Had this for “lunch” at work with some leftover udon stir fry. I brought it in my DAVIDsTEA glass travel tumbler (http://www.davidstea.com/double-wall-travel-mug?&TF=ADA13E5CAE3F&DEID) because I’m really trying to find some system for me to drink tea while I’m at work.
sidenote rant, please skip below if you just want to read the tea review
My work is seriously NOT conducive to tea drinking, guys. First of all, only closed containers allowed out at the nurses station (which makes sense because we don’t need to spill stuff out there and that would definitely happen). Second of all, I’m getting better about managing my time but there are still nights where I do NOT sit down. This is not conducive for fussy teas. Or a tea tumbler that doesn’t hold its heat properly. So…I’m pretty much limited to bagged, non-fussy teas but even then I don’t get to drink the whole thing before it goes ice cold, so I feel like I waste more than I consume.
It’s frustrating because I really think tea would keep me a lot less frazzled at work but there’s just no way to do it well. Welcome to the last… oh… 16 months of my life. Any suggestions on workability would be much appreciated.
end rant
Okay. So the tea tumbler worked great. But I definitely oversteeped this guy because holy wow bitter. I probably overleafed too even though I did follow instructions on based on the volume of water and grams of tea leaves.
Oh well, it paired pretty nicely with my lunch, I just don’t think I’d take it to work again since it’s too easy to mess up. One of these days I will find a winning combination of tea + teaware. Or several winning combinations, I guess, since I get bored if I just drink one tea over and over.
I hope that day comes soon…
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Too bad you don’t live near me. We are hiring nurses for a call centre. You could drink plenty of tea there lol
What are your preferences regarding travel tumblers? I may have a solution for you.
Ooh really? Part of my problem in addition to the above is that I can only do glass. Stainless steel lends an off taste to tea. I’ll be interested in hearing your thoughts!
Hrm. Unfortunately, my solution is made of stainless. It has a steeping basket that you can twist to shut off the steeping process. It’s really neat, and my husband loves it… but I don’t know if any company makes something like that with glass. :/
That seems to be the problem I’m facing, too – great solutions in stainless, but no glass versions. Do you have the link to what your husband uses? It’s always worth a look just to see I’ve come across it before…
Here’s the link to it: http://www.copco.com/store/site/product.cfm/id/0BE53028-CFBF-D4B2-F3F068D75505414A/fid/0BE5307C-ED52-6763-D498321EA5D826BC.cfm
I actually had to search for a while before I found this. It really works quite well if you don’t have time to take out the strainer and dump the leaves.
Also, how do you feel about plastic? Bodum makes a plastic tumbler with a French press apparatus inside. I know French presses are not ideal, but I’ve found they do LARGELY stop the steeping process.
Too bad you don’t live near me. We are hiring nurses for a call centre. You could drink plenty of tea there lol
What are your preferences regarding travel tumblers? I may have a solution for you.
Ooh really? Part of my problem in addition to the above is that I can only do glass. Stainless steel lends an off taste to tea. I’ll be interested in hearing your thoughts!
Hrm. Unfortunately, my solution is made of stainless. It has a steeping basket that you can twist to shut off the steeping process. It’s really neat, and my husband loves it… but I don’t know if any company makes something like that with glass. :/
That seems to be the problem I’m facing, too – great solutions in stainless, but no glass versions. Do you have the link to what your husband uses? It’s always worth a look just to see I’ve come across it before…
Here’s the link to it: http://www.copco.com/store/site/product.cfm/id/0BE53028-CFBF-D4B2-F3F068D75505414A/fid/0BE5307C-ED52-6763-D498321EA5D826BC.cfm
I actually had to search for a while before I found this. It really works quite well if you don’t have time to take out the strainer and dump the leaves.
Also, how do you feel about plastic? Bodum makes a plastic tumbler with a French press apparatus inside. I know French presses are not ideal, but I’ve found they do LARGELY stop the steeping process.