☂️ Porcelain Umbrella Tea Infuser Set – Brew Loose Tea Beautifully
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☂️ Porcelain Umbrella Tea Infuser Set – Brew Loose Tea Beautifully
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DESCRIPTION
4 PATTERNS INFUSER + DRIP TRAY
Porcelain Umbrella Tea Infuser Set
A flared petal bowl on a hooked stem, sitting on its own drip tray. Fine holes across the floor of the bowl, glazed porcelain throughout, and four patterns to choose from.
Why not a metal ball infuser
The cheap version of the same idea, and the three reasons people stop using it.
A metal ball infuser
A screw thread that is hard to open with wet hands
Leaf is crushed into a small cage and cannot unfurl, so it brews flat and bitter
Takes on a metallic taste over time, especially the cheaper ones
Leaf fragments lodge in the hinge and stay there
This set
An open bowl, so the leaf has room to expand and brew properly
Glazed porcelain, so it does not hold the taste of the last tea you made
A rinse is enough, and there is no hinge for fragments to hide in
Comes with its own tray, so you are not hunting for a saucer
Six things that matter day to day
Not the shape, not the pattern. The parts you notice on the fourth cup.
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The umbrella shape
A flared petal bowl on a stem with a hooked handle. That is where the name comes from, and it is also why there is something to grip when the bowl is hot.
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Fine holes, not big ones
The perforations are small enough to hold back fragments, not just whole leaves, so you get a clear cup rather than grit at the bottom.
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Its own drip tray
Lift the bowl out and set it on the tray instead of on the table. The point is not decoration, it is not having a wet ring to wipe up afterwards.
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Glazed porcelain
Tea tannin rinses off a glaze. An unglazed clay strainer keeps the stain, and eventually keeps the taste of every tea that has been through it.
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A hook and a tassel
The gold-tone hook gives you a handle that is not hot porcelain. The tassel is the reason the set looks like a gift rather than like equipment.
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For leaf, not for bags
Loose leaf, flowering tea and herbal blends are the whole reason to own a strainer. A bag already has its own filter built in.
Four patterns
Three are blue and white. One is not. Same bowl, same tray, same hook.
Blue & White
Dense indigo floral scroll on white. The darkest of the four, and the closest to classic export porcelain.
Peony
Coral and pink peonies with green leaves. The only one of the four with colour outside the blue range.
Bird & Blossom
Birds among flowering branches in blue and white. The busiest of the four to look at, and the one people notice first.
Blue & White Peony
Blue and white again, but with open peony blooms instead of a dense scroll. Lighter and less busy than the first.
BREWING
Four steps to a clean cup
1
Fill it about a third
Leave the leaf room to unfurl. A bowl packed to the rim brews the same way a crushed tea bag does, which is to say badly.
2
Pour onto the wall, not the centre
Water straight down the middle pushes the leaf against the holes and slows the flow. Aim at the inside of the bowl and let it come round.
3
Watch the colour, not the clock
Loose leaf varies by tea and by how you like it. Green tea is usually ready before a black tea has opened up, so go by the colour in the cup.
4
Take it out, don't leave it in
Lift it by the hook and set it on the tray. Leaf left sitting in the cup keeps brewing and turns the second half bitter.
Where it earns its place
Not a display piece. The one you reach for on an ordinary morning.
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The daily cup
One mug, one spoon of leaf, three minutes. The version you use every morning rather than the one you keep for guests.
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A table for guests
Four patterns means a table that does not look like four copies of the same object, which matters more than it sounds.
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A gift that gets used
For someone who drinks tea every day but has never bought themselves a proper strainer. It arrives looking like a present.
Will it sit on your cup?
Overall width is 11.8 cm / 4.65 in across the tray, and 10 cm / 3.94 in tall including the hook. Check your cup against these two figures.
Measure across the rim of the cup you actually use, not the one you think you use. This is the single most common reason a strainer gets returned.
Specifications
Questions people ask
Will tea grit get through the holes?
Whole leaf and broken leaf stay in the bowl. What will pass is the very fine dust that comes in the bottom of some loose leaf bags, and powders like matcha, which are meant to be drunk suspended rather than strained. If your tea is fine-cut rather than whole leaf, expect a little sediment in the last mouthful.
Is it dishwasher safe?
The porcelain bowl and tray are fine in a dishwasher. The gold-tone hook and the tassel are not, and the tassel should come off before the set goes near water anyway. In practice most people rinse the bowl under the tap, which takes less time than loading it.
Does the hook get hot?
The bowl gets hot, which is exactly why the hook is there. The hook itself sits above the water line and is thin, so it stays cooler than the porcelain it is attached to. Lift by the hook, never by the rim of the bowl.
What is the difference between the four patterns?
Three of them are blue and white. Blue & White has a dense indigo scroll and is the darkest; Blue & White Peony has open peony blooms and reads lighter; Bird & Blossom has birds in flowering branches and is the busiest. Peony is the only one with coral and pink in it, so if you want the set to look warm rather than blue, that is the one.
Will the pattern wash off?
No. The decoration is part of the fired piece rather than a print sitting on top of it, so it does not lift or fade with washing. What will dull the glaze is an abrasive pad or a harsh scouring powder, so use a soft sponge and normal washing up liquid.
What buyers say
★★★★★
Bought this after years of metal balls that never opened properly. The open bowl makes an obvious difference to how the leaf tastes. Should have done it sooner.
Ruth A. · Verified Buyer
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The tray is the part I did not expect to care about. No more tea rings on the table, and it looks tidy sitting out between cups.
Margaret W. · Verified Buyer
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Ordered the peony one as a gift and kept it. The coral colour is warmer in person than on screen, which I liked. Ordered two more for Christmas.
Diane F. · Verified Buyer
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Check your cup width before ordering. Mine is a wide soup mug and the set sits across it fine, but my husband's tall travel cup was never going to work.
Helen P. · Verified Buyer
Dimensions are measured by hand and may vary slightly between pieces. Pattern placement varies from piece to piece because each one is decorated individually. Colours may look different depending on your screen. Porcelain is breakable, so handle and store with care. Not suitable for microwave, hob or oven use.