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Sledgehammer70
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Brewing Tea

Can someone point me in the right direction on some great items to use to brew tea?

Most likely a setup that is a Infuser that dumps into a mug? did I say that right?
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Well if you're looking for different options, there are several I can think of off the top of my head.

For loose tea, you have the infuser. There are several styles, but the one I like is like two little colanders on a spring, they clamp together and hold the loose tea.

Then you have the standard teapot.

Then you have the samovar, which you brew a really hyper-concentrated tea inside, then pour it in your mug and add hot water to lighten the brew to taste.
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I use something like this for single cups, or a large wire mesh tea ball to do a whole pot.
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Either of these Click image for larger version

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Or be really common and use a tea bag on a string
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Is something like this any good?
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Most infusers will do the job, depends really on the occasion, i.e tea-party, after dinner, or sat in front of the tv.
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i.e tea-party
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Tea Party... spphh

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That pic is great!

I drink a ton of tea, I just fill a large pitcher from hot water(hot tap, why not?) and then drop the tea bags in with the string hanging over the side so I can put the lid on and let it sit for 30 minutes. Viola. Nothing special. I got SICK of waiting on boiling water, I just wanted to "set it and forget it". I don't have to worry about forgetting to turn anything off... and if I forget to go get my tea after a couple hours it ain't "burned" or simply evaporated.

But usually I stick with just the instant green tea mixes now'a days.
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