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

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:18:15 GMT, "Frank" <[email protected]> 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.
    >Thanks,
    >Frank
    >
This sort of thing? It's not silver, but it is basically what I use
to brew loose tea...works wonderfully..

http://shopstashtea.com/800260.html>

"Frank" <[email protected]> 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.

"Frank" <[email protected]> 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
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

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


"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > "Frank" <[email protected]> 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
    > 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
    >

Carole Allen wrote:

    > On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:18:15 GMT, "Frank" <[email protected]> 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.
    >>Thanks,
    >>Frank
    >
    > This sort of thing? It's not silver, but it is basically what I use
    > to brew loose tea...works wonderfully..
    >
    > http://shopstashtea.com/800260.html>

Hmmmm.... how does that differ from a "French Press"
(cafetiere) for coffee? (When I read the OP's post, I
wondered whether there was any difference.) The same
principle should work equally well for either tea or coffee
(i.e. preventing coffee-grounds and/or tea-leaves from
reaching your cup when the liquid is poured).

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.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

    >
    >
    > Carole Allen wrote:
    >
    >> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:18:15 GMT, "Frank" <[email protected]> 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.
    >>> Thanks,
    >>> Frank
    >> This sort of thing? It's not silver, but it is basically what I use
    >> to brew loose tea...works wonderfully..
    >> http://shopstashtea.com/800260.html>
    >
    >
    > Hmmmm.... how does that differ from a "French Press" (cafetiere) for
    > coffee? (When I read the OP's post, I wondered whether there was any
    > difference.) The same principle should work equally well for either tea
    > or coffee (i.e. preventing coffee-grounds and/or tea-leaves from
    > reaching your cup when the liquid is poured).
    >
    >
    >

Until it has been used for coffee it would be suitable for tea. Not
thereafter.

Frank wrote:

    > 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 got mine from the Ikea kitchen department, works fine and cost about
9 bucks... not sure why this should be so hard to find... good luck!

cheers,
Stephanie

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.

Frank F. Matthews wrote:

    >
    >
    > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    >
    >> Carole Allen wrote:
    >>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:18:15 GMT, "Frank" <[email protected]> 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.
    >>>> Thanks,
    >>>> Frank
    >>> This sort of thing? It's not silver, but it is basically what I use
    >>> to brew loose tea...works wonderfully..
    >>> http://shopstashtea.com/800260.html>
    >> Hmmmm.... how does that differ from a "French Press" (cafetiere) for
    >> coffee? (When I read the OP's post, I wondered whether there was any
    >> difference.) The same principle should work equally well for either
    >> tea or coffee (i.e. preventing coffee-grounds and/or tea-leaves from
    >> reaching your cup when the liquid is poured).
    >
    > 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.)
    >

    >> 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

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:38:23 -0400, in rec.travel.europe, "Sarah Banick"
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :


... 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...

I agree with you. At home I even keep some mugs only for coffee, and others only for tea.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:18:15 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "Frank" <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... 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
...

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