Jon and I have challenged ourselves to only purchase products made in the USA unless the product is used from a garage sale or a second-hand store. This is quite the challenge and we've already hit a brick wall searching for our first item: a tea ball. Such a simple item, but yet very elusive! I have spent at least two hours calling local stores that claim to sell only local items in addition to online searches. This is the only tea infuser I could find that is Made in the USA: http://www.plymouthtea.com/tobyteaboy.html I am a bit disappointed because it is made of plastic, and pouring hot water over plastic just goes against my efforts to use less petroleum-based products.
Update February 2011: A close friend and confidant, read my blog and exclaimed, "I have a tea ball for you!" Whew! What a relief---I was ready to throw out the towel on this one and hope to stumble across one at a garage sale. I made my first batch of homemade chai last weekend and it turned out pretty good. Once I have the recipe perfected though, I'll post it...
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