 at Wal-Mart, or get a brew basket like a
Chatsford, Finum/Teeli (same manufacturer), or SwissGold.


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"elgoog" > wrote in message
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>
> I think the French press sounds nifty. I love my ingenuiTea though. It
> is very easy to use.

How do you get rid of the little bits leftover? I'm using mine to make cold
tea and leaf pieces lodge in the bottom and are difficult to rinse out. I've
resorted to using the sprayer, but there are still pieces that won't come
out and I can't figure out a way to take everything apart w/o ruining it.


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