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Simple and cute
Posted by
juaniki
on 1/28/2010
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Pros: -Very cute way to take a cup of tea.
-The shape is very original as you can see in the pictures.
-The material it is made of look like a good material. Hard plastic, not very easy to be broken if it falls on the floor.
-Simple to use: open it, set the tea leaves inside, put it in the mug, enjoy your tea.
-The place for the tea is big enough to holds tea for making a large cup or mug.
-Colours are nice. Mine are yellow and light blue.
Cons: -Maybe the "pole" of the note (sorry I do not know the proper english word) is too long. It could be a little shorter so that you could rest it in the mug border.
Other Thoughts: -Nothing more to say. Simple and cute.
Bottomline: A nice way to enjoy a cup of tea. A funny present for a friend.
Not just a novelty
Posted by
dansdata
on 10/3/2008
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Pros: Quite easy to use. Scoop some tea into the bottom half of the "note:, click it together, immerse in hot water. Has enough capacity to easily make a two- or three-cup pot of tea, not just one cup. No worrying plastic smell or flavour added to the tea.
Cons: The holes are a couple of millimetres in diameter, so fine tea will get out through them. Also so tall that it probably won't be possible to hook the top of the "note" over the rim of your cup; it'll just sit in there like a swizzle stick.
Other Thoughts: My first set of these got squashed in delivery, but DealExtreme immediately agreed to send a replacement. This second set is A-OK.
Bottomline: If you like fine-grained tea ("tips"), and don't like the idea of straining it AGAIN or dealing with a lot of "dregs" in the cup, you'll need a metal-mesh infuser instead. Plastic infusers just can't have small enough holes - some fine tea will escape from even a metal infuser.
But for coarser un-ground leaf tea, or coarse herbal tea, these things will work fine. Ought to last quite well too; the plastic will break if you stand on it, but not if it just falls off the table.
I'll be sticking with my little spring-loaded metal infuser for making single cups, but that's because I like fine-grained tea.
Smaller than it looks
Posted by
Ikalag
on 9/1/2008
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Pros: Small and cute. Great if you only need a small cup of tea. Saves you the trouble of making a mess since all the tea leaves will be easier thrown away once done.
Cons: Too small. Needs to be 2x its size to be usable in a 1L pot. Otherwise, just enough for a small cup.
Other Thoughts: Cute design. Both of mine are white. You might want to boil it to clear of any plastic smell. Same with any other plastic wares anyhow.
Bottomline: Well worth it if you only drink a little bit of tea. Not big enough for people that drink a lot of tea. Maybe good for guests.
nice
Posted by
nothingnew
on 6/1/2008
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Pros: its a very nice item, it does what it is supposed to do, and does it well.
neat design, the top part allows it to sit pretty nicely on your mug. the holes are just the right size.
Cons: well here we go again with the plastic and hot contents again. it leaves me a bit concerned, i mean who is to say that its not releasing some sort of chemicals or anything else for that matter when used with hot liquid, which most of us probably are.
Other Thoughts: i love the design, the colors are ok as well
Bottomline: ah ok item if its something you are looking for.