Tea ball. Tea strainer. Tea infuser. There are many names for a similar item and today on Teapot Tuesday I thought I would share a few of my own fun tea infusers.
A tea infuser is an essential part of brewing loose tea which is my tea of choice. Some teapots come with their own little baskets that sit down inside the teapot that allow the leaves to steep once the hot water is poured over. Some teapots have little strainers that are built into the spout of the teapot itself which allow the water to be poured out but the tea leaves stay inside the pot.
But many teapots need some type of infuser to hold the tea while it steeps.
These infusers range from the functional ball that my mom always used to the more whimsical type that I am sharing with you today.
My friend Mary just sent me this infuser that fits me to a T. Isn’t it adorable?
How about a sleepy sloth to hold the tea leaves?
A cat and a squirrel although I have yet to find a white squirrel one to represent Brevard.
For all of my pork friends out there I had to have a pig in my collection.
How about a dinosaur to hold tea?
Which one of these is your favorite? I have many more but thought these would be a great way to start sharing some of what I have in my collection. Don’t forget to comment for Comments for a Cause and there is still time to enter my book giveaway by clicking here.
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Leave a commentthey are so cute! The only time I like tea is if it is lose leaf…
I agree that there is nothing like loose leaf tea. The best!
They are all adorable. I think I like the piggy one the best. I have a few as well, my favourite being a flower pot. Happy tea drinking!
OH a flower pot! That would be so cute!
You would love it!
The dinosaur is awesome!
It is really cute, isn’t it? Thanks for stopping by!
All cute, but since we are in the “ham capital of the world”, I would have to choose the little pink piggie!
Of course you would like the pig! Makes perfect sense!
The sleepy sloth is pretty dang cute, but I love the dinosaur too!!
They are both kind of a tie with me in cuteness.
These are adorable! Mine’s a very boring metal ball. Making tea with one of these would make my day. Sloth is my fav.
Sloth is amazing. I may have to find one appropriate for you…….let the search begin. A metal ball is very boring for an exciting friend like you!
I like the sloth and the dinosaur. I had no idea what a tea infuser was until I got one and some loose leaf tea in a family Christmas gift exchange. Mine is a lime green guitar.
Oh a guitar? I have not seen that one! Fun!
Haha the sloth! Hilarious. Just watched a cartoon w/ a sloth… The Great Egg Scapade. 😉
Are you a cartoon lover? I may have to look that one up if it has a sloth!
The sleepy sloth is pretty cute but I’m going to have to go with the pig 😉
The pig is much cuter than the picture shows. It didn’t really photograph very well. Wise choice.
The sloth is over the top adorable — oh, I just realized I did a bit of a pun (over the top, over the teacup). I’m tempted to erase this comment, but I’ll let it stand. Sigh.
I love your pun. Keep em coming! Please!
Last but not least, let me put my 2 cents worth in…the sleep sloth for sure! So cute. I’m amazed at all these cute finds you always seem to have. Yes, loose tea is the best.
these are all so cute! I have tea infusers at my shop. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop xo
That sloth is adorable, and so is the pig!
Don’t they just make you want to make a cup of tea?
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