Tea Forte Double-Walled Ceramic Kati Cup, Removable Stainless Steel Infuser Basket and Lid, Steeps 12 oz Loose Leaf Tea, Dishwasher & Microwave Safe, Cherry Blossom

I bought this Tea Forte Double-Walled Ceramic Kati Cup as a gift for my daughter, and she absolutely loves it. She drinks tea all day, and this cup helps keep her tea warm and her cup full while she’s at work. The removable infuser makes it easy to brew her favorite loose leaf teas, and the double-walled design feels sturdy and comfortable to hold. It’s a beautiful, practical cup that she uses every day.

Every year around the holidays, I buy gifts for those I love. This was meant to be one of those gifts. I decided that this would make the perfect gift for myself. I was feeling guilty up to the time I steeped my first cup of tea, using a gift pack which was also intended to go with this gift (shhhhhh). I actually got another Tea Forte' mug and tea set for the gift recipient because I liked it so much. First impressions: The look of the mug is so beautiful. The colors are calming and the design fits with my tastes. The cup has weight but not so much that it is uncomfortable to hold and the width around the cup is good and doesn't slip as I'm holding it. I made a single steep pack and it was pretty straight forward. Open lid, pour tea into strainer, boil water, pour over tea, lid the cup and wait. Once it was steeped, I removed the lid, put it upside down, removed the strainer, placed it on the lid and tried my first sip. There were no loose tea particles floating in it, which made me very happy. It was devine! I did not have to add milk, honey or sugar because the tea was that good! Since then, I've made 1-2 cups of tea with this each day for the week I've had it. 1 loose leaf pack I used left a tiny amount of particles in the cup but it could have been the speed I poured the water over the top. I did take the cup with me twice in the car. It's cold here so as my car was warming up, I let it steep in the cup warmer. I emptied the strainer in my yard (all organic folks, figured the birds would like the dried cherries that were in it) and placed the lid on my seat with the strainer in it. The lid is not for drinker from, it has the hole there to allow the handle of the strainer to hang from the lip of the cup. It is not meant to be a travel mug and wasn't the easiest thing to do. You wouldn't want the water to be too high, you wouldn't want to take too long to drink the tea and it is ceramic and could break. No stars taken away from my review because it is not advertised as a travel mug. I still think I'll take it with me occasionally and this will be great for work once my vacation is over!

I love these double-walled tea cups. I received my first one as a gift and quickly purchased two more. It’s an all-in-one brewer and drinking cup that keeps the tea warm yet the outside is comfortable to the touch. Plus I love the beauty of it and it’s dishwasher safe. I’m drinking more tea now because of it! :-)

This cup has a beautiful design and matches my electric kettle perfectly (from a different company). The infuser basket is well made with small holes to avoid loose tea from sifting through and making your drink gritty. The ceramic cup and cover keeps your tea hot while steeping. My only suggestion would be a design that integrates a silicon slip around the cup to allow you to hold it while hot, or sell a separate silicon sleeve that you can slide onto the cup.

