# Recommendation for Best Tea Source

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-best-tea-source/967263>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [July 1, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-best-tea-source/967263 "2022-07-01T19:40:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-best-tea-source/967263/41 "2022-07-03T13:00:23Z")

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I use a wide variety of sieves, and use them every day. When i use one on food that contains fat or protein, like staining chicken broth, i wash the sieve carefully with soap and water. But if I’m just staining tea, or washing berries, or similar, i just rinse it well and leave it to dry. I don’t taste yesterday’s tea or anything. I think this is completely adequate.

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**Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-best-tea-source/967263/42 "2022-07-03T14:03:08Z")

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On the subject of teapots, I use a Hario 450ml glass teapot. [Teapot "Zen" 300/450ml – HARIO Europe](https://www.hario-europe.com/products/teapot-zen)

It’s one of those strainer inside a pot models, but the strainer is almost as big as the entire pot, so you still get that effect of the tea leaves being free in a large volume of water. I don’t like to use a strainer separate from the pot, because it’s normal to do 3-4 brews out of the same green tea leaves. If I were to pour the tea through a separate strainer, I’d need to somehow get all the wet leaves off the strainer and back into the tea pot for the 2nd, 3rd and possibly 4th brews.

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**Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-best-tea-source/967263/43 "2022-08-03T15:56:17Z")

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My wife drinks a lot of hot tea, and she’s a big fan of [Strand Tea.](https://www.strandtea.com/)

As far as brewing devices go, we use one of these:

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