Tea cup and method of manufacturing a tea cup

摘要

The tea cup (1) of the invention is used with a pocket (2) that includes a sieve (3) for tea material. The tea cup (1) has a functional shape achieved with two bottom sides (6,7) enabling the tea cup (1) to be placed in two different positions. The pocket (2) is designed so that it forms a tea compartment (4), which is attached to the inner wall (5) of the cup (1). The tea compartment (4) is integrally or detachably inserted in the tea compartment (4) at the upper part of the cup (1) on the same side as one of the bottom sides (6). This arrangement enables the tea compartment (4) to be on vertically different levels with respect to a water surface (or a tea surface) (11) in the cup (1) when the tea cup (1) is tilted in said different positions constituting a tea-making position and a drinking position in order to make tea of sufficient strength. The placement of the tea compartment (4) thus enables a functionality with respect to these positions. In the tea-making position, tea material inserted in the tea compartment (4) is in contact with the water in the cup (1), whereas in the drinking position, the tea material is intended to be above the water (or tea) surface (11). In the method of the invention for manufacturing the tea cup the tea cup part and the tea department part separately, whereafter a tea sieve is fastened to the tea compartment, and the tea compartment with the metal sieve is manufactured as a part that can be placed to the inner wall of the tea cup.

主权项

1. A beverage cup for drinking and brewing a beverage, said beverage cup comprising:
a compartment having a sieve, said compartment defining a pocket configured to receive a brewing material; a V-like-shaped base having a least two base sides enabling said beverage cup to be placed in at least two separate standing positions being a first position for brewing said brewing material when said beverage cup is standing on one of said base sides, and a second position for drinking the beverage: and a curve shaped edge which follows a fluid level at all positions from said first position to said second position and in-between, said curve shaped edge facilitates a tilting of said beverage cup by preventing fluid in said beverage cup from running over said curve shaped edge when tilted back and forth between said first and second positions; wherein said compartment being associated with an inner wall of said beverage cup and an upper part of said beverage cup on a same side as one of said base sides, enabling said compartment to be under the fluid level in said beverage cup when in said first position, and above the fluid level in said beverage cup when said beverage cup is standing in said second position, enabling a user to regulate a strength of the brewed beverage.