great product

UPDATE: The company contacted me after I posted my negative/one-star review (see below), and generously offered to ship a replacement to me for free. I felt they were dismissive of my complaint about poor packaging causing breakage, but I took the risk and accepted the replacement. The replacement arrived undamaged (hallelujah), although they still only had a thin peice of cardbard between the heavy lid and hollow mug, which is probably why so many reviewers receive broken products. Anyway, I have been using the product regularly for a while and have upgraded my review to 4 stars. I love the color but, as others reported, half of the design is barely visible. I also love the shape and aesthetics of the mug's design. The mug looks and feels substantial, but I know from my first experience to treat it with kid gloves given that it is hollow and prone to breaking. That and the fact that it doesn't actually hold much liquid (the strainer takes up at least half of the height AND sits below the lip to accommodate the lid) are the primary reasons I gave this 4 stars instead of 5. If you like big mugs of tea, you'll probably be frustrated with this... if you make smaller cups at a time or use specialty teas (whole flowers, matcha, etc.), you'll probably love this. Despite the hollow center for insulation, I find that this does not keep liquids hot for very long, even with the (non-insulated) lid on. That's OK with me because it holds so little volume that it doesn't take long to drink, and I didn't expect ceramic and a very loose/uninsulated lid to hold in much heat in the first place. I think that the strainer is excellent because it is a VERY fine mesh and lets very little get through, and it is very easy to clean. Despite being a very thin metal, the strainer is quite sturdy and has not bent, dented, or rusted after many many uses (although it gets a lot very fine scratches inside from stirring). I also love the little loop on the stainer as it allows me to easily insert and remove it from its recessed position, and to hold it steady while pressing out excess water or sifting dry powder (like matcha tea). 100% of the matcha powder sifts through the strainer by the way. I also love the lid because it make this aesthetically pleasing mug even cuter, it is very thick, and it works wonderfully to hold tea bags or the strainer without making a mess. That's about all I can think of other than trying to make coffee in this. I used a fine espresso grind, so some of the grounds did manage to escape through fine mesh strainer, but much less so than I've experienced with other strainers. Therefore, I imagine you could easily use larger grinds with this quite well if you don't mind weaker, smaller cups of coffee. Overall, I would recommend this (although I wish it held more), because it is high quality and a joy to look at and use. Using it feels ceremonial, like you are treating yourself to something special. They just need to seriously reconsider how they ship given the thin barrier placed between the thick/heavy lid and the hollow/fragile mug during shipping so that it's less of a gamble whether you receive one unbroken. Since it doesn't insulate much anyway, I think the mug should be solid instead of hollow so that it is much less prone to breakage. ORIGINAL REVIEW: I'm so dissapointed! I read the reviews on this and the other colors/designs carefully and wanted it so bad but decided it was too pricey. After months and months or denying myself, I finally decided to take the plunge. However, as soon as I lifted this out of the shpping box, I knew it had arrived broken due to the sound of clinking glass. This was confirmed upon opening the box and seeing that it was broken into several peices at the top of the cup, as if the lid was too heavy and cracked the cup. In fact, both the shipping box and product box were not damaged. The product was wrapped in one layer of bubble wrap that was in tact. However, the inside of the product box has gouging and dents. There also was NO bubble wrap, cardboard, or any packaging material of any kind between the cup and the lid! They packed naked ceramic on top of naked ceramic. No wonder it broke! The manufacturer is to blame. I'm so disgusted.

Beautiful design. Love my tea steeped. The cup keeps the tea warm for a good amount of time. Would buy again.

Good quality tea mug and infuser. Lid keeps temps warm.

I have been exploring infuser cups/mugs for a couple of weeks, and after a couple of false starts, I chose this one! Some folk said the tea leaves had bled through the strainer, however this was not the case. The mug is pretty to look at, the right size for a good drink and did keep it warm. I am very happy with all aspects of the mug and worth the money.

Bien pour la tisane ou le thé

Muy hermosa, excelente calidad. Doble pared, no quema las manos al usarla y mantiene la temperatura un poco más. Excelente como regalo

Je suis en train de déguster un rooibos dans cette tasse magnifique, arrivée bien emballée dans sa boîte, avec son joli filtre qui s'imbrique parfaitement sur le petit rebord intérieur et dont les trous minuscules n'ont laissé filtrer aucun débris malgré l'extrême finesse du rooibos. La tasse pèse agréablement lourd dans la main et ses parois sont chaudes mais en aucun cas brûlantes. La décoration est très jolie et fine (j'ai bien reçu les fleurs de cerisier), cet objet est tout autant utile que décoratif, je suis sincèrement ravie de mon achat et vous le recommande sans hésiter !

Si eres un amante del té de hoja suelta Esta taza es Perfecta y práctica Además de conservar bien la temperatura se ve refachera si me lo preguntas