DAE find it annoying to clean strainer baskets?

Also admire my cute travel gaiwan set I bought for no good reason.....unless...

It's established that strainer > tea bag, but jeebus, I hate having to scrub out stuck dried leaf bits the next morning. Could I just dump the wet leaves out before they stick? Bruh, do you know how much easier my life would be if I didn't forget so much lil shit the moment I take my eyes off it?

But maybe it's an excellent post hoc excuse for my unnecessary gaiwan purchase. It's so much easier to clean a gaiwan, even with a lip for the strainer lid, than to get all the little bits unstuck from the strainer holes.

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flynnguy@programming.dev · 4 pts · 334d

I dump out the wet tea leaves and give the strainer a rinse right away.

cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 334d (1 reply)

Gaiwan and gongfu style is worth it imo

coffee_nutcase207@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 197d

Really is. Love the Gaiwan.

Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 334d

Switch to matcha. No strainer needed, and there’s nothing to throw in the compost. Problem solved!

Although, I gotta say, I still enjoy a variety of different teas, like white, green and puerh. Definitely still need a gaiwan for that, and a strainer doesn’t hurt either.

TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d

yeah it sucks. the dishwasher does a pretty good job on mine though in the silverware tray.

Tiuku@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 298d

This top notch tea reasoning.