Happy Sales HSS-TBSC245, Stainless Steel Spice/ Tea Infuser, Strainer, Filter- 2.45 INCH
Measures: 1.75″ x 2.45″ x 1.75″ Easily twist the lid to open and close, keeping tea or spices secured while steeping. Great for fine or large loose leaf tea. Features a chain with hook to suspend in hot beverages. Use in an individual cup or teapot. Hand washing recommended. Product Features Happy Sales Measures: 2.45
Perfect for making a large quantity of tea at once! =) This jumbo-sized tea ball is perfect for making large quantities of tea.
Makes lots of tea, but lets finer particles through… I really like this tea ball for making lots of tea at a time–I make a gallon of tea at a time and this holds the several table spoons of tea needed. The only issue is that a little bit of the finer or broken leaves and powder leaks out so I use a finer sieve to catch the last particles. At that point I feel like I might as well forget about using the tea ball and just leave the loose leaf in the pot and filter it with the sieve…
Making tea in a coffee urn Update 12/23/13: So Iv’e used this every three days for almost six weeks and the little hanging chain fell off in the dishwasher, and worse, fell directly into the center drain towards the exit pump. Lucky I got it out feeling blind with a pair of large tweezers. Anyway, I do hang this off the lip of the coffee urn and the chain is attached with an unsoldered ring to the top of the ball; the whole arrangement just isn’t strong enough to continuously take the weight of the wet tea bags (24)…