For various reasons I switched to tea - green and herbal teas. Some of them you can brew several times and I always found something unsavory with simple metal screens, paper and fabric filters. Therefore, a stainless steel strainer. But there are subtle differences: in some the wall has fine pores, but the ground coarse and fine leaves fall in pot or cup - just annoying. The Metaltex stainless steel strainer has convinced me pleasantly. Round identical perforated - wall and floor - very fine pores. Fits in different teapots and large and normal cups. Here the screen is comfortable grip, the handle is long enough not to burn your fingers. Tea beat, sieve under crane rinse briefly and it is ready for the next tea. Neither that I will stand in the tea strainer very resinous teas have discolored it. It looks like new and shines like on the first day.