Darcy's Ceramic Tea Filter (Set of 2)
Darcy's Ceramic Tea Filter (Set of 2)
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Darcy's Ceramic Tea Filter (Set of 2)
Final run · Bendigo, Victoria
Darcy’s Ceramic Tea Filter
Set of 2 · No tea bags · No plastic“Hot water should touch your tea and nothing else.”
Made by hand in Bendigo
Bendigo, Victoria, is home to the oldest working pottery in Australia and has been firing kilns since 1858. Darcy Pengilly has worked at the wheel there since he was eighteen. When his granddaughter Kirra found his wife’s old tea bags still whole in the compost heap and showed him that most tea bags and paper coffee filters contain plastic, he remembered the fired ceramic water filter on his grandfather’s kitchen bench, and spent two winters and more than 300 firings making one for a cup of tea.
Every filter in this last run was pressed by hand, fired in his kiln and tested with a cuppa before it went in the box. Arthritis has taken his hands, and the studio closes on 30 November. These are the last 167 sets.
Darcy Pengilly
What arrives at your door
- 2 porous ceramic filters, charcoal grey, unglazed
- Each 8.5 cm across and 5.3 cm tall
- Ready to use after a rinse with hot water
Why it’s different
The ceramic is the filter
No tea bag or paper inside, no metal mesh, no plastic ring. The fired ceramic walls hold back the leaves on their own.
No plastic in hot water
Many tea bags and paper filters contain plastic. Here, water just off the boil touches ceramic and tea, nothing else.
A clear cup
The pores are far smaller than a tea leaf. What reaches your cup is tea, not the gritty bits metal infusers let through.
Nothing to buy again
No more boxes of tea bags, no running out on a Sunday morning, nothing in the bin after every cup.
Tea and coffee
One for your morning coffee, one for your afternoon cuppa, so neither picks up the taste of the other.
Made for one good cup
Small enough to sit right on top of your mug. One cup, made the way you like it, with no machine on the bench.
A tea bag vs. Darcy’s ceramic filter
How to use it
Rinse and set it on your mug. A quick rinse with hot water, then sit the filter on top of any standard mug or teacup.
Add tea or coffee. A heaped teaspoon of loose-leaf tea, or about two tablespoons (12 g) of medium-coarse ground coffee.
Pour slowly. Water just off the boil, in two or three pours. Your cup is ready in about three minutes.
Tap and rinse. Tap the leaves or grounds onto the compost or into the bin and rinse the filter under the hot tap. No detergent.
From someone who serves tea for a living
“I’ve binned every infuser I’ve ever bought. I expected bits from this one and got a clean cup. No leaves, no metal taste, no papery taste. I kept one by my own kettle.”
Bronwyn Tait, tea shop and café owner in Castlemaine, Victoria, for 22 years
Perfect for
Good to know before you order
- One cup at a time. It makes 250 to 350 ml. It is not made for a full pot.
- For coffee, use a medium-coarse grind. Very fine coffee, like espresso grind, slows the filter down.
- It fits most standard mugs. On a very wide mug, the bottom of the filter dips a little into the cup.
- It is fired ceramic. Treat it like a good teacup. A fall onto a tiled floor can break it.
- The colour is natural. Every filter is the same deep charcoal grey from the firing, with a fine, stone-like surface.
Care
Rinse under the hot tap after every cup and let it air dry. Never use detergent or the dishwasher, because ceramic soaks up detergent. Every couple of weeks, boil the filter for ten minutes in a pot of water with a spoonful of bicarb soda. That keeps the pores open and the filter fast for years. If it ever slows down, boil it again.
90-day money-back guarantee
Try it every day for three months. If it isn’t for you, email info@craft-folk.com and send it back for a full refund. Every order is dispatched within 24 hours.
Details
| Material | Porous fired ceramic, unglazed |
| In the set | 2 filters |
| Size | 8.5 cm across × 5.3 cm tall |
| Colour | Charcoal grey |
| Makes | One cup, 250 to 350 ml |
| For | Loose-leaf tea and ground coffee (medium-coarse) |
| Care | Rinse with hot water, no detergent, boil with bicarb soda every few weeks |
| Made by | Darcy Pengilly, Bendigo, Victoria |
| Shipping | Dispatched within 24 hours, most orders arrive in 3 to 5 business days |
| Guarantee | 90-day money-back guarantee |
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Product Specifications
Product Specifications
Dimensions:
- Height: 12.5 cm (4.92 in)
- Width: 4.5 cm (1.77 in)
- Perch peg: 1.7 cm (0.67 in)
- Entrance hole: Sized for hummingbirds and small songbirds
Material:
- Solid untreated beechwood — 100% natural
- No paint, no varnish, no chemicals
- Hand-burnt botanical engraving (each piece unique)
Mounting:
- Rust-resistant galvanized eye screw
- Ready to hang from branches, hooks, eaves, or garden posts
Features:
- Wooden perch peg below entrance
- Curved turned crown for a graceful hanging silhouette
- Interior sized for shelter during wind, rain, and cool nights
Crafted by:
- Earl — handmade one piece at a time
- Natural weathering over time deepens the wood tone and character
The Final Sale
The Final Sale
After years of making things by hand, our workshop is closing. These are the last pieces we'll ever ship. Every item on this page was made slowly, carefully, and with more love than any factory could replicate. Nothing rushed. Nothing outsourced. Just real craft from real hands.
We're proud of every single one. We hope they find good homes.
When they're gone, they're gone — and so are we.
Shipping & Guarantee
Shipping & Guarantee
All our products are shipped from multiple warehouse locations across the United States.
Our standard delivery time is typically 3–5 business days from the time of purchase.
We also offer a 30-day satisfaction guarantee.
If you're not completely satisfied – for any reason – you can return the product free of charge and receive a 100% refund. No questions asked.
Your skin deserves quality you can trust – without compromise.