Adagio Teas Ingenuitea Teapot

My wife bought one of these when we were vacationing in Eureka Springs a year ago, and I thought it was another gizmo to add to the cupboard. Was I wrong. I started using it more and more, mostly for green tea, and thought it would be good to have one for work as well. So I ordered one from Cooking.com and use it all the time. I just put the tea leaves in the container, add hot water, let it sit for 5 minutes, then set it on top of my cup. The valve on the bottom opens up and the tea pours into the cup, with out the leaves (with the green tea I buy from China, the leaves are full leaves, and I can get another 2 cups out of it, so refilling is easy). The nice thing is, I can use it for coffee as well as black tea. The coffee, especially if you grind your own, tastes so much better. To clean, I just invert in a trash can, and rinse out what''s left.

Length:: 3:03 Mins

A quick demonstration of the Ingenuitea teapot. We like the ease of use of this product and especially how easy it is to clean. We tend to not use tea bags and prefer loose leaf tea. This little infuser has us drinking tea more frequently. Watch how easy it is to make a nice cup of tea:

Update December 2012:

We still use this unit all the time and it has held up quite well. One note is that the coaster in the video no longer comes with the unit. We misplaced it a long time ago anyway.

Buy Adagio Teas Ingenuitea Teapot Now

I got a pot of tea at a cafe recently and they served it up in an Ingenuitea. Within about 5 seconds, I realized this was the perfect way to make tea or coffee, actually, and that this is how tea should be made. If you like loose tea and tea balls are awkward not to mention hot to take out, etc. the Ingenuitea is the BEST. No drip, no mess, no nothin''... simply tea. Ingenious, indeed!

Read Best Reviews of Adagio Teas Ingenuitea Teapot Here

TIP: I''ve had this ''teacup'' (16 oz.) for a while now. I recently became frustrated with it. I use green tea (leaves never bags) and I re-infuse the leaves. Normally I would pour the hot water into the cup, steep the tea the enjoy my cuppa.

A few weeks ago, I decided to try using cold water and popping it into the microwave as suggested. That, I thought, would eliminate the step of boiling a kettle full of water for 16 oz of tea. True, but the little strainer at the bottom of the cup kept popping out, and the leaves would then strain into my cup annoying me and wasting my leaves. I was not a happy camper.

Well it finally dawned on me yesterday that the hot water worked to seal the little strainer. So now I have completely abandoned the microwave idea (probably wasn''t good for me anyway). I pour a bit of hot water into the cup, wait 3 seconds, gently press on the strainer with my spoon, listen to it pop into place and seal. THEN and only then do I add my precious tea leaves and more hot water and wait 2 to 3 minutes for gratification.

When re-infusing the leaves, I press first with the spoon while carefully adding a bit of hot water. If I don''t, when the strainer pops out the leaves already in there will slip under and end up in my cup.

I''ve noted that even when using the hot water, if you pour all at once the strainer will pop out. I don''t know why this is happening now or if it happens only with mine, but the above is my solution if you encounter the same issue.

Want Adagio Teas Ingenuitea Teapot Discount?

I just purchased one of these after using a friend''s, and I love it. This is the perfect way to make loose leaf tea for one. Unlike with tea balls or spoon-size infusers, the leaves have plenty of room to unfurl as the tea steeps and there''s no clasp to come undone. Unlike with basket infusers, there''s no dripping or mess when it''s time to remove the leaves. You simply get perfectly brewed tea with no mess every time. I can''t recommend this enough.