Patent ID: 7806044

Claim:
A lid for use with a cup to brew tea with a tea bag, which comprises: a lid body having an access opening therein with a smooth interior diameter allowing the stopper to be manually urged into the access opening and create a seal, and a plurality of apertures located completely through the lid body, wherein said lid body access opening having a plurality of vertical notches in the smooth interior diameter at a depth that corresponds with a tea bag string holding the string tightly and yet allowing resistive movement when the stopper is in place within the access opening, a resilient stopper removably disposed within the access opening of the lid body, for holding the tea bag string between the stopper and the access opening, permitting the tea bag to be initially immersed in hot water within the cup for brewing with the capability of retaining the tea bag string when the tea bag is manually drawn upward after brewing, allowing brewed tea to be consumed through the apertures, without the necessity of removing the tea bag until the conclusion of drinking the brewed tea, and a lip seal grippingly disposed around said lid body forming a liquid tight closure on an inside diameter of the cup with the seal maintaining a firm grasp when pressed into the cup.