Strainers and Sieves

A Chinois Strainer is a cone shaped strainer, used to purée soft, cooked foods for soups, stocks and sauces, coulis, and jams, etc. Bones, cartilage, lumps, fibres, tiny seeds and skins remain behind. A Chinois has solid sides with small, grain-sized ...

Colander © Denzil Green A Colander is a bowl that has perforations in the bottom (some models have their sides perforated as well as the bottom.) It is used for draining liquid off from food items. Colanders are not very good to use as a sieve, ...

Dumpling Strainer © Denzil Green A Dumpling Strainer is a tool for lifting a dumpling out of the water it was simmered in. Dumpling Strainers for Asian dumplings are netted in a parabolic pattern, and usually are attached to a wood handle. ...

A Spider Strainer is a low, shallow, round basket on a handle. The basket can be made of brass or stainless-steel wire. It is called "spider" because it looks a bit like a metal spider web. The handle is usually made of bamboo or wood. A small-sized...

Tea Ball © Denzil Green A Tea Ball is a small, mesh container designed to hold loose tea leaves while they are being steeped in hot water. The container can be made of metal or plastic. The most common are egg-shaped balls usually made out of ...

Tea Strainer © Denzil Green Tea Strainers are small stainers that are either designed to sit over the top of a tea cup, or be held there. You pour through their mesh tea made with loose leaf tea. The strainer catches any tea leaves that pour out ...