Pieces returned from engineering

The tea caddy returned from engineering with the bevel for measuring tea.

Tea filter from engineering.

how will all the separate components sit on the board?

3D render of first idea.

Engineering

With decisions having been made about my tea strainer and caddy I had to send the two pieces off to be made.

Tea Caddy

With the most of my tea product taking the form of a cylinder it was only natural that my tea caddy take the same form. So my tea caddy will be a little aluminum holder. The innovation about this caddy is that the lid of the caddy will have a bevel in it. This bevel will be the measuring device for how much tea you put in to be brewed. The general rule of thumb is a teaspoon per cup per person. Meaning the bevel will have to be the size of a teaspoon.

Drawings to follow when I go near a scanner.

Tea strainer

From my sketches I modeled one of my tea strainer designs. A cone to sit inside my cylinder. This came with a few obvious problems, the tea would not have space to brew, it sat awkwardly in the vessel and on the board and while sitting on the board after brewing it would make quite a mess.

So I looked in to another design from my sketch book. A cylinder to go inside my water vessel. This design would stand on the board and with the holes not reaching the bottom of the filter this should minimize mess.

Drawings to follow when I get a chance to scan my sketch book.

Waiting on glass

With my idea finalised and the drawings sent off to scott glass its now the waiting game for it to return. So with that out the way I can focus on how tea will be brewed, stored and what the tea board will look like.

Simple

After phoning Scott Glass and chatting my idea over it turns out they just cant work to the specifications I require to make my design work. So back to the drawing board.

Why does it have to be so complicated in shape? So I decided its time to go back to basics. Just a straight basic cylinder and to protect users from the heat a double wall will be implemented. Modeled in engineering foam to give me an idea of general shape and size and what is comfy to hold.