The infuser was a gift for my wife, who has fallen in love with the attractive design. Unfortunately, the part - except as a pretty decorative items - completely useless. Once the tea strainer is wet - and unfortunately it will automatically get wet, because that requires making tea happens to water - it can not be opened (unless one is a gecko with suction cups on his hands). If you manage it, there is usually a fat mess, because the content is flying across the room. In this respect, I can confirm the experiences of other users fully. Some reviews have noted that you have to disassemble the part only in its individual parts, to remedy the situation. I tried it and come to a total of 5 parts: -Blaues Base -White Part (head and white Schwimmreifen elements) -red Part 1 (red Schwimmreifen elements) -red Part 2 (hat) -Metal Strainer In my opinion, helps disassemble NOTHING, absolutely nothing, because the problem is the interlock between metal tea strainer and plastic uppers (head with rubber ring). CONCLUSION: The tea remains during brewing bombproof in colander (plus), but after brewing STILL bombproof (minus point). Therefore, the part is only as decoration, or disposable infuser with terminal function as an air freshener (because the tea remains one gets out only when everything is completely dry) suitable