Bodum ASSAM SET Tea Press (Stainless Steel Filter, 1.0 L/34 oz) and 2 Mugs (0.35 L/12 oz) - Black

I drink premium loose tea, and I've long looked for the best way to brew it. Initially, a couple of decades ago, I used paper filters; you put the tea in them, pour the water over them, then through it all away when you're finished. But that's a waste of paper, and it's not ideal if you want to make a second brew with the same leaves. Then I tried the many metal filters that you put into a cup, but you need another cup or saucer to hold them when you take them out of your cup, and those filters don't always fit easily into a teapot.This offers a good compromise: a metal filter that stays in the pot, plus the clever way of isolating the leaves after you've finished steeping them. This means the tea doesn't oversteep when you leave the leaves in the pot, and you can easily do a second steep by removing the plunger and adding water.The only problem with a pot like this is that the tea gets cold very quickly. I've never found a good teapot that keeps tea warm, so I use this to make about a cup and a half worth when at work, and it's warm enough when I get to the end. If it were somehow insulated, it would get five stars. (Note that I'm using the .5 liter model; I assume it's the same for the larger ones, but the temperature issue might be even more important if you're making a liter or more of tea, since you're not likely to serve it all at once.)

I have mixed feelings. The cage that holds the tea leaves is nicely designed, it fits together well and is easy to clean. Feels like this part of the product will last.However, the tea pot itself is very thin glass. We broke it after just a few months (and we were being careful). In fact, the break happened by just removing the cage gently, it made contact with the glass as my wife removed it and that was enough to shatter the glass. This is not good enough given the cost of the product.One of the glasses arrived slightly scratched, though this doesn’t bother us too much.We’re now using the cage inside a regular tea pot, which works but doesn’t really look great. (And it’s not what we paid for!) Sadly, I don’t think the quality of the product is quite there overall, but the cage system is good and does what it’s supposed to.

Makes a great cup of tea without having to use a strainer.I recommend to use McEntee's Irish Loose Leaf Gold Blend Tea for sale on Amazon too

Perfect teapot that doesn’t leak when pouring 👍🏻

I love these Bodum tea pots. My old Bodum (older style) is still going strong after about 7 years, this purchase was to give flexibility whilst 1 is in dishwasher. I drink my various tea’s black & generally prefer more than 1 cup/mug. You decide on the strength of your brew & stop or start brewing again as you wish. You can use any type of tea you wish or even just tea bags. Easily get 2 bone China mugs from 1 pot. Plus they look good & retains the heat as long as you drink 1 mug following the next. This newer product has a plastic lid which does not burn your fingers when emptying the warmed pot (old one is metal). Having found this range I wouldn’t change to any other, ever again.

Great tea, by the 3rd cup it does get cooler, but can easy obtain 2 full mugs of proper leaf tea. Love it, if you like tea give it a try. One of the 2 free glass Bistro mugs had a scratch on the centre of the mug, perhaps that is why the are free. Good buy would recommend it for those who like tea.

Excellent value

It's a great teapot - usual Bodum quality (I've had a few of their cafetieres before and they've been bril). Please note though that the pictures are misleading: the filter is NOT made of stainless steel, it's plastic! My bad really, as the description does state it is plastic, and I just didn't read it. I wish they changed the pictures though, as I chose it specifically because of the filter - hence the 4 stars.