Oh, jeez. Umm, I... I'm a tea bagger.

[LindenIsland]

I hang my head in shame, for I have only recently discovered the joy of looseleaf tea, at a small restaurant when out with a friend of mine. I was previously unaware of the inferiority of bagged teas, and pleasantly surprised at the strong, clear, sweet, beautiful flavor... I could go on, but suffice to say I had reached tea nirvana.

I'm planning on ordering some teas and making do with paper filters and cups for now, but I AM adding one of the infuser teapots to my Christmas (or perhaps birthday!) list!

Please be gentle, I'm so amazingly ignorant to the ways of fine tea.

[Chip]

Welcome to the world of tea, and to TeaChat!

Watch out for the forum TeaBullies.

Glad to have you here.

[LindenIsland]

Meep! Thank you kind sir! :3

[depravitea]

Ask lots of questions!
I'm relentless in my question asking and I've only been made to feel stupid a handful of times.
Just kidding.
Lots of knowledgeable, patient, and interesting, people here.
Present company excepted.

lol

[LindenIsland]

Ooo, good to know! Everyone seems pretty friendly so far. :3

[depravitea]

Ooo, good to know! Everyone seems pretty friendly so far. :3

Yep, I agree.

When I saw the title of your topic I thought you might be referring to all your Halo playing

[LindenIsland]

Oh! Nonononono. >/////<
I would never... I mean, I am a perfect lady when I play videogames of any sort! Well, maybe not SSX, but everything else!
I did not realize how unfortunate my title sounded.

oh my.

[Dreamer]

Welcome...you found a great place to learn...and occasionally someone here will fess up to succumbing to the tea bag!

Have fun,
Dreamer

[Victoria]

Welcome! Most of us started the same way!

[depravitea]

Oh! Nonononono. >/////<
I would never... I mean, I am a perfect lady when I play videogames of any sort! Well, maybe not SSX, but everything else!
I did not realize how unfortunate my title sounded.

oh my.

No, not at all!!
I'm just being a dork

[LindenIsland]

Yay~
Everyone's so friendly, it's awesome. :3

[Riene]

Hi, LindenIsland, and welcome to the TeaChat!

Don't worry...some of us even admit to using teabags...

[LindenIsland]

Oh, good! I thought I was a freak of nature. Or... um... fine-tea-dom.

[Intuit]

If you are still using paper filters to steep your loose leaf teas, you're in for a shocker: you need to move to the next step. Very little new gear needed, cost is less than 5 buckeroos.

A large size tea infuser for your mug. They're made for teapots, but they work [i]just swell [/i]in a mug, giving your tea leaves more breathing space and giving you a much improved brewing result.

All you need is a pinch clip to hold the other side, the one without the little handle on it, at the rim.

Interestingly, you can let a plastic/nylon large teapot infuser (sans clip) simply 'swim' in the hot water of a tea mug, as it will stay neutrally buoyant just at or slightly beneath the liquid surface. The leaves tend to stick inside the basket at the water surface because of mass effect.

[Trey Winston]

Welcome
Yup, my TeaJourney also started with teabags. It can only get better from there