Finum Reusable Stainless Steel Coffee and Tea Infusing Mesh Brewing Basket, Medium, Black

Stop searching and just buy it! I’ve used this infuser to make tea once a day on average for over four years and it’s as good as new. It brews a great cup of tea whether you have nice big tea leaves or crumbled up little finings, and it never lets any pieces into your mug. Sometime after I finish drinking my tea (or umm, sometimes not until the next day), I run it under water for about 20 seconds and scrub out any remaining tea leaves with my hands, and I’ve never felt it needed anything more than that to get clean. Size: The medium basket fits mugs with openings from just under 2.5" wide to about 3.5" wide. It’s 3" tall, so if you’re trying to use a mug shorter than that, it will rest on the bottom and stick out the top (it will still work). This medium basket fits in/over my standard-sized mugs and is perfect for travel mugs and Nalgene bottles. Get the large basket for your giant widemouth mugs. I have a large basket as well and use that when I make a huge mug of tea on the weekends, but the large basket is too wide to fit in the mouth of most of my travel mugs. Pros: -Not expensive at all -Will last a long time -Easy to clean -Super simple to use -Genius lid/base* Cons: -Maybe not the best for coffee. I’ve used it for coffee a few times and liked the results, but others may not agree. *The lid/base idea is great! While your tea steeps you put the lid over the basket to keep your tea hot. Then when you’re ready to take the basket out, you flip the lid over and it becomes a saucer to rest the basket on. No mess and no needing to immediately go to the sink to wash out the basket when you’re ready to enjoy your tea.

I ordered one of each size of the Finum Brewing basket. I wasn't sure which would work best in my 6-cup Price and Kensington. It has an odd shaped opening and I was worried the large would be too big to fit. The small fit into the teapot perfectly; however, I didn't feel that it was quite large enough to allow proper flow through the leaves if I was brewing a full pot. It also didn't go very far into the pot. I did use it in the pot and still got perfect tea, so it does work in a 6 cup pot. The large *is* a little big for the opening. It sits so that the plastic ring around the top is above the top of the teapot rather than sitting in it. It is deeper and does work absolutely perfectly otherwise. There is a more than enough room to get the leaves to fully unfurl and have a good flow through. I love both of these filters. The small is perfect for a single cup and will work in larger pots if needed. The large is great for pots as well, and will fit into most oversized mugs as well. Both catch all but the finest tea dust. They are super easy to clean. I love them both and would recommend either.

These Finum tea baskets deserves an award for their simple, yet perfect design. I have used many(!) other tea strainers, and while they worked, they all had something not great about them. Now I've been using these Finum baskets almost 2 years, and here is what I appreciate about them: * Very Fine Mesh, = no loose tea leaves in your cup * Tall basket design, again, no escapee tea leaves * Roomy, so tea leaves have room to expand * Simple, no moving parts * Stainless, so it doesn't impart other flavors, and it cleans easily * Two years later, and they are still going strong Actually, I started making coffee in them, too. I had previously used a french press, but this is much simpler and easier to clean. (Come to think of it, I now have coffee more often, since it is so simple.) But, the most important thing is that the coffee comes out excellent! I am usually making one cup at a time, and this is the perfect solution. Another bonus over a "pot" of coffee is that my husband and I can have 2 different kinds of coffee, quite easily. (These work so perfectly that we bought some more.) And, for some reason, I feel like I can use less coffee. So, can you tell I like these? A lot?

It works really good for loose tea. It looks strange to see yellow liquid(green tea) with no small leaves at the bottom like I was so used to see but all I see is just a hint of powder in the cup. I also tried coffee. I wasn't so impressed by this. There's a lot of coffee bean silt at the bottom and foamy residue at the top. I'll stick with paper filter for now even though I'm not thrilled by the idea of throwing away disposable paper each time. I thought about deducting one star from this but since I didn't buy it for the coffee, I left it. Over all, it's an excellent product, design, material and built-wise. I brewed tea and coffee then tea again one after another but smell of coffee didn't seem to stay on it. Between each time, all I had to do was rinse it with water, no soap. Now the detailed dimension I wanted to know before I bought it but I couldn't find. Height: 75mm Height to the underside of the top rim(this decides if the basket sits on the bottom of the cup or the top of the cup): 73mm Foot print: 47mm in diameter, quickly tapered(about 45 degree angle) to 52mm(bottom of the mesh cylinder). Top of the mesh cylinder: 57mm in diameter Above the mesh cylinder but underside of the rim(this decides the minimum diameter of the cup when the basket sits on top of the cup): 62mm in diameter. This means, if you have a cup little smaller than 62mm inside diameter at the top, the basket may not go down all the way but maybe partly goes in the cup. Under 57mm, you probably won't get a good result. Far end of the handle to the opposite: 98mm Length of each handle: 18mm This means, if you have a cup between 62mm and 80mm in diameter at the top, the basket sits on the top without positioning. Between 80mm and 98mm, you'll need careful positioning of the basket or the basket will fall in the cup. Above 98mm, it'll always fall, unless the basket sits on the bottom of the cup. *update* (2-20-11) Sample photos have been posted for visual comparison. I hope it'll help your decision making better.

I am new to loose leaf tea brewing, so I don't know how this compares to other products, but it works great for me. I use it to brew a cup at work - The medium size fits in my big 12-ounce mug with room to spare - I could have gone with the large. If you know what cup you'll be using it in, measure to get the best fit. It's not as easy to clean as a solid stainless infuser (like the one that fits my FORLIFE Curve 24-ounce teapot) because the tea leaves can get caught around the plastic ribs that give the infuser its structure. The lid makes a nice holder for the infuser when you remove it from your cup, making it neat and convenient to use - no extra dishes needed to hold the wet, dripping infuser. Before I buy, I tend to read all the reviews - paying special attention to any negatives that might cause me problems. For the price, I think this product is great! • It's big enough to give your tea leaves room to move. • It's compact and the lid/base keeps things neat. It's not as easy to clean as a single-material infuser would be, but it's not a big deal. I'd only deduct a 1/2 star for this, but I can only adjust in whole-star increments.

