Loose Leaf Tea Infusers

Once you have selected and purchased your loose leaf tea. You are going to want to infuse the tea with a loose leaf tea infuser or a loose leaf teapot. There are many loose leaf tea infusers on the market. There are a few things you need to watch out for when purchasing a tea infuser.

First, make sure you are getting a tea infuser that has the least chance of rusting. There are a lot of low quality loose leaf tea infusers on the market. These infusers are made with metal that will rust easy. Also look at the infuser and judge if the mesh or strainer has the proper hole sizes. If you are brewing tea dust or herbal teas, you will need a fine mesh infuser so that the loose leaf doesn't get through.

There are alternatives to metal strainers and loose leaf tea infusers. One option is to use loose leaf tea bags. These bags are specially designed to allow you to put your own tea leaf in the tea bag and use like a regular tea bag. There are also fancy infusers like the Altus, that work well for infusing loose leaf tea and straining it with the click of a button.

Loose Leaf Teapots

Another way you can infuse your tea is with loose leaf tea pots. Some teapots have a strainer built into the lid, other may have a strainer built into the spout. Some loose leaf teapots require you to possibly use a loose leaf infuser as well. There are special teapots for brewing special teas as well that lend character to the particular tea being served.

The old fashion way

If your using whole leaf grade tea, then you may not even need a loose leaf tea infuser to begin with. Larger leaves usually do well just sinking to the bottom of your cup. Allow yourself the experience to sip the tea while the leaves are loosely allowed to roam your cup brings out the true flavor and experience of the tea. Most leaves are easy to sip around and the tea gets more flavorful and pleasurable at the bottom of the cup while allow you to see the leaves in full glory.