TEA: IngenuiTEA pot

I recently got a new teapot that BLEW MY MIND. It's called IngenuiTEA from Adagio, and it's just crazy exciting. The review below explains how it works, and if you go to adagio.com you can see a video of it in action.



Review: the IngenuiTEA microwavable tea pot

Ladies, gentlemen, I am in love. I am head over heels - with the IngenuiTEA microwavable tea pot. Resembling a transparent plastic beer stein, you fill the IngenuiTEA with 500ml of water and then place in the microwave. Heat until boiling. Put in two spoonsful of loose tea and let steep the appropriate time. Then center the IngenuiTEA over your teacup and use your cup's rim to push up the base. Tea is then dispensed from the bottom of the pot straight into your cup, and filtered nicely by a fine (and removable) mesh cone inside the pot. It is amazingly convenient and the tea it makes is pretty good too.

The filter is easily removable and the entire rig is easily cleaned. Sturdy and lightweight enough to carry around with you, and at $16 USD, inexpensive enough that you might want to just leave one at work and not worry overmuch if someone kips it. Made by Adagio, whose ardent hope is to make tea as office-convenient as coffee.

Next week I'll review the triniTEA, their innovative tea machine which times the tea steeping and keeps the tea hot for you. [GT]