When I started looking for a good infuser, I was a little overwhelmed by all the different kinds, and really it didn't look like any of them could keep the loose leaves out of the cup. I came across this almost by accident, since it's listed as a "brewing basket" rather than a tea infuser. I'm so glad I found it! I bought it based on the glowing reviews, and they were right. This is exactly what I was looking for. The basket is big enough for the leaves to uncurl and brew properly, and the mesh is so tiny, there is NO spillage of tea leaves into the cup. Literally none. It made the perfect cup of tea. I like the mesh being all the way around, including the bottom, because it makes it easy to clean. It's well built and I'm sure it will last a long time. The cap is great both as a cover and as a coaster to keep the counter clean. I really love this little thing. When I read all the reviews, I was going back and forth on which size to order. A lot of the reviews said to just go for the large, but the cups I use for tea aren't huge. They are the cups that came with my set of dishes. I ended up ordering the medium size, and it's exactly right. I'm including a couple of pictures in case it can help someone who is unsure of which size to order. If you're looking for a great tea infuser, buy this one! It's perfect.

I'm 61 years old and have been camping and backpacking all my life. At home I'm a very picky coffee drinker but when backpacking, I just need a little caffeine so usually I make do with instant. Now that I'm older though, I don't really backpack much anymore--now it's motorcycle camping and car camping. So I've tried several different products for camp coffee: I have a small french press made from lexan that works pretty good but it takes up space and one more thing rattling around in my cookset; I have a one-cup cone-style paper filter holder that sits on top of my cup but you have to carry papers with you, and again it's one more thing in the cookset; and I have a little espresso maker (I actually have two of these) that will do two shots quickly, but its kind of a PITA. Now I have this Finum basket. What I like is the basket stores INSIDE my plastic coffee mug so I know exactly where to find it. I just put a rubber band around the mug to hold the filter inside, then toss it into my kit. Then, making coffee is so easy. For my favorite mug I know that if I fill the basket (a medium) a little less than half way with coffee, put the basket in my mug, then pour in the water, I'm gonna have a cup of coffee almost as good as a home brew. While it's brewing I can be doing other things. It's really foolproof, and the coffee quality is going to be consistent as long as I do my job consistently. I also like that the grounds fall out of the basket with an easy tap, then just a little bit of water (which sometimes can be scarce at a dry campsite) finishes rinsing out the remaining grounds. I have no suggestions for how to improve this product except I will say that I have no use for the plastic lid that doubles as a base. I leave that at home.

Used for steeping tea, got another one for infusing coffee after the single cup coffee brewer died. This makes a better cup of coffee with less hassle and more cost effective. I can adjust brew strength via blend capacity in the basket. Design is perfect for cup brewing and for easy clean up. Basket is stainless steel, lid is black plastic (I use it as a cradle to hold the basket after use). I brew 20 ozs of coffee at a time, taking up 1/3 of the basket capacity. Fits into regular size coffee cup and mug.

Very nice tea brewer. The super fine mesh lets me make a cup of almost dust-like Ceylon tea without any of the tea leaves ending up in my tea cup. Perfect!

Es muy práctico y duradero lo recomiendo

Extra fine. Perfect for dusty teas and maté

È il terzo che compro. Per chi consuma tante tazze di tè, è molto comodo e a differenza da quelli in acciaio non arrugginiscono

Un objet qui (re)donnera tout l'intérêt de déguster votre thé en vrac, sans perte de feuilles dans votre tasse. En sachet, le thé est plus onéreux au kilo que pour le vrac et sa qualité est moindre, car le mode de culture est différent et il y a souvent des arômes artificiels pour relever le goût des débris de feuilles contenues dans les sachets ; à moins d'acheter en bio... Ici, avec cet infuseur bon marché et solide, vous amortissez immédiatement votre paquet de thé en vrac par rapport à la même contenance en sachet, qui plus est avec une qualité optimale ! Puisqu'il faut bien donner un avis négatif je dirai, c'est dommage que le couvercle ne ferme pas une fois posé sur le haut de l'infuseur. Ce n'est qu'une broutille, histoire d'équilibrer mon avis. Assez large pour aller dans la majorité des tasses ou mug moyen, cet infuseur sobre est fait pour celles et ceux qui veulent avoir un produit simple et efficace, facile à nettoyer et qui fait parfaitement ce pourquoi il a été conçu. Mon conseil : pour les thés "blanc et vert", faites frémir votre eau pour ne pas dénaturer les feuilles. Pour vos thés noirs, vous pouvez faire bouillir. Le thé noir n'est qu'un thé vert qui a fermenté et qui demande une température élevée pour pouvoir faire ressortir ses arômes et ses propriétés. En résumé, plus le thé est de couleur clair, moins chaude devra être votre eau, inversement donc quand on s'approche des thés "sombres". Le thé est un formidable antioxydant, nécessaire au bon maintient de nos cellules, responsable du vieillissement de notre corps. Pour finir, le thé étant la 2e boisson la plus consommé au monde après l'eau, il faut privilégier davantage le thé en vrac qui fait vivre dignement les personnes qui les cultivent, bien plus qu'avec le thé en sachet... Écologiquement, humainement, gustativement et pour ses propriétés, le thé en vrac gagne sur tous les plans. Santé, éthique, plaisir pour son choix impressionnant et facilement accessible, le thé en vrac ne se refuse plus avec cet infuseur !