The lid for the infuser acts as a trivet to help keep your counter clean. For those who want to enjoy all the benefits of loose leaf tea, or just try a variety of flavors, the YoYo is an excellent solution.

The YoYo is a great gift item and travels well. Whether you use this personal infuser set at home, the office, or on the road, your always close to a fresh cup of your favorite loose leaf tea.

It’s all about flavor and the distictive qualities, unique properties that soothe and excite tastes as you sip delicious tea and inhale the fragrances. Bodum appreciates this experience and has designed a cup that allows you to experience tea in a pure, unfiltered way – one cup at a time.

Forget the tea bag. Use tea leaves, ready mixed or blend your own. Place them in the custom strainer atop the cup and watch the leaves brew, slowly infusing the hot water with magnificent flavor qualities.

As time passes you envision a warm, romantic tea shop along a plaza – a gentle breeze from afar – as you enjoy a private interlude with nothing and everything. Yet this is part of your daily being – at home, at work, anywhere. Consider this a solo teapot. It’s a self encompassing moment of inner joy. It’s tea for one but you can always get another to share with a special friend.

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Note the ergonomic swell of the handle and the quirky little knob. Inside the double walled thermal pot is a stainless steel infuser. The handle folds down for storage.

The Thermal Columbia Tea Press is a simple solution for brewing loose leaf tea and keeping it warm without over steeping. Made of double wall stainless steel, the Columbia Tea Press will keep your tea hot for approximately 2 hours.

Because the press completely stops the brewing process, you can enjoy your tea over time with the confidence that the extraction and flavor will remain the same as the moment you pressed and stopped the brewing. The Columbia eliminates “stewed” or bitter over-extracted tea.

Just add loose leaf tea to the infuser, fill the pot with hot water, and let the tea steep to your liking. Once you are ready, press the plunger down and stop the brewing process. Now you are ready to enjoy your tea. For even better results, preheat the pot with hot water to maximize the insulation.

The 4 Cup Columbia Tea Press yields approximately 4 – 8 ounce cups.

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