Let's face it, in the modern world, of kids, dogs and meetings, speed is the essence, equally so is the essential me time thatis consistently quoted as being essential to our health. With that in mind, I have long been a fan of glass vacuum mugs. These things are so easy to use, you simply add a couple of teaspoons of whole leaf in long tea into the glass infuser, place this inside the mug and add water. You will, through the colour of the infusion know when it suitable for your taste, at which time you simply lift out the tea infuser replace it on the glass drip tray which also acts as a lid to stop your tea from spilling when walking from room to room.