tea strainers

Brew filtering tools

Tea strainers are small mesh or perforated utensils used to catch loose tea leaves when pouring brewed tea into a cup.

They sit over or rest in the cup, filtering out the leaves while allowing the liquid through: She set the tea strainer over each cup as she poured.

Most have handles and a fine metal mesh bowl.

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Pouched leaves for steeping

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G