Wondering if the weave is tight enough to brew ground herbs/spices? Has anyone tried cinnamon or ginger with their tea? Thanks!!
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I have used powdered nettle leaves and ginger in mine. It does keep most - but not all -- in the bag. Not enough was loose to interfere with enjoying the 'tea'. The bags do not come with ties/strings, so you may want to provide an alternative for the really fine herbs. I use simple cotton thread from my sewing kit. For traditional teas, I have no issue without ties.
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Yes! I specifically bought these bags for adding ground ginger, and they work very well.
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This is a tough question to answer. I'm not sure if the reason but a mason jar did not work as well for me. Perhaps my biggest annoyance though with the mason jar was that it was a challenge getting the herbs out even with a wide mouth jar. I think it's really the beauty if the design here. It's taller than a talk mason jar and the size is just right for most tall fresh herbs. Plus it's really easy to get a few sprigs out.
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Yes loose leaf is the preferred type just put it in a muslum bag or something similar so you don't have to strain the tea out of the water, you can also use tea bags if you like a certain brand and this kit comes with loose leaf tea and the muslum bags for brewing
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I also had the same problem. You could try but you may not get the full effect. I started placing my tea bag in the cup and allowing the hot water brew it that way. I let it steep for one more minute or your desired look and strength..good luck
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When I brew tea from leaves with this item, there is some fine residue at the bottom of the pot (tea leave fines). I suspect that the mesh would allow ground spices to go through as well.
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Not as fine as mesh, but very fine. I strain tea that gets 'loose' front regular tea bags. Hope this helps.
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Hi, this is the best cinnamon on the market. It is pretty finely ground in the package (unless you buy the stick cinnamon) and blends into baking recipes or as my husband uses it, in his hot tea. For the hot cinnamon tea he just puts the cinnamon in with his tea bag by removing the bags staple, put about 1/8 teaspoon in and re-staple the bag. I've used it to make frosting for cinnamon rolls, yummy...:&gt;))).
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Ann, it would depend on how fine the spices are... when I used this the tea leaves came out into my tea...so this may not be your best option for your pho recipe.
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I bought it for my husband & he uses tea bags. Hasn't even used the mesh basket for loose leaf tea. I don't think the mesh basket is tight enough to hold a powder tea in. Maybe you could but the powdered tea in cheese cloth & then in the mesh basket?
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Yea, that'll work. For flavor, I mix with herbal tea, but honey or something is fine too
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I also use a brewing basket with great success. Rooibos or Red (fire) Bush tea is fine needles. It is not ground fine, the just chop up the needles. The label says brew Red Tea for 5~7 minutes but nowhere does it tell you that Rooibos is Red Tea on the label.
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The strainer is pretty fine. I usually put sencha green tea in it which is a little on the large side, but I purchased some mint tea leaves that were tiny. A few strain through but overall, it works well. I typically put one heaping tablespoon and there's usually room for a little more.
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I use my Ekobrew Cup for Tea. The coarseness varies from fine with English Breakfast Tea to coarser for Prince of Wales Tea and various Chocolate and Cinnamon Teas. I use it with a Cuisinart system.
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I haven't used it for that purpose, however; I have used it as a bath tea bag. The weave is very close so I imagine the spices would stay in the bag as I've never had anything leak into the bath water while using.
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I let my tea steep a while in the water for the medicinal properties. I think local honey is better than sugar but it depends on personal preference. I learned a lot watching Susun Weed and Rosemary Gladstar on youtube.com and by just doing basic research on the internet. My herb tea has been a great replacement for coffee!
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Hi Angela - Its a fine strainer but I don't think fine enough for coffee grounds. Quite a few years ago I bought a hand held strainer from Cost Plus and its extremely fine - I still have it. If you think a hand held one would work & have access to a Cost Plus you might check it out.
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It depends on the tea. I made a cup with very fine leaves and it was an issue. What I did was gently dunk the ball into a cup of warm water, or under the tap, to wet the leaves first. Then, let it sit on a dry saucer for a few minutes while your water boils. This causes the leaves to expand inside the ball and become far less prone to slipping thru the holes. I did get a few bits here and there, but just a trace.