Would this item be good for loose leaf teas or are the holes too big for anything other than fruit?
1369284
The holes are too big for loose leaf tea, but would definitely hold a couple bags.
1369285
The packaging says that it would be good for loose leaf tea, but I feel that the slits would be too large and the leaves would fall through. You could always wrap the leaves in cheese cloth and put it in the ball, or I have had success putting some ground spices in a coffee filter and folding it up and putting it in the ball with fruit.
1369286
Holes are to big. It really isn't a very good water infuser. I find it so much better to just put the fruit directly in the water.
1369287
No the tea would float you are correct the holes are large. Fruit and herbs are ok, if they are like rosemary and still on the stem. I hope this helps.
1052029
Yes, I just put them in the glass infuser instead of the tea flower. Or you could take out the infuser and just put the tea bags in the pot, the cover fits with or without the glass infuser. Loose tea I would always put in the infuser unless you plan to strain the tea. I love my pot and use it all the time! Hope this helped.
583725
I put loose black tea in there and it stays in without a problem. I assume that same could be expected for rooibos tea. Good luck!
583724
There are little openings in the bottom of the infuser which I think would allow loose tea to escape. I have only used tea bags.
104760
It depends upon the courseness of your loose tea. There is a grate of sorts, but not a fine mesh.
1527412
Yes, definitely. I use it all the time for the 16 oz Lipton Green Tea bottles. When using the holes at the 'small end' though, you must hold it at that end rather than at the closed end as you normally would.
1852308
Yes, i use it with loose tea all the time. The holes are quite small and allow only a very small amount of "tea dust" to settle in the bottom of the cup. It is about the same as using a fine mesh tea ball.
1722044
I used it for loose leaf tea and I stapled the flap down . If your coffee is finely ground I'd probably use 2 staples in a row so no grounds leak out.
966174
The mesh of the infuser is very fine. It prevented debris of the loose tea from getting into the cup. There were still some very very fine particles that escaped that were like the texture/size of cinnamon but I do not think any infuser can prevent that.
498954
Oscar, the infuser is meant for loose leaf teas not tea bags. The plunger is designed to open the infuser not squeeze the tea. Hope that helps. Don (Schefs)
1232880
The tea infuser has a fine grade mesh to allow loose tea to infuse your water without leaving tea leaf debris. The tea infusers holes are too small for fruit to infuse well in my opinion. The fruit infuser leaves room for fruit to strongly infuse your water. I found the fruit infuser necessary for my tea needs. However, if you want only a light fruit taste to your water or tea, I am sure the tea infuser would work fine.
1539481
Sorry, this is my very first tea infuser, hence cannot answer your specific question. The tea leaves I was using look somewhat fine to me, and not much 'leaks out'. And not too difficult to clean out later when I've forgotten about it. If that helps.
1539482
Yes! The holes a fine, but it is definitely meant for tea. Coffee and some herbal infusions might have some issues. I haven't brewed rooibos or chamomile in it loose, and I would expect to see a little sediment from something very fine like that. It's very sturdy and awesome for tea though.
1468881
I use tea bags with my pot but I would think that you could not just use loose tea with this pot unless you like to read tea leaves. There are several small holes leading to the spout.
1539534
Yes , if it's a very fine leaf tea it will probably leak through the infuser holes.
1513923
You can remove the strainer and add a tea bag into the teapot. With the strainer, its perfect for loose leaf tea�
1539483
Yes they are both designed with extra fine holes so you can use with fine loose tea.