I usually use loose tea for a cuppa these days. Got one of those one-cup things like this:

It works OK, but I get bits in my tea, particularly with very fine tea like rooibos. Anything better out there? (And no, don’t suggest teabags).

I wonder if there’s a market for sonething very much like a pot for brewing tea in… :p

If you’re suggesting a tea pot, yes I have one of them 🙂

Want something that I can just use to make a single cup, then dump the leaves and rinse under the tap for the next one, rather than a pot full of leaves that needs cleaning out (and pre-heating so you don’t end up with lukewarm tea).

I use one of these Finum brewing baskets. It is a pretty fine mesh, seems to keep all of the tea leaves in. Also works nicely for coffee.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Finum-Brewing-Basket-Permanent-Filter/dp/B000I68NCS

+1 for the above

Looks good, cheers

Same company, different product.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/finum-Litre-Control-Steel-Coaster/dp/B003VQRGX4

I have a one-cup and a two-cup version, they’re great. Unlike a regular teapot you can ‘switch off’ the brewing so that you don’t end up with a stewed brew. You can dump the leaves out of the basket and rinse, and it’s pretty thin so doesn’t leach all the heat away like a conventional teapot.

TBH though, half the time I’ll just dump loose leaves directly into the mug. That’s how my grandparents made tea, it was years before I discovered it wasn’t the norm everywhere.

My missus just bought one of these:
https://www.t2tea.com/en/uk/teawares/brew-set-on-the-go-grey-H999BU147.html

I think she’s trying to find a tea-making counter to either the Airopress or my Minipresso…

Unlike a regular teapot you can ‘switch off’ the brewing so that you don’t end up with a stewed brew.

Without wishing to appear ungrateful for the advice, the one CraigW and WBC recommended has that function: you take it out of the cup.

Also (and admittedly this wan’t part of my original spec) it needs to be cheap enough that I can buy a 2 or 3 for making different types of tea at the same time, which the brewing basket is.

Also (and admittedly this wan’t part of my original spec) it needs to be cheap enough that I can buy a 2 or 3 for making different types of tea at the same time, which the brewing basket is.

You’re not a civil service IT contracts man are you? That’s some serious mission creep from the first request! 🙂

These.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304-Stainless-Steel-Dual-Ear-Fine-Mesh-Filter-Tea-Infuser-Strainer-Home-Use/303224936119?hash=item46999d56b7:g:b6oAAOSwDLhdLDsk

And likely to fit your revised budgetary requirements. I use something similar that came with a posh mug from T2tea and it’s brill, gets used about five times a day.

All the way from Shenzhen though so you’d better not be in a rush.

No idea about your question, but your thread title is a fine example of an otherwise tired genre. Good job!

You’re not a civil service IT contracts man are you? That’s some serious mission creep from the first request! 🙂

Haha! It’s more that I couldn’t imagine anyone spending more than a fiver to solve such a simple problem I guess, but that was naive.

The first suggestion fits the (un)specification perfectly and my local coffee roasters/tea blenders have them on their website so I’ll go and see if they have them on their market stall.

No idea about your question, but your thread title is a fine example of an otherwise tired genre. Good job!

😀 Agree it’s tired but on this occasion thought it was acceptable.

I use one of these Finum brewing baskets. It is a pretty fine mesh, seems to keep all of the tea leaves in. Also works nicely for coffee.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Finum-Brewing-Basket-Permanent-Filter/dp/B000I68NCS

Got one from the local blenders’ market stall for a fiver and it’s exactly what I was after. Will go back and get at least another one. Don’t know why I faffed about for so long with the thing in my OP. Thanks!