High-tech tea stick for purists

(Credit: Chiasso)

Something for the tea lover and gadgeteer in your life that won't break your holiday budget.

The Tea Stick from Chiasso for $20 is a stainless steel spring-loaded stick and sieve. You use the tiny shovel to scoop loose tea and load it in the stick. The stick is completely enclosed when dunking.

[MistressOfDorkness]

Now, that is really cool. I've, of course, used those tea balls, or the spoon with the flip cover... but, the chain always breaks off the ball and you have to fish it out...
and that spoon was just tiny and I lost it.

I'm putting this one on my Wishlist now, though. :-)

[Royal_Garden_Tea]

DelicateBeverage.com - I will agree with MistressOfDorkness, these Tea Sticks are very cool and the best tea steeper I have ever used, unless you find one with holes too big. I have several but my favorite is one with a little hook on the end, molded as part of the design, with an angled bottom, sits perfectly in almost any cup. Not bulky and no springs inside just slides open and tightly seals. I don?t know how much I would like a spring mechanism inside where buildup and decay can take place.