Stainless Steel Mesh Tea & Cooking Infuser
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It didn't feel stiff to me when I was holding this product. Easily sitting it open on my counter while filling it with 1/4 cup of my favorite tea, I am able to fill it fairly easily. Perfect 1/2 gallon of tea can be made with just 1/4 cup. In the past 6 months I've used it almost daily and it is still in good condition. A small hook used to hang the strainer from the side of the pitcher has broken off, but I generally leave the strainer in the pitcher until I have finished drinking
That is not the case it is a As seen in the illustration, the part holding the chain sticks out when the strainer is closed. I would get a regular tea ball instead of a strainer if I were you and needed a strainer for a narrow thermos.
Unfortunately, I do not know what happened. However, it is a very well made product.
While I am out of town, if I remember correctly, the chains are about eight plus inches long and are attached to the mesh tea bags. There is a pair I have and I You are supposed to hook the hook on the end of your pot to the top of it. I find it to be very attractive.
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In a pressure cooker, I made pea soup for the first time. You can add pepper corns and bay leaves. The fine mesh was a source of great concern for me as well as how to get I rinsed the infuser as soon as the soup was done and it was Although I have never seen anything this large in the past, they were always quite tiny for tea, so it's a wonder I didn't purchase something similar years ago. Despite being great, the clip that closes it does require you to firmly grasp and hold the two sides of the clip together when you close it (this allowed it to slide into place when closed) otherwise you won't be able to close it. Just letting you know that it is not an issue. As the pressure cooker must be clamped down, the chain did nothing when used in a pressure cooker. It was also not an issue since the infuser/chain were removed easily enough. If you are cooking with a regular pot, I can see how this would be quite useful. I put the chain in the infuser that does not latch so that it doesn't get tangled up with other items while being stored.
The spice rack I use for storing spices had some chopped bay leaves. I could not remove them before serving because they were too big to leave in the food but too small to be able to find and remove. If you want to remove any chopped or whole herbs from your food after cooking, it's not very convenient to look for them. In addition to bay leaves, this infuser can be used for any types of herbs or spices that you want to add to your food while it is being cooked but remove quite large, but the holes in the steel mesh are small enough for liquid to penetrate through and it is heavy enough to stay submerged in Cleaning it out and washing it after use takes some time, but that should not be surprising. When I use it with my electric pressure cooker, I find it particularly helpful for making soup, stew and cooking beans of any type. This is a pretty sturdy device, and after many uses, it still seems to be.
In terms of tea infusers, there's not much to say. TEA INFUSERs aren't meant for abuse, even though they seem flimsy at first glance. There's really nothing to worry about with this device. The tea water I used in this bottle was diluted with water, so I scooped this out with a fork, rather than dump the tea water. Even after all of that abuse, it didn't seem to have been damaged much. As a result, I have had to bend the metal at an angle where the chain is attached, and I would prefer the chain were Unlike some other products, it has not collapsed after tumbling in my bottle all day, and it does not rust (which is pretty remarkable).
It's huge so I can see it as something best suited for using on a restaurant scale, or a kettle. It's hard to say much about a decent tea infuser, really.
Do not use it The one star reviews come mainly from people who are either using it as a tea strainer, or who didn't pay attention to the measurements and realize it's too big for a cup of tea. Soup of small batches can then be made with it. With spices like garlic, ginger, lemongrass, etc. , I put them in it and it opens and closes easily, hangs on the side of the pot, and is easy to clean in the If you're looking for a tea infuser, this probably isn't the best choice. The mesh seems a bit wide to keep fine tea leaves in, so if you do not need a lot of tea leaves, this may not be the best choice. My dishwasher does a good job of cleaning it, so make sure to put the chain in the machine, so that it does not hang down and catch on the rotary arm during cleaning*.
For my pho broth, it worked as intended and was filled with a good amount of spices. This latch is a thin metal clip attached to one side of the unit that folds over the other half for closure, and the clip seems easily broken or bent, but it held tight through a day of boiling. When I stirred the pot, the hook on the end of the chain kept slipping into the pot. It wasn't fixed well to the lip and wasn't large enough to hook onto the handle, so the chain just kept slipping into the pot. Additionally, I failed to take into account how difficult it might be to close it without spilling spices if you try to stack it higher than a Despite managing to stack a few whole star anises on top of the seeds and still get it to close, I am regretting not having opted for a larger capacity I was satisfied with the result, cleaned it up easily, and as long as I handle the clasp carefully it will last me.
Although I like the size and durability of this product, when I tried using it to cold brew some tea (just put tea leaves in and let them soak for 12 hours), it came out with a taste that was very metallic and bland. I have tried using more leaves, less leaves, soaking for longer, but every time it comes out bitter and almost alcoholic. I understand that soaking for longer allows the leaves to get used to the hot water, but I cannot get the robust flavor when the leaves are loose. Using this for cold brewing tea will not work.
The same ice cube tray is also used when making apple butter in my slow cooker because it keeps cloves from contaminating it. After filling the mug with loose peach tea from a local tea shop, I steeped it for 10 minutes, sweetened it with simple syrup, then placed it in the refrigerator for a few hours. A cup of iced tea I drank was the best I've ever tasted. There's not much to worry about in terms of cleaning it The product I am using today is so great that I may buy another one in the future. For the price you pay, this is a great purchase.
Large enough to hold six teaspoons in one half of.
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