HIC Kitchen Fine Mesh Tea Strainer With Helper Handle, 18/8 Stainless Steel, 2.75-Inch, For Sifting, Straining, And Brewing Tea, Coffee, Or Cocktails

Excellent for use with matcha tea straining. Works great. Well made

Rewriting this because we just ordered two more. The one I bought 8 years ago still looks as pristine as the new ones, not a single fraying wire or anything. And although it is so fine it hasn't ever gotten clogged from buildup (I was expecting to have to soak it in vinegar periodically but nope). In the years since buying the first one we got a few locally because we wanted spares but didn't just reorder this to save the hassle of waiting for mailorder stuff. And we learned that most sieves have the handle spot welded onto the sieve edge, creating a weak point right at the part of the device that endures the most force, so eventually it snaps off. My husband strains the scary slime out when he pours a cup of of kombucha so naturally he taps the sieve face-down over the garbage or sink to remove the slime, and those other, flimsy, badly-designed sieves can't handle the impact. They kept breaking after less than a year of use. THIS gorgeous design has a single sturdy rod bent all around, forming the handle AND the sieve rim, ONE PIECE, so there's no spotweld to break! Being all-stainless, it also doesn't care about the acidity of all that kombucha, while we've has ones from the grocer that start to rust, making you wonder what's getting into your drink. These are so, so much better than other sieves!

For decades I had a WMF silver plated swivel tea sieve from Germany ( got it as a wedding gift in 1961) and due to almost everyday use the silver plate started looking shabby and the swivel sieve was worn out. After a long search on the internet I tried Amazon, and there it was: stainless steel, not as expensive as those on Etsy ("antiques") and very functional (the swivel part is still a little hard to swivel, but I have now again a combination of tea sieve with an attached drip catcher. Fancy silver plate? Oh well, I couldn't care less: I am almost 90 years old and am happy enough with stainless steel!

I have the old mesh strainer type that has a handle that's heavier than the mesh...so it flops over when not attended...quite annoying that one hand is constantly occupied to use it. SO, I bought this to fix that! Look, Ma - NO HANDS! Now I can brew my tea (bark decant) in a sauce pot and just pour it in my cup with this sitting pretty on top. If you want to use this for brewing flowers (herbal) or leaves (tea) in your cup, it's not deep enough...don't bother. UNLESS, you do the "bartender mixer" from one cup (tea and water combined for 4 min) and then put this on your drinking mug for the final pour...

I needed a strainer for loose leaf tea, and ordered this one. It's worked out absolutely perfectly for me. Even the teensy-tinsy bits of peppermint leaf in the brewed tea don't get through the very-extra-fine-mesh, and it's the perfect diameter to fit into the opening of the quart jars I use. I make my tea a quart-at-a-time (and refrigerate it), and the strainer is deep enough to hold the all the soggy leftover-tea-and-herb-leaves from this extra-large cup of tea. I've had it several months, now and it's still just like new - no corrosion or rust, and no problems with the seams where the mesh meets the framework. Couldn't ask for more. If you're looking for something to actually brew your tea IN, though, this is not your solution. It's the wrong shape for that – too shallow. And if you plan to strain thicker solutions than tea, you'll want one of the larger strainers, with a correspondingly coarser mesh. This 2-1/2-inch one would be too small for that, and too slow. But if you want something reasonably priced, and elegantly simply-shaped, for straining already-brewed-tea through, this is absolutely perfect.

I've looked for these for so long! I have one my father gave me that was on its last legs. It is absolutely perfect because it is balanced correctly. The light handle design (exactly like the one my father gave me) is such that it stays on whatever you have placed in onto (cup, measuring cup, bowl). Other strainers don't stay because the heavy handle makes it fall unless you have an extra hand to hold it in place. I have put up with this for so long. Now, the best strainer is back! I was so happy my husband bought 2 of them. The price is right! It is a fine strainer & small. It can sit on top of your coffee cup, or across a measuring cup (fits the smallest 1 cup -- up to the quart size). I strain tea and lemon/lime juice through it. It catches the smallest seeds and pulp. Highly recommended.

They handled were a bit rough on the edges when I got it but cleaning it with a scrubby sponge removed the edges in no time. They weren’t sharp like other reviews claimed. It works really well for filtering tea and catches even small bits of tea like lavender flowers. I’m happy with my purchase and love the Star pattern on it.

These little cone shaped strainer is excellent and fine enough to even catch powders such as matcha. I was very impressed to see that all the powder was still in the strainer and as matcha powder is very very fine. I’ve tried this on loose leaves to make tea, like chamomile and other flowers, and this is excellent at stopping the big leaves and flowers from the liquids. I also love the fact that this is stainless steel and very sturdy. The net and handle both seem very durable. You can’t beat the price!

Good product and hard to get elsewhere.

I purchased this as a gift along with some whole leaf tea and a mug. It sits on the mug as it steeps and the handle is convenient to flip out the leaves when finished. It was much less pricey than the typical tea infusers I use in my pots and mugs but worked perfect for making the little daily mugs of tea I do. No smell or taste to worry about and sits as it should. I wouldn't use this for a big tea pot necessarily since I like to put on a lid and tea cozy to retain the heat as the tea steeps- and some family like stronger tea and would use my deeper strainer for that.

The product is very good but doesn't justify the price.

Everything was very good about the product. My 97 year old friend needed it for her tea. The only negative was the price. Too much!

Yo soy Bartender y me gusto mucho. De buena calidad. Muy bueno, además de pequeño funcional y sobre todo no se oxida.