Once upon a time, about ten years ago, I purchased a plain white People's
Brew Basket (http://www.republicoftea.com/templates/detail.asp?navID=1597)
from a local store and decided it was a waste of money because it's so
small, it can only be used in a cup, nothing larger, and requires a utensil
to fish it out to avoid dipping fingers into hot liquid. I put it in the
cupboard and let it sit.

After that disappointment, I bought the smaller Teeli Best brewing basket
and was so happy with it because of the handles and lid/drip tray that I
bought the larger basket, too, as well as some for friends, discovering
somewhere along the way that the exact same baskets are made under different
brand names:

Teeli Best:
http://www.teeli.com/englisch/products/main.html#FDAfry

Finum Brewing Basket (now, in colors, too):
http://www.finum.com/permanent-tea-filters.htm.

Finding a traveler proved to be more difficult. Those with metal rims impart
a yucky metallic taste and others didn't allow me to view the agony of the
leaves. I thought the thermal traveler offered by...

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retained

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your

O-ring

washed.

Correction:

It puzzled me that Bodum would put out a product with a bottom that would
come off so easily. While examining another trying to decide whether to
return it or give it as a gift as intended when I bought it, I discovered
that I replaced the O-ring improperly when I removed the template...oops, my
bad. I had put it in the clear section, between the walls, instead of back
on the black bottom so it's between the edge of the outside clear wall and
the black bottom.

Update.

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and