Zicome Silicone Loose Tea Leaf Infuser Strainer with Drip Tray, Merry Christmas Theme PURE FOOD-GRADE SILICONE and stainless steel,safe to use.Be aware of any other seller that is not selling the real ZICOME products which brand name you can see in this item EASY TO USE:Just take off the stainless steel bottom, insert the tea leaves and put in your tea cup. The infuser floats since the green part is rubber. Leave it in for as strong or weak as you like your tea.It is an excellent smart buy that makes steeping larger tea leaves much easier.At the end,discard the used leaves and place in the dishwasher CHRISTMAS TREE HANDLE protects you from heating up and burning your fingers because of the hot water.Additionally it flexes lightly making manipulating in your cup very easy.The infuser itself floats in the cup,because of the buoyancy of the silicone STEEL BALL's holes aren't designed to brew fine tea leaves.The holes allow the water to move through the tea leaves but keeps most of them in the steel ball and out of your cup so you don't have too many leaves in the bottom of your cup SILICONE DRIP TRAY that it comes with is great to rest the infuser in so you don't have tea dripping everywhere especially if you don't want to clean the used tea out of it right away or if you're going to try to brew a second cup with the same tea leaves.This is a great little tool for loose tea at home or in your office