Winter is the best time for a hot cup of tea when it is cold and dark outside.The first stept is to decide between loose tea or just a tea bag.

The tea bag has a long history. The first tea bags were hand-sewn and made out of silk. They appeared commercially in early 1900. Thomas Sullivan was a tea merchant from New York, who successfully marketed the tea bags and shipped them around the world. The rectangular tea bag we know today first appeared in 1944.

But for tea lovers, the tea bags which are available in the supermarkets are not always a favorable option. A tea infuser filled with loose tea serves a better quality when all you want is one cup.

Here is a new unique tea infuser from Korea: