TeabloomUniversal Glass Tea Infuser with Dual-Purpose Lid/Coaster – Hygienic, Non-Toxic Glass Filter for Loose Tea Leaves – Lead-Free & Cadmium-Free – Tea Purist's Choice

This diffuser works great, and the glass seems like good quality glass. I like using this for steeping things like herbs and seeds and appreciate that it has the lid to keep heat in, which can double as a trivet to set the cup in if needed.

I had purchased a fine glass tea cup that came with a glass infuser. I enjoyed the elegance of using such a cup to create a bit more ceremony to tea time. Unfortunately I dropped the infuser and it shattered into shards. No fixing it. So I cruised through Amazon and found this one. It comes well packaged to protect it during shipping. So much so I saved it's box to store it in. Very well made infuser. It fits my cup just right and the lid holds it securely without making a puddle on the table. Let the tea drain out completely first. Worth the cost for the quality of design and function. While you're at it get the tea measuring spoon by the same company. Make tea time the oasis in your day.

I recently began intermittent fasting and find that a nice cup of loose-leaf herbal tea is a good way to help me get to lunchtime. A popular meta-review site recommended a tea infuser/strainer for use with a standard mug and it works well, except that it has plastic supports and no matter how free it is of BPA and other stuff, I don't think it's a good idea to be drinking a beverage which was made with boiling water poured over plastic and left to sit for 10 minutes.My next stop was a completely metal infuser/strainer and I found one that was decent, however, I find that I'm really sensitive to metallic tastes and even though I believe it's made of stainless steel, I can still taste something "off" about the tea I make with it.Years ago, my spouse and I had a glass teakettle with a glass infuser. I remembered that the glass between two of the slits had broken so it didn't really steep tea. But we keep it because it looks pretty.Anyway, I found a couple of "test-tube"-style glass infusers and the complaints were about them being hard to clean (which makes sense for something 3/4" in diameter and at the bottom of a tube), so I passed on those.When I found this glass infuser with a lid (which is really important because I want a place to set my dripping infuser once the tea has finished steeping), I knew I had to give it a shot.It was packaged very securely and did not have any damage.I washed it by hand (although I can see throwing it in the dishwasher if I keep it away from other heavy stuff like coffee mugs) and the lid was a little hard to get clean to because of the lip, but really there shouldn't be much debris that collects on it.I made my first cup of tea with it and it was good, as expected, and no weird metallic taste (again, as expected).The only thing I am knocking one star off for is that I can see a few tiny tea leaves (or parts thereof) stuck in the slits. A soapy dishwashing sponge was insufficient to dislodge them, so I will likely need to use some sort of baby-bottle brush or something. I realize that if the manufacturer made the slits large enough so that they didn't trap the leaves, then the leaves would enter the beverage. And if they made them smaller, then the tea wouldn't steep properly. So I appreciate the dilemma they faced. I just think including a small brush would have helped with that. (Also, when filling the infuser with water, it drains into the mug very slowly, so I needed to give it more time while pouring. Not a big problem, just required me to pour more slowly than I had gotten used to with the metal infusers.)

This is the best way to make loose leafe tea, and matcha.It's simple, pure taste and versatile.I found also with matcha instead of the old way to make matcha with the wisk and all that,If you put a serving of matcha in this diffuser in the cup, pour the water up to covering the matcha, then lift and drain a few times it auto sifts the matcha really cleanly and evenly and quickly.I will update with a video showing how I do it.The only downside is sometimes a stem or bigger keaf gets stucks in the slits, but for the price and flavor of this I have only been using this now for loose leaf and matcha .If you love loose leafe tea or are just curious I would say buy this, it is easy, and the flavor is unbeatable, compared to the plastic teavana strainer I used to use, and even stainless steel diffusers I have used

It makes it so easy to make a cup of tea. Fits right into a mug or top of teapot. Much more practical than the little metal ball I was using. Plus, can go in the dishwasher.

It breaks so easily, I only got two uses out of this until it broke on me. One moment I’m letting it sit and the next I come back and it broke.

Love the concept of glass however, the tea leaks into the mug.

I love it! Makes the best tea! Lots of room and full of flavor!