A more direct link.  (I had to really search on Cotty'es site)

http://shopstashtea.com/800260.html 

A similar (identical?) gizmo can be used to make coffee.  You've
probably seen these somewhere being used for coffee.  It maximizes
contact between the grind/leaves and can make good, strong coffee or
tea, and the plunger has a metal mech in it to pres out the grin/leaves
before drinking.  


Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
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Wot the heck is a tea press?

Keith whaley

Steve Desjardins wrote:

> Twinings is available at most U.S. supermarkets (Walmart, Krogers,
etc.)
>  As a matter of fact, many now also stock loose teas as well. I buy
> loose tea for the chemistry dept. at the Lexington coffee shop,
which
> specializes in coffee but also carries a very extensive line of teas.

> Although coffee still dominates in the US, there are more than
enough
> tea drinkers to make the "good" tea options economicaly viable for
> supermarkets.  Chai is very popular and all the coffee shops carry
it.
> In addition, coffee presses has become very popular and so are
commonly
> available.  Many of my tea drinking friends now use a press to make
> single/duoble cups of tea from loose tea, as opposed to the dreaded
"tea
> ball".    As fond as I am of coffee, tea (yes, Earl Grey) has become
my
> afternoon drink.
> 
> And, of course, there is always Celestial Seasonings . . . ;-)

Yuuk! Patooie! Gackkk...
And I feel the same way about Chai, whilst my wife scarfs down several

cups a day...

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