Fantomex said

Help deciding between two travel mugs; David's Tea Timolino or Teavana's stainless steel tumbler

This is for a gift for my girlfriend. She’s a big tea drinker, but she’s never invested in a travel mug. I’m kind of a newbie at this whole tea drinking thing as well, so I would really appreciate some opinions.

Also, I hope everyone has a happy holiday!

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VariaTEA said

I own both and personally I prefer the timolino. The tumbler infuser basket snaps into the middle of the tumbler itself so to remove it when the leaves are done steeping, you have to put your hands into the water. The timolino infuser basket attaches onto the lid so to remove the basket you take the lid off and just unscrew it. Also the timolino has a spot to store dry leaves for a later cup.

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TeaLady441 said

I haven’t seen the Teavana one, but I really like my Timolinos. I like that they come in two sizes, and that the basket snaps right in. They keep the heat in incredibly well – as in 6 hours later it’s still hot! – so that is a good/bad thing depending on how quickly she’d want to drink.

They also seem leakproof so long as you screw them on tightly. I keep two in my purse with my kindle/wallet/vita and don’t worry about wrecking anything.

The secret pouch in the lid IS a neat feature, although I don’t use it as much as I would like. Overall it seems like a very sturdy tumbler and worth the price tag. I would never have thought that I’d pay that much and be happy, but after getting talked into buying the one with birthday money, I ended up grabbing another a few months later so I could make tons of tea! (I make fill two of them while at work, and drink half of one at a time in a cup so that my tea is ALWAYS warm and I don’t spend a lot of time making tea if I can do it all at once).

Sorry for all the rambling but that’s my vote.

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TeaLady441 said

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I’ve never ordered from them, but… wow?

Sil select said

wrong place silly.

TeaLady441 said

Hahha. I was wondering why it didn’t post!

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Katiek said

I love my Timolino, although I haven’t tried the Teavana one. I expect they both work well.

FYI, David’s is having a sale today on a number of items and a couple colors of the timolino and the Bodium press are on sale for 40% off.

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This is a nice review of five different travel tea mugs; the Timolino gets top rating.

http://snarkynomad.com/best-tea-infuser-travel-mugs/

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keychange said

David’s tea has a tumbler that will press the leaves to the bottom?

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christandk said

Are you wanting a travel thermos, or a travel tea press thermos?

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I have two timolino’s and I am very happy with them.
They keep the heat for EVER.
On the one hand it’s great, because I use my bigger one to keep hot water around to steep tea in the office and it lasts for whole hours.
On the other hand, if you make your tea in the morning with the hopes of drinking it on the go on your commute, you’ll have to let it cool with the lid off for a while – because it will be scalding hot.

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