One of the fun things about being married to a school teacher is seeing what gifts he gets each year from students, families and colleagues. This year was no exception, but this gift was. Mr TBTAM just brought it home tonight, and already we’re all fighting over who gets to use it first. (I’m the Mom, so I won…)
It’s called the Tigo Filter Cup and it’s an on-the-go tea brewing system, the first of it’s kind being sold in the USA.
Unlike the other travel tea mugs I’ve seen with lots of parts, filters and presses, this is a simple, clean design that just makes sense. Here’s how it works – The stainless steel filter in the Tigo is built in –
you rotate it open to add the tea,
and close it to pour in the hot water. Cap it and go – it steeps and cools to the perfect drinkable temp while you travel. You drink it right from the cup, and the filter keeps the tea in its place.
You can add hot water again and again, re-using the tea leaves the way the Chinese do to get every bit of flavor out of them before throwing them away. I’m already on the third brew of the wonderful Huangshan green/white tea we got with our Tigo, and I think I can still get another cup out of it. If you’re going to drink high quality green or white tea, this is a great way to get your money’s worth without making a lot of mess.
The Tigo is so new that it’s not yet available in stores. But you can order it online from the Tigo Website. That’s a good thing, because I think we are going to need more than one in our family.
In the meantime, I just have to figure out how to get the Tigo away from Emily, who swiped it from me before I could finish my cuppa’.
Hey, there’s a slogan for you – “Leggo‘ my Tigo!”
Ooh, this looks like a good gift for someone on my list. Good thing I haven’t started shopping yet… 🙂
Its nifty looking but I thought if you let the leaves brew too long the tea turned bitter.
It should only turn bitter if you put too much in.