I bought my Luna Teapot in April and I’m very pleased. I purchased it from Amazon, but unfortunately they don’t have any in stock (though they have a few similar items from the same company). This little teapot is great for making two or three cups for one person. Four minutes in a microwave (more for a 700-watt microwave) and water is ready to go; a couple minutes to brew and you have hot fresh tea without the bag. The clear glass makes this fun to watch tea brew in and if you brew herbal teas with bright colors it’s really cool to look at as the colors spread through the water.
There are two downsides. No instructions, but I’ll solve that for you momentarily. Secondly, the glass infuser has very small holes to allow water to flow through without letting tea through. This doesn’t work as well as a metal mesh infuser, but the metal mesh infusers don’t work in the microwave. Well, I don’t put the glass infuser in the microwave any more either. Here’s my method:
- Heat the water with the lid off and the infuser out.
- While the water heats, put correct amount of tea in the infuser.
- After heating, pour a cup of hot water.
- Put infuser in the pot.
- Pour cup of hot water in the top of the infuser.
- Let it brew until done, then remove the infuser (carefully, it’s hot!) allowing the water to drain out into the pot.
- Pour and drink tea.
Also note that the Amazon reviewers complained about an acrylic infuser. This has been replaced with a glass infuser, solving the problems they noted.
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