Teabag skewers
March 30, 2022 3:02 PM Subscribe
I went to an onigiri restaurant for breakfast in NYC years ago and the oolong tea I got was served with the teabag suspended in the cup with some kind of skewer that rested across the cup. It also held the bag open presumably for better steeping. I could use any type of skewer I guess (or maybe it was just a chopstick) but is this a Japanese thing with a name?
I'm not interested in non-teabag options. I use an infuser at home but for various reasons I'd prefer to use compostable teabags at work.
I'm not interested in non-teabag options. I use an infuser at home but for various reasons I'd prefer to use compostable teabags at work.
ooh I'm not 100% sure it's the same thing, but a few of my friends were brewing coffee using a pourover method they were calling "japanese drip style" that were open bags, sort of suspending themselves over a mug. but they tended to have these folding cardboard arms
they do seem to exist for tea.
so maybe "drip style" can be a search term?
posted by euphoria066 at 3:18 PM on March 30, 2022
they do seem to exist for tea.
so maybe "drip style" can be a search term?
posted by euphoria066 at 3:18 PM on March 30, 2022
I came here to suggest the Finum tea bags myself. Finum is a German company.
I live next door to a huge Japanese grocery store, and I drink a lot of loose leaf that I bag in Japanese tea bags. None of them are this style. Instead, they are the usual fold-over style, like this.
posted by spinifex23 at 3:39 PM on March 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
I live next door to a huge Japanese grocery store, and I drink a lot of loose leaf that I bag in Japanese tea bags. None of them are this style. Instead, they are the usual fold-over style, like this.
posted by spinifex23 at 3:39 PM on March 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Also came to suggest the Finum tea bags- I've been using them for years.
posted by oneirodynia at 4:07 PM on March 30, 2022
posted by oneirodynia at 4:07 PM on March 30, 2022
If that pic from Princess Leopoldine, complete with little flat bit, is the shape of the stick, then it's the skewer you find kushiyaki, dango and such on. Searching 'Japanese bamboo skewer' gets you what you're looking for.
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 8:18 PM on March 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by How much is that froggie in the window at 8:18 PM on March 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
If it's proper oolong, you're only supposed to steep it for 25-45 seconds. Any more, and you get bitter tea instead.
posted by kschang at 8:50 PM on March 30, 2022
posted by kschang at 8:50 PM on March 30, 2022
That Finum link upthread actually comes with the "filter stick". I'll try to remember to pick these up next time I get new tea filter bags, sounds nice.
posted by potrzebie at 8:01 AM on March 31, 2022
posted by potrzebie at 8:01 AM on March 31, 2022
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posted by Princess Leopoldine Grassalkovich nee Esterhazy at 3:15 PM on March 30, 2022 [3 favorites]