French Tea Press

Not so long ago, my wife and I stayed at a mansion and the hotel served our
tea in lovely silver French Tea Presses. Each one held a few cups of tea and
was ornamental in it's own right.

After getting home, we have searched the Internet high and low and have
found nothing that compares to the presses we used. Does anyone know where I
could get a quality French Tea Press? Anything under a few hundred dollars
will do. Quality is the key.

Thanks,
Frank

"Frank" <tocymrum> wrote in message
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> Not so long ago, my wife and I stayed at a mansion and the hotel served
> our tea in lovely silver French Tea Presses. Each one held a few cups of
> tea and was ornamental in it's own right.
>
> After getting home, we have searched the Internet high and low and have
> found nothing that compares to the presses we used. Does anyone know where
> I could get a quality French Tea Press? Anything under a few hundred
> dollars will do. Quality is the key.
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
>
>

Do a search on "French Coffee Press". I have seen them used for tea, but I
always knew them as French Coffee Press.

True, but I want the press for tea instead of coffee. The press can do
either...


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> "Frank" <tocymrum> wrote in message
> news:bel3f.34$NJ.32@newssvr17.news....
>> Not so long ago, my wife and I stayed at a mansion and the hotel served
>> our tea in lovely silver French Tea Presses. Each one held a few cups of
>> tea and was ornamental in it's own right.
>>
>> After getting home, we have searched the Internet high and low and have
>> found nothing that compares to the presses we used. Does anyone know
>> where I could get a quality French Tea Press? Anything under a few
>> hundred dollars will do. Quality is the key.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
>>
> French have no idea about making tea. Now coffee is something else. best
> breakfast coffee in France and Spain. Have always used a "La Cafetiere"
> for coffee
>

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
>
>
> Frank wrote:
>
>> True, but I want the press for tea instead of coffee. The press can do
>> either...
>
>
> As a matter of fact, I have a single serving "travel" version (designed
> so you can drink your beverage directly from it, after brewing). I
> found it in the coffee shop portion of a Borders bookstore in NYC, but
> it's such a good idea, I'm sure there must be numerous sources.
>
Very easy to find in the UK. Got mine from coffee specialists Whittard's.

>>>
>>
>> Until it has been used for coffee it would be suitable for tea. Not
>> thereafter.
>
> Why? All the parts are "dishwasher safe", which should remove any coffee
> residue. (If not, a short immersion in bleach before subjecting it to the
> dishwasher should do the job.)
>>
>
Evelyn, you're obviously not a tea drinker! You can wash it all you want,
but the coffee taste never disappears.

(One of) my pet peeve(s) is the hotels who offer hot water for tea in
carafes that obviously had coffee in them previously. (This is usually at
conferences) You can always taste it, or at least I can always taste it. I
don't know if they bleach or not...

Frank wrote:
> Not so long ago, my wife and I stayed at a mansion and the hotel served our
> tea in lovely silver French Tea Presses. Each one held a few cups of tea and
> was ornamental in it's own right.
>
> After getting home, we have searched the Internet high and low and have
> found nothing that compares to the presses we used. Does anyone know where I
> could get a quality French Tea Press? Anything under a few hundred dollars
> will do. Quality is the key.

I've always thought of it as a Chinese tea press, as I've seen them
most often in Beijing. You might try that as an alternate search
criterion.

Larry

Carole Allen wrote:

>>>>Until it has been used for coffee it would be suitable for tea. Not
>>>>thereafter.
>>>
>>>Why? All the parts are "dishwasher safe", which should remove any coffee
>>>residue. (If not, a short immersion in bleach before subjecting it to the
>>>dishwasher should do the job.)
>>>
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:38:23 -0400, "Sarah Banick"
> <sbanick@> wrote:
>
>>Evelyn, you're obviously not a tea drinker! You can wash it all you want,
>>but the coffee taste never disappears.
>>
>>(One of) my pet peeve(s) is the hotels who offer hot water for tea in
>>carafes that obviously had coffee in them previously. (This is usually at
>>conferences) You can always taste it, or at least I can always taste it. I
>>don't know if they bleach or not...
>>
>
> Exactly. I don't drink coffee. Occasionally I will purchase an iced
> tea at a fast food joint...I know immediately if they have used the
> "coffee pot" to pour water into the brewing machine. You can never
> get rid of the taste. Or the smell. Put coffee in your frig and your
> entire frig will reek of coffee. My Bodum press is never used for
> coffee. They are cheap, if you must brew both coffee and tea, buy
> two and keep them separate. Even putting things in the dishwasher
> doesn't help, though I never put mine in the dishwasher, especially
> the metal straining part.


It would be nice to have a metal strainer. Alas my pots have a plastic
strainer that is even more prone to retain flavors.

On 2005-10-12 21:18:15 -0700, "Frank" <tocymrum> said:

> Not so long ago, my wife and I stayed at a mansion and the hotel served
> our tea in lovely silver French Tea Presses. Each one held a few cups
> of tea and was ornamental in it's own right.
>
> After getting home, we have searched the Internet high and low and have
> found nothing that compares to the presses we used. Does anyone know
> where I could get a quality French Tea Press? Anything under a few
> hundred dollars will do. Quality is the key.
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>

Have you googled "Bodum"? They make a tea press which I use.
bill