Tea tumblers are the perfect item to have if you’re travelling or just want to prepare tea in a bottle. You can still use tea bags, but most tea tumblers make taking loose leaf tea on the go more convenient. They are great whether you prepare your tea to go hot, iced or even cold brew. I have tried my fair share of tea tumblers over the years, and this is a small collection of the ones I find to be excellent based on their quality, durability, usability, and affordability. If you need to take your loose leaf tea on the go, I think a reliable tea infuser bottle is important.
5 of the Best Tea Tumblers
In someway, these five I recommend are different from one another. It ultimately comes down to what you find is the most important feature. These tea tumblers are either made from glass or stainless steel, so the actual bottle should not affect the taste of your tea. Most of the brands below also market their tumblers as a great bottle to make fruit infused water.
Libre Tea
This tea tumbler from Libre Tea (Canadian brand!) has been my go-to for the longest. I’ve had mine for over 5 years with no issues. It’s different than most tea tumblers you’ll find because it encourages you to let tea leaves loose as it doesn’t have an infuser basket, but a fine mesh strainer at the drinking top instead. Letting your tea leaves steep loose give you the opportunity for the best flavour since they are not expanding in a tight space and therefore don’t have enough room for flavour extraction. This also is a great way to encourage multiple steeps from leaves as you can just refill on the go.
However, Libre Tea also gives you the option to steep teas that can’t handle longer or multiple steeps. Check out their website here to see how to use their glass infusers.
What I also love about this tea tumbler is that the interior glass is protected by a strong BPA free poly exterior. I do have some entirely glass tea tumblers (as you’ll see below) but sometimes that extra protection is necessary so I don’t shatter my beloved tea infuser bottle!
Capacity: 9 ounces or 14 ounces
Price: $21.95 or $26.95
*This tea tumbler is available in different colours and designs.
The Lotus Glass Tea Tumbler by Sacred Lotus Love
With this tea tumbler you have the option of steeping your tea with the infuser basket or steeping tea loose in the bottle with the strainer. Both the infuser basket and strainer fit inside the bottle at the top, lightly clicking into place. You unscrew them to use together, septerately or none at all.
What I really love about the company behind this tumbler is the small details added to their packaging. Included in the packaging were a beautiful poem and Rumi card inspired by the design. Also, I can’t help but love the message “listen to your soul”. I like that the company decided on a beautiful statement to live by rather than canvasing the tumbler with branding.
Even though this tea tumbler is entirely double-walled borosilicate glass (aside from the bamboo lid), it does come with soft sleeve for additional protection when on the go. If you’re looking for a tea tumbler with minimal amount of plastic used, this may be the one for you! Makes a great gift for a tea lover, too since it comes gift ready!
Capacity: 15 ounces
Price: $30.97
UEndure Glass Tea Infuser Travel Mug
Like the tea tumbler above, this one from UEndure also appears to now come with a soft travel sleeve for additional protection when on the go. It didn’t come with one when I first got it, so it might be a newer feature! Like some other tumblers, you can use this one similar to an hourglass. How? When using the infuser basket on the bottom, you flip it over to steep. Then you remove, seal and flip back over to drink from the top. However, the infuser basket can actually attach to the top lid too if you prefer it there instead. Of course, you can also choose to just let the leaves steep and drink as you go.
This glass bottle is BPA and lead free, the top and bottom lids are stainless steel. This is another great tea tumbler if you’re looking for one with little to no plastic involved.
Capacity: 14 ounces
Price: $24.99
Full Circle Tea Time Glass Bottle
I initially loved this tea tumbler because of the sleek and smart design. However, to be honest, this one did take some time for me to learn how to properly use. Simply because what makes this tea tumbler different from others is that you don’t remove the top to drink. Instead the top portion of this bottle locks and unlocks to drink right from it. The special twist-to-lock lid was created to minimize spills. Of course, you can decide to remove and drink from the bottle, not the lid, if you want.
This tea tumbler is BPA free. The removable infuser at the bottom is made with plastic and the bottle is made with borosilicate glass. I also appreciate the insulating cork sleeve that protects hands from heat.
Capacity: 19 ounces
Price: $24.99
David’s Tea Travel Mug
If you’re looking for a tea tumbler and your top priority is the tea to stay hot for as long as possible, then I highly recommend this one from David’s Tea. I have made tea to go for a 6 hour ride and arrived at my destination with piping hot tea still! It is double-walled, so you don’t have to worry about it being too hot to hold. I think that’s the best feature from this tea tumbler. However, I do also love the hidden compartment for you to store some loose leaf tea you’ll want to steep at a later time. It’s located right under the lid (shhhh!).
This tea tumbler is not made with glass. It does have a removable fine mesh infuser, and also a strainer if you wanted to just steep your leaves directly in the tea tumbler and drink.
Capacity: 16 ounces
Price: $34.00
*This tea tumbler is available in different colours.
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Do you have a favourite tea tumbler that is not on this list? Let me know in the comment section below!
Thanks for sharing these great options. I may be in the market for an upgrade so these are all great options. Thanks for a great post with some great options!!!
You’re welcome, Beth! I hope you find one you’ll love for those on the go tea moments 😊
I have mentionned TeaseTea in the past and I love my TeaseTea portable for my favorite tea – hot or cold.
Hi there I am the owner of UEndure Tea Company and would love to send you a free travel sleeve. Just reach out and let me know where I can send it. Thanks for adding our bottle to your article!
I am looking for a glass bottle with zero plastic and I wasn’t clear which of these was made like that. I wonder if you could reply and let me know. I can always taste plastic or metal in my tea. I did finally find an electric kettle that was all metal inside: Precise Heat Electric Water Kettle, 1.5 L. Although checking on Amazon that one is no longer available now. Oh dear.
Hi Annette, the lotus glass tea tumbler by Sacred Lotus Love is probably the best option on this list for that. The bottle is entirely glass – no plastic inside with the tea – however the lid does have a plastic seal so that it is leak proof.
Lu Ann, I’d love for you to try out a Mosi Tea Infuser 🙂 Please email me and I’ll send you one!
Hello, I was wondering if you would recommend which tumbler has the securest top that will not leak if you throw it into your bag? Thank you!