Comments on: Eva Solo Teamaker http://roclar.net/archives/1298 Random links, thoughts, etc. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: roclar http://roclar.net/archives/1298/comment-page-1#comment-716 roclar Thu, 17 May 2007 12:12:41 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1298#comment-716 This guy does have a couple of advantages over an old jar even with the plunger being seemingly useless. It does have a happy pouring filter thingy to prevent leaves from making it to your cup. The swanky sweater or neoprene jumper should help keep it better insulated though I am not sure it would be comprable to ceramic or cast iron pots. And I find it asthetically pleasing and I am not entirely sure why. Still $109 does seem high and I wonder if those sweaters are dry clean only... The Amazon reviews were pretty negative, but they were all looking for the plunger system to solve all of their problems even though one reveiwer already had a <a href="http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=2&GID=7&LID=528&CHK=&SLT=" rel="nofollow">Bodum Tea Press</a> and was apparently happy with it. I just want a pot where I can steep tea without having to put it into a little metal/glass infuser for more then one person that can hold heat well enough for that duration and doesnt require extra hardware to strain the leaves off. While it would be nice to have a pot which could hold tea for longer then the initial pour, I still haven't seen a pot that give the tea complete access to the water during brewing and then has some creative way of completely removing this access at the end. This guy does have a couple of advantages over an old jar even with the plunger being seemingly useless. It does have a happy pouring filter thingy to prevent leaves from making it to your cup. The swanky sweater or neoprene jumper should help keep it better insulated though I am not sure it would be comprable to ceramic or cast iron pots. And I find it asthetically pleasing and I am not entirely sure why. Still $109 does seem high and I wonder if those sweaters are dry clean only…

The Amazon reviews were pretty negative, but they were all looking for the plunger system to solve all of their problems even though one reveiwer already had a Bodum Tea Press and was apparently happy with it. I just want a pot where I can steep tea without having to put it into a little metal/glass infuser for more then one person that can hold heat well enough for that duration and doesnt require extra hardware to strain the leaves off. While it would be nice to have a pot which could hold tea for longer then the initial pour, I still haven’t seen a pot that give the tea complete access to the water during brewing and then has some creative way of completely removing this access at the end.

]]> By: Tommy http://roclar.net/archives/1298/comment-page-1#comment-715 Tommy Thu, 17 May 2007 01:43:02 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1298#comment-715 The Amazon reviews are not kind. The plunger mechanism doesn't isolate the spent leaves well enough, resulting in bitter tea. It would probably work fine without the plunger, but, then would an old jar. The Amazon reviews are not kind. The plunger mechanism doesn’t isolate the spent leaves well enough, resulting in bitter tea.

It would probably work fine without the plunger, but, then would an old jar.

]]> By: Tommy http://roclar.net/archives/1298/comment-page-1#comment-713 Tommy Wed, 16 May 2007 21:59:45 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1298#comment-713 Sweet! But $109? I dunno 'bout that. Sweet! But $109? I dunno ’bout that.

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