Steep n' go

iHeartTeas has them: http://iheartteas.com/store/products/steep-go/

Thanks! I ordered 4 right away.

Those are pretty neat! Kind of makes me wish I was into cold brewing.. Perhaps now is a good time..

The Tea Spot replied today to an email I sent asking about these. They said they’d have more in about a month.

Very neat! So you basically just sip out of the spout and none of the tea comes out? Has anyone had any issues with the fannings and small particles of tea coming through?

Mine just shipped :) I’ll do a review once they get here.

Also, does it work with only the bottles listed? Dasani, etc. Or is it compatible with almost all bottled water like Poland Spring, etc.

Just wanted to update everyone. I only have 3 left and Violet is sold out. :)

Hope you love yours GraviTea

Partial review on the Steep-N-Go. 1st off,iHeartTeas was great and shipped the product quicky, thanks RachanaC.

Now for the device: it most certainly will NOT work with all bottles. I tried it with a Fuji water, Smartwater, and generic store brand water bottles – and they all leaked. I bought a Dasani bottle, and after really cranking on the lid, I’m happy to report it doesn’t leak.

Each unit is made of 3 plastic parts. The most important part (as far as leaking) is a wide collar that screws onto your water bottle. This collar has 2 thread sizes and can be inverted to use the optional threading. The actual filter tube then fits into this collar. The collar is about 2.5 inches long and about 1/2 – 5/8 inches wide (estimating for both these). The filter tube fits snugly into the collar and extends down into the water bottle. The nipple cap then screws onto the outside of the collar. This makes the outside diameter of the cap much wider than the neck of the water bottle, making it look a little weird to me, but not a deal breaker. This separation also makes cleaning easier.

I haven’t tried cold steeping before and was delighted by the flavors I found in a tea my wife enjoys but that I typically don’t. (she was home when the package arrived and wasted no time in making some of her favorites)

The long filter tube has a lot of tiny holes. While I haven’t tried a rooibos in it yet, I don’t imagine there will be much that gets through those tiny holes. In addition, there are enough holes so that a good amount of tea can get through easily and rapidly.

@Nik, there is no way the leaves will be an issue sticking to the filter. When the bottle is around 1/2 full and inverted for drinking, the tea and leaves and filter are at the bottom. Since there’s still a lot of water, the leaves just swirl around without clogging anything. The actual act of inverting the bottle to drink shakes things up. Conversely, putting it back down causes most leaves to fall off the now suspended filter and back into the tea water.

This isn’t perfect by any means, for instance I can understand the 2 threaded collar for more bottles to fit – but why pick Dasani? It seems like they are the odd man out with ALL the other water bottles I tried having interchangeable caps and threads. But for $7, its a pretty good buy.

Update: The Steep N Go worked nicely all day with some flavored loose leaf tea. After I got home I tried a little honeybush from Adagio(don’t have any rooibos at the moment) and unfortunately, some of it came through the filter. Loose leaf teas or tisanes are going to work great, but unless you like tiny bark chips in your tea, I’d avoid these using these with rooibos or honeybush.

If you liked that, You’ll love the new product i’m developing. More info on that soon ;)