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I would highly recommend getting one of these [0] and buying loose tea. It does an excellent job filtering and gives you almost the same convenience as tea bags, with the added benefit of higher quality and cheaper tea if you buy it loose.

[0] https://www.finum.com/portfolio/brewing-basket-m/

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They're also great for making coffee - there will be a bit of powder left in the bottom of your mug but zero grit, they last for decades, and are super easy to clean.

I've bought like 5, and converted a couple dozen people from other nasty plastic or perforated-metal filters. Super highly recommended.

I’ve been using those myself for a couple years now. Never going back to drinking tea dust again; whole leaves yield a lot less tannin. And for a pot of iced tea, it takes less time to fill a filter paper than it does to open three or four teabag packages.

Still contains plastic, and plastic exposed to hot water you drink. Why not just use paper tea bags? They’re not expensive, easy to use, and feel nice.

You can get them in stainless steel too, e.g. https://www.paperandtea.com/products/p-t-infuser

Looks like OXO makes a fully stainless+silicone version: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GF4WYGT/

The filter looks a lot coarser on that one though, fwiw

yeah, and perforated metal tea filters are all dramatically worse in my experience. truly awful flow rates, you don't get very good brews.

Thanks for the feedback, you two! Know of any that are all-metal, but not perforated?

They're not even difficult to buy. In the UK most supermarkets will stock at least one variety where the bag is fully biodegradable. Sainsbury's, Aldi, Waitrose own brands are too I believe.

What about the plastic encasing the fine metal mesh? I would hate to be sipping plastic brewed tea if it is leeching from the boiling water…

Never noticed any taste and I'm rather particular about those things. Mine has lasted well over 20 years now and is still as good as new. They're terribly neat and easy to rinse. The lid is nicely designed because it doubles as a coaster.

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