can the infuser strainer part be taken out and this just be made into a regular kettle? thanks!
1514806
Yes it can. I love this kettle, and use it nearly every day. I think the strainer is one of its weaker point though, so I use a separately purchased one for it instead. Any normal size basket-style strainer should work.
1514807
You should not heat the glass directly on a heating element, while sturdy for glass, I don't think it would withstand direct heat. You could take the basket out and use it for tea bags, though.
1514808
Yes. I bring water to boil in teapot on our gas stove, turn heat to simmer, then drop in the infuser (with tea). I also place separate parts of teapot in top rack of dishwaser for easy cleaning
1514809
Yes it can.I use the ketttle every day and it's so elegant for steeping tea. I do use the strainer for loose tea, but either way works fine.
1687652
You DO NOT pull out the strainer. You put the water and tea in to the ingenuiTEA pot and let steep for the recommended amount of time. Then once it's steeps, you put the entire ingeniuiTEA pot on top of a large coffee cup and it will strain into your cup. You can simply throw the tea leaves away when you are done and wash out the ingenuitEA pot. Enjoy!
503302
I believe that if you order with the "infuser" that is the mesh strainer that you are talking about.
1252534
The way I interpreted the directions is to insert the strainer, add tea, add water, wait, remove strainer and loose tea, enjoy . This seems dumb so when using loose tea I simply add tea, insert strainer, add water, enjoy. Granted my way makes for stronger tea but I have never been burned removing the metal strainer sitting in near boiling water. To answer the question, yes, you can sip while the strainer is installed.
917463
Yes. Just make sure the amount of water you pour in will cover all of the loose leaf tea in the infuser.
21749
The infuser is separate from the lid. It screws and unscrews easily. The lid is used for infusion and storage.
1679974
I didn't measure my infuser, but I am pretty sure it is less than 4 inches wide. You'd have to use a smaller mug, or just set the infuser in your large mug. As long as the infuser isn't completely submerged, I think it will still strain out the tea. I have never tried it with a large mug, though.
1811483
Yes, the lid will work without the infuser. The steel band is part of the infuser. When you take infuser out of kettle the kettle is all glass. I am not sure about putting the kettle in microwave. Personally, I would not try it.
1915336
Yes, you can use it without the infuser. The infuser can come off-- it screws into the top.
1285929
The infuser is removable if you just want to use the cup without it. I don't know how well the actual infuser will fit with another cup because the infuser is smaller than the size of the whole lid. It has a smaller threaded screw edge in the middle.
1659966
Sure, but if you just stuffed a tea bag in there it would take longer to brew. A better way might be to cut the bag open and pour the loose tea into the infuser.
1203602
Yes, you can. It does get a little warm though as it is stainless steel so you would need to be careful of the type of surface that you place it on. Otherwise, this is a great infuser; my all time favorite.
1659962
Put it like this, the tea bag is already an infuser, so if you put a tea bag in this, it's like filtering something through twice. You could lose some flavor. How about you just open the tea bag and pour the contents into this infuser?
2239942
Yep. FYI, the holes are kind of big, so it's not the best infuser for finer loose teas.
491742
Maybe you can, but you need to carefully clean up the kettle. However, I won't prefer.
320741
You can disassemble the plunger by unscrew the top and removing it from the lid. Then you could use the lid (with a hole in it) separately. If you did this, I imagine you would want to use teabags so that you could remove them to avoid over-steeped tea. Loose tea would remain floating about.
1052030
I haven't, but if you wanted to you could put the tea bag in without the infuser and just let the string hang outside the pot. I've seen some Chinese restaurants do it like that with their tea pots.