A food grade plastic net?

[febs]

I think I could have an idea to solve definitely the floating filter issue of the ingenuitea (unfortunately I still have the issue, no matter which filter I use and no matter how much I scratched the filter's border with a knife).

I would get a plastic filter net, of the same kind used into the filter itself (so: that it's food grade and, very important, resistant to high temperatures); cut a ring of it, fundamentally of the size of the filter border, and I would put it on the bottom of the infuser; then, I would put the filter in it's place. But this time, there will be an extra thickness layer that would - I expect - tightly hold the filter in place. If necessary, two layers of plastic could be used.

I hope it's clear; and I want to try it. The problem is, that I don't know where to buy a 100% reliable material, that I could boil in the microwave while being assured that it would not release any stuff into the water and into my body.

Thanks all.

[teaisme]

The problem is, that I don't know where to buy a 100% reliable material, that I could boil in the microwave

Im confused. Why would you want to boil it in a microwave? Aren't those ingenuitea for brewing tea and not boiling water?

From some personal experience microwaved water is not ideal for tea.

[entropyembrace]

I think it would save you a lot of headache in the future to just buy an electric tea kettle to heat your water

something like this


it´s a cuisinart perfectemp which is the kettle I use

And then brew your tea in a teapot (you pour water from the kettle to the pot which contains your tea leaves)

and a glazed teapot to brew your tea in

kyusu with steel filters do a great job of keeping bits of leaves out of your tea if that bothers you...and can brew just about anything decently well.

http://www.denstea.com/index.php?main_p ... th=275_284

http://www.o-cha.com/Arita-yaki-Teapot-16508.html

are a couple of examples

brewing tea in the same vessel you heat the water with just isn´t worth the trouble imo...electric kettles are fast and easy to use....and teapots aren´t much trouble either. It´s really the simplest and best way to brew loose leaf tea.

All the weird infuser contraptions out there market themselves based on convenience...but as you´re finding with all the problems you´re having with yours they´re really not that great.

It´d be a lot easier than hunting for stuff that can be microwaved and filter tea...

[febs]

Im confused. Why would you want to boil it in a microwave? Aren't those ingenuitea for brewing tea and not boiling water?

To make tea faster.
And IngenuiTEA is also made to boil water into it, too. They replaced the old model with the metal filter with this one only for this purpose, because many customers asked for it.

And, I know that it's not the VERY BEST thing to do to boil water, but still, it's effective, makes still good tea and it's fast as hell.
After all, neither the IngenuiTEA is the proper neither the best way to brew tea at all, being the infuser made of plastic.

But it's a quick way to get a more than decent tea; in a snap.
So I would really love to... but the floating filter doesn't allow me to.

Thanks

[teaisme]

ah ok gotcha

[febs]

The good news is that they told me that they're working on a third model which should see the light in the first quarter of 1011.

That would be GREAT, although I regret that I already bought one which just isn't microwaveable as they say that it is.

[Alex]

The good news is that they told me that they're working on a third model which should see the light in the first quarter of 1011......

....but the bad news is you'll need a fully working time machine

[febs]

LOL, I can survive in the while.

[Leafbox Pete]

give some thought to silicon. Like all those high temp cooking utensils you see at target and so forth.

You might be able to find some kind of silicon mesh netting that you could use. It may take some searching though since the need is for something with a very fine mesh.

[febs]

Now, this can be a great idea. I only have to be 100% sure that it can afford boiling water temperature without releasing anything in my drink and that can definitely be the solution.

A colleague of mine is using teflon stripes, but I'm definitely unsure about it.

Thanks!