Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Awsome Design Gift for Tea Lovers - Hourglass Tea Steeper


In China, steeping tea is an art, if you can not control the steeping time of tea properly, the tea will not tastes good. Now in order to make us all can steep a great pot of tea, the designer Pengtao Yu brought this hourglass-style tea steeper.

 

It is in an hourglass shape, and be divided into the upper and lower two glasses, the middle part is the timer. It seemed that this gadget is so cool, isn't it?


Step 1: Pop one cup and put tea leaves and hot water into it.



Step 2: Twist the timer to set the steeping time. The minute indicators can be read from both directions.



 Step 3: Flip to start the steeping.



Step 4: The tea is being steeped.



Step 5: Just like the sand in the hourglass, the liquid tea will drain into the bottom cup when the steeping time is up, It visually tells the user the tea is ready.



Step 6: Remove the top parts and enjoy a perfect cup of tea now.

* Original address of this novelty gift address: Awsome Design Gift - Hourglass Tea Steeper