Ever since I made close friends with a couple of the girls that are colleagues of mine over in Shanghai, we have been exchanging gifts via mail and in person, both when they come over here and when I have gone there. I recently ran out of the beautiful tea that they send to me (while I send them loads of goodies that they can't get there - it's a great system), so one of them brought some with her when she arrived for a week last Friday.

Here is the problem - I need a tea ball for this loose leaf tea, but the ones that I have all degrade really quickly, and if nothing else really compromise the flavor of the tea. Does anyone know of a really nice, long-lasting, perhaps non-metallic(?) tea ball that I could get?

Thanks in advance for saving the flavor of my tea!!