Last year I tried to buy a tea infuser from a so-called normal shop in Helsinki. The product I was sold was produced so cheaply, the infuser doesn't keep the tea inside itself. While the store selling these infusers undoubtedly makes incredible rising profits, I put in a request through a friend to a ceramic artist who lives in the countryside for a tea diffuser set. My new hand-made set cost 8 € more than the factory made one, which I suppose exists now as a reminder that large businesses exist to extract profit, not to sell people things that are useful or needful.

(I am still pissed off, if you can't tell. Returning the infuser would have required me to buy HSL tickets that would have cost the same as a buying a new one, and would have wasted a couple of hours of my life, since I don't have a season pass, so essentially it was more cost-effective for me to just find a new one elsewhere and be passive aggressive about it.)

But I'm REALLY HAPPY with my new set, the tiny plate thing is something I hadn't even realised I could get. It's pretty, and a ceramic artists made it, because my friend asked her to make more in pink. Whole ordeal reminds me to get all my home items now and forever from craftspeople (like I love my hand-made wooden spatula so much that is made from a tree that fell during a storm in a park in Helsinki, it's just so incredible that they took this fallen tree and made something out of it, unlike IKEA who go into 600-year-old forests and brrhhh now we have a cabinet that can take all of 7 years of use before it falls apart aahhhhh this world is so messed upppppp.)

#tea #teainfuser #shopping

#9391: That "Funny Handle" Tea Infuser wasn't just for show! Kevin found it surprisingly sturdy and easy to maneuver, keeping leaves out of our mugs. Get one for €8.23. #TeaInfuser #LabTest

#teainfuserfunnyshape #TheFindLab #tested

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Going back thousands of years, the benefits of drinking tea remain today. Tea is a low-calorie drink containing unique compounds that support heart health. Drinking tea was used for its medicinal qualities and enjoyed as the cultural beverage of choice. It's generally accepted that green tea has the most benefits as it contains EGCG, the most powerful type of catechin. #tea #teabags #teaballs #teadrinking #teainfuser #teainfuserballs

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@dmariemart
Oh — and there are also infusers that fit within a cup or mug if you prefer to drink a smaller amount of tea — functionally, these infusers act as a tea bag but allow you to use unbroken leaves (which do take a bit longer to brew).

Example: https://www.murchies.com/product/folding-handle-infuser/

#tea #teaInfuser #teaBags #looseTea

Winding down the long week drinking some #tea with my #SpaceCapsule #TeaInfuser from #thinkgeek.

It even comes with a cute little #astronaut to keep me company 👩‍🚀