HIC Snap Ball Tea Infuser, 18/8 Stainless Steel, For Loose Leaf Tea and Mulling Spices

Good quality and easy to use. Sturdy

Easy to use. Size is big and could only be used in coffee mugs. Won’t fit in tea cups

Good for the purpose. Quality could have been better for the price.

After 3 weeks of use, the round mesh ball in this tea infuser no longer snaps shut properly. You can see a small gap in the photos I've posted here. In the beginning, the product looked quite good but the closing mechanism turned out to be quite poor. Also, it is quite big which means it can be used only in mugs and big glasses. And it is definitely not easy to clean as the tea leaves stick to the fine mesh and one needs to reopen it again and again and run water through it. It's not worth buying. Update: This broke within a few months of use.

It’s too big for the normal Indian cup. Also very delicate design makes cleaning a difficult job. Tea powder has started leaking out through the middle already after a few weeks of use .Not recommended at all

Not rigid broken within 2 uses

can buy it recommended

Not worth the price. Very flimsy and low quality product. Very loose joints , because of which the tea leaves gets out of the strainer.

Good product

Stainless steel. Easy to use. Nice.

Es un buen producto, funciona como una bolsa de té para las infusiones que no vienen en bolsa. Además, es muy práctico porque no suelta trocitos de la infusión a menos de que la infusión tenga trocitos muy pequeños. Para lavarlo, solo hay que vaciar los trozos de la infusión y usar agua únicamente. No hay mayor complicación.

to small for a portion of tea

I purchased this snap mesh tea infuser after I gained a taste for loose leaf tea (everyone should experience tea this way, it is MUCH better tasting than the stuff that comes in teabags) This little mesh ball is big enough to hold about a tablespoon of tea in each side (good luck loading up more than one side at a time!) You can leave the tea submerged as long as you wish to steep it. I will note that sometimes you have to shake the ball a little bit to get the air bubbles to wet out and leg water get to the tea, but that's a function of physics, not really a function of the design of this product. This item claims to be made of stainless steel. I can say that I have used this item 5 days a week for the past 18 months, washing it once a week, and have not yet seen any rust forming. It is fairly easy to clean. I just rinse it out in the sink every day between uses, and wash it in the dishwasher once a week. I have found that this cleans better in the dishwasher if you can keep the infuser ball open during the cycle. I have found the best way to do this is to clamp the infuser down on a fork head, so that the ball is slightly open and facing down. This seems to get the water from the dishwasher in the infuser, and keeps it clean. It is tall enough that I can leave it in a 16oz Tervis cup to steep, and still grab the hook on the top when done. I usually set the item so the rim of the infuser ball is on my cup, and let the water drain out. The only bad thing about a tea infuser is that you need a place to store it when it’s not in use. I suggest something small like a soy sauce dish, or use a disposable cup. I would rank this a 5/5. The price point and the amount of uses I have gotten out of this item make it worth every penny. I would suggest this to anyone looking for a good brew of tea.