About my three 12 ounce Timolinos and my two 16 ounce travel carry mugs from David’s tea.
I. adore. my. three. 12 ounce Timolinos. Adore them and use them daily. They are light, leakproof, and feel ever so good in my hands. They keep my teas hot forever.
And yes, I also have two David’s 16 ounce travel carry mugs. Which I also use regularly. I prefer the look and feel of the Timolinos, but I like the 16 oz size of the carry mugs.
I find that the travel carry mugs retain the scent and flavour of highly flavoured teas, so I am careful to not use them with highly perfumed teas, such as Elderflower Spritz for example. Because of this, I am also careful not to use the carry mugs with delicately flavoured teas as well.
I bought all three on different sales as David’s in discontinuing them due to now having their own design of the same product. However, the quality is such that I would still buy them at regular price without regrets.
I do not use the steeping baskets of either the Timolinos or the carry mugs. I prefer to steep in my Steeper and pour the ready tea into the containers. The openings are too narrow to use with David’s stainless steel steeper baskets.
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i don’t really use travel mugs :(
Why not? I use them at home, and I use them when I am in motion. I usually steep my teas more than once, so I will steep once for immediate consumption and then will pour the second steeping into thermos to warm up my cup as it cools.
Both types keep tea hot for hours, so it is handy to just have tea ready when you are ready to drink it, whether at home or out and about.
You are right. I have a gong fu set ;)
If you like the look and feel of the smaller timolino, you might want to try the new curve mug. I am in love with it at the moment, especially the mesh lid and eep steeping basket for in-mug brewing. And perfect size for my small hands!
Thank you, keychange. At present, I am set for travel mugs, timolinos, and thermos cups. However, if the curve mugs go on sale at some point, I may not to able to stop myself.
Addendum to the travel carry mug. It really does retain a good bit of flavouring from teas, which I find quite annoying as you can find yourself expecting a good cup when away from home and when you open it, your fresh tea’s flavour will have been contaminated by flavours from teas gone by.
I’ve been attempting to steep using the basket that comes with my curve, but am sort of finding that there’s something wrong with all my tea. I can’t tell if it’s the leftover scent of teas gone by in the silicone, or if it’s the smell of “trapped heat” if that makes sense, or if it’s the steeping basket…but I’m going to try steeping in my steeper and pouring it in instead. I do like that the basket that comes with the curve mug is pretty deep (like the carry basket), but the bottom still doesn’t have holes which is a problem.
I haven’t steeped my teas in any of my timolino or travel mug baskets yet, so I can’t help here. The hinges look too flimsy and the baskets just seem too fussy. I will use them when I travel, but for at home steeping, I just use my steeper and pour in the ready tea. I think I might prefer to use tea bags to put my tea into when I am away from home rather than the baskets. Failing that, I might just throw the tea directly into the cup and use the mesh screen to prevent drinking the teas (although when I do use the screen, the lip is too fat, which makes drinking awkward).
Oh, see I love drinking through the screen lid. And the good thing about tea bags is that you can put them in and just flip the whole thing over to steep if you want.
i don’t really use travel mugs :(
Why not? I use them at home, and I use them when I am in motion. I usually steep my teas more than once, so I will steep once for immediate consumption and then will pour the second steeping into thermos to warm up my cup as it cools.
Both types keep tea hot for hours, so it is handy to just have tea ready when you are ready to drink it, whether at home or out and about.
You are right. I have a gong fu set ;)
If you like the look and feel of the smaller timolino, you might want to try the new curve mug. I am in love with it at the moment, especially the mesh lid and eep steeping basket for in-mug brewing. And perfect size for my small hands!
Thank you, keychange. At present, I am set for travel mugs, timolinos, and thermos cups. However, if the curve mugs go on sale at some point, I may not to able to stop myself.
Addendum to the travel carry mug. It really does retain a good bit of flavouring from teas, which I find quite annoying as you can find yourself expecting a good cup when away from home and when you open it, your fresh tea’s flavour will have been contaminated by flavours from teas gone by.
I’ve been attempting to steep using the basket that comes with my curve, but am sort of finding that there’s something wrong with all my tea. I can’t tell if it’s the leftover scent of teas gone by in the silicone, or if it’s the smell of “trapped heat” if that makes sense, or if it’s the steeping basket…but I’m going to try steeping in my steeper and pouring it in instead. I do like that the basket that comes with the curve mug is pretty deep (like the carry basket), but the bottom still doesn’t have holes which is a problem.
I haven’t steeped my teas in any of my timolino or travel mug baskets yet, so I can’t help here. The hinges look too flimsy and the baskets just seem too fussy. I will use them when I travel, but for at home steeping, I just use my steeper and pour in the ready tea. I think I might prefer to use tea bags to put my tea into when I am away from home rather than the baskets. Failing that, I might just throw the tea directly into the cup and use the mesh screen to prevent drinking the teas (although when I do use the screen, the lip is too fat, which makes drinking awkward).
Oh, see I love drinking through the screen lid. And the good thing about tea bags is that you can put them in and just flip the whole thing over to steep if you want.