I've been wanting to have one of these pincer tea infusers for the longest time but I can't seem to convince myself why I need one. I mean, I can just use my personal teapot if I want to brew some loose leaf tea at home. And in the office, I can drink bagged tea instead. With that, I felt that this kind of tea infuser is unnecessary.
But then, my subconscious must really want me to have one of these 'cause it has found a way to make me feel that I need it (my subconscious will make a good salesman, I know).
We'll you see, though I can have tea in the office anytime, there are times when I really need some nice and strong coffee. Sadly, we don't have fresh coffee in the office; we only got the instant kind together with some sugar and powdered non-dairy creamer.
As much as I want to, I can't bring my own coffee maker in the office, so I thought of an alternative in the form of this tea infuser.
I always wondered why we don't put coffee in small bags and steep it like tea. Is coffee not meant to be submerged in hot water? I don't think that's a problem -- French presses submerge ground coffee in water and they say it is the best coffee brewing method. Furthermore, certain coffee like turkish coffee and kapeng barako are actually prepared by boiling the ground coffee beans in water. With this logic, I decided to get one of these spoon tea infuser to 'brew' (or steep) coffee with in the office.
I guess this idea might work if I have a coarser grind of coffee. The coffee I have right now is for drip brew use, so it is finely grinded. If I am to push this idea, then what I need is a mesh infuser.
Well, my subconscious got me through 'false advertisement'. Still, I think I will have this infuser handy if I am to bring loose tea in the office.
Do you have any of these tea infusers? What do you think of 'tea-bagged coffee'? Please give me some insights on the comments below.
- Krissie