Device for making tea with a teabag or tea infuser
AssigneeBenjamin Forbes Pierce
InventorBenjamin Forbes Pierce
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Abstract
A tea-making apparatus includes a stem member, a base, and a hanging device. The stem member includes a top end and a bottom end. The base may be attached to the bottom end of the stem member, wherein the base includes a drip pan. The base includes a portion of the base that may contact the tea steeping vessel while the tea-making apparatus may be suspended on the tea steeping vessel. The hanging device may be positioned at or attached adjacent to top end of the stem member. The hanging device may be adapted to suspend the tea-making apparatus from a rim of a tea steeping vessel.
Claims20
A tea-making apparatus, comprising:
- a stem member with a top end and a bottom end;
- a base attached to the bottom end of the stem member, wherein the base includes a drip pan;
- and
- a hanging device positioned at or attached adjacent to the top end of the stem member,
- wherein the hanging device is adapted to suspend the tea-making apparatus from a rim of a tea steeping vessel, and
- wherein a portion of the base contacts the tea steeping vessel while the tea-making apparatus is suspended on the tea steeping vessel.
A method of making tea, the method comprising:
- providing a tea-making apparatus, comprising:
- a stem member with a top end and a bottom end;
- a base attached to the bottom end of the stem member, wherein the base includes a drip pan;
- and
- a hanging device positioned at or attached adjacent to the top end of the stem member,
- wherein the hanging device is adapted to suspend the tea-making apparatus from a rim of a tea steeping vessel, and
- wherein a portion of the base contacts the tea steeping vessel while the tea-making apparatus is suspended on the tea steeping vessel;
- securing a permeable tea leaf container to the tea-making apparatus;
- placing the permeable tea leaf container into a liquid in the tea steeping vessel;
- and
- hanging the tea-making apparatus from the rim of the tea steeping vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.