Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: The Squeasy Tea Bag Squeezer

By: JayDubya

JayDubya — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:49:01 +0000

I am addicted to Twining’s English Breakfast tea. When I use bags, I steep for 5 minutes exactly, lift the bag and let it drip 12 drips and dispose of it. I could never squeeze the bag!

My wife says I’m as sick as Adrian Monk…

By: Anthony Barron

Anthony Barron — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:50:50 +0000

NEVER squeeze a tea bag – taste the bitter difference. It’s insanity.

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:31:27 +0000

I just finished reading a Kathy Reich’s book where she was in Israel and was told not to squeeze the bag or it would make it bitter. So this is how I found this site……by looking up squeezing tea bags! lol Some funny comments on here. Don’t think I would buy the thingymajig though!!

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:10:39 +0000

“U.S. Army, Vietnam, 1968-1969, underground balloon corps. (OK, I thought it would be a cushy assignment but you try to get one of those things inflated and fly 17 feet beneath the Earth!!!)”

LOL

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:04:05 +0000

I love reading all the snobbery about “self-respecting” tea drinkers and the “right way” to make tea. In the UK, many (if not most) people make tea everyday with a tea bag, they make it strong, and they make it with a teaspoon, which is used to squeeze the bag and put in the bin (compost if possible), and stir in milk and perhaps sugar. That’s one way of doing it – there is no “right” way.

By: Bryan Colbourn

Bryan Colbourn — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:46:38 +0000

In re: the “tea bag squeezer”

I had one (long since lost in a move). During my tour of duty in Vietnam I found it invaluable!!

It was the best thing I found for removing leeches or squishing boogers for soup seasoning. Additionaly, it was a handy device to attach to your boots so you could remember your left foot from your right. In fact I had a company commander(second lieutenant), right out of Slippery Rock Teacher’s College, who had two. That way he wouldn’t forget either foot. Handy item, I think.

For those who require this information my qualifications are as follow:

U.S. Army, Vietnam, 1968-1969, underground balloon corps. (OK, I thought it would be a cushy assignment but you try to get one of those things inflated and fly 17 feet beneath the Earth!!!)

By: Father Joe

Father Joe — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:04:22 +0000

My daughter told me to go to this site re a tea bag squeezer! I am not sure why!

By: ysabet

ysabet — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:23:12 +0000

I have a flat-tongs-with-holes version, which gets a fair amount of use. I don’t squeeze the bags over the tea, but I do squeeze over the sink before carrying them to the bin. In our house, we drink many types of tea – but almost never with sugar or milk. Sure, I could use a teaspoon. Or I could use this doohickey, which was about 90c 10 years ago, and is never in use for something else (a serious problem with teaspoons). It curbs my teaspoon collection habit (something inherited from my parents; I swear they have 40 teaspoons!)

By: Karyn

Karyn — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:31:03 +0000

Ha! I used to have one of those plastic Tupperware teabag squeezers. Useless, both for good-tasting tea and for keeping the teabag from making a drippy mess. Who knew someone would create an upscale version of the same?

Drippy wet teabags can be deposited in those little clear plastic dessert cups they sell at Walgreen’s for 3 for a dollar, or something like that. Much neater than carrying a dripping teabag across the room to the garbage can! And it keeps your saucer clean, too, if you use a saucer. I prefer a big coffee mug for my tea–never did understand the point of dainty little teacups that hold barely three sips. But that’s my tea gluttony. Your mileage may vary.

By: H...

H... — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:55:18 +0000

i sometimes suck tea bags when it become tepid. @ silly me.

By: aisha

aisha — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:18:37 +0000

umm… I never thought I’d be one of the “but i use something like this all the time” group, but here we are.

While I fully understand that many people would have absolutely no use for a teabag squeezer, the one in my household is used every single day… we like our tea as bitter as possible, and many many cups of tea bag tea are consumed every day. As the person who is serving most of those cups, I find the squeezer very helpful.

That said, I think this is a pretty lousy version. Mine is a pair of tiny tongs with holes; not nearly as likely to burn your fingers.

And I repeat: yes, it’s a unitasker, and most people would have absolutely no use for it.

p.s. There is no one right way to make tea. In our home, there are several varieties of loose leaf tea, and teabags, and I could tell you at least three ways in which we make tea every single day. So do whatever floats your boat. And let other people do the same.

By: Amykate

Amykate — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:45:48 +0000

I had a teabag squeezer years ago (from Lakeland again), but it was more like a short pair of tongs.

Possible the most useful think I owned at uni! Fish Slice for turning things, tongs for things in pans, rescued toast from stuck toasters and perfect for flinging damp teabags are your housemates…

But this one looks terrible!

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:03:16 +0000

I had so much to say when I saw this item, but I see that everything going through my mind while my kettle was boiling my water had already been said by so many others. Very glad to read how many people know not to squeeze the teabag!

By: Mardi in Oz

Mardi in Oz — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:21:58 +0000

I hold the short side of the tea bag against the side of the mug on a slight angle and it drains all the drips out so that I don’t make a mess on the way to the compost bucket under the sink.

Oh and I reuse the bags until no more colour comes out – three or four goes usually! I rarely notice much difference in taste. I must be a tea philistine LOL.

By: Angela Esnouf

Angela Esnouf — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:01:34 +0000

Thanks for another good laugh. Unitasker Wednesday is an institution.

By: Minnie

Minnie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:55:36 +0000

You are welcome Megan…actually I quite amused myself too! Cheesy infomercials are good entertainment!

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:53:51 +0000

Hahahahaha, Minnie! I can hear that guy’s voice right now. Thanks for the laugh, I was having a bad evening.

By: Minnie

Minnie — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:59:51 +0000

LOL “How much would you pay for this luxury? $100? $50? NO! Call now, and get 7 of them for $9.99! If you’re one of the first 1 million callers; we’ll throw in a plastic ziplock bag to STORE your Squeasies; ABSOLUTELY FREE! But that’s not all! We’ll also throw in a thighmaster. If you’re not satisfied, send them back, but keep the thighmaster as your free gift for trying. OPERATORS are standing by!!!”

I need less caffeine, btw…

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:58:05 +0000

If you really want to get the last drop, why not just use a spoon, which you already have?

By: Minnie

Minnie — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:54:57 +0000

I can picture an infomercial for this:
“Ohhhh Noooo! You burned your hand on a teabag AGAIN!”
(cut to lame woman squeezing teabag, dropping it on the floor, yelling out in pain, and shrugging her shoulders at the camera in obvious helplessness)…
“Looks like a job for the Squeasy Tea Bag Squeezer!”
(a man sees the poor woman, in a puddle on the floor, sobbing over her misery with a drippy teabag. He offers her the Squeazy, and she lights up with joy)
“Never touch those messy teabags again, enjoy every last bitter drop!!!”
(Giggles, sunshine, happy children, puppies, and a table full of bitter cups of tea…)