I will also say that loose leaf is an order of magnitude better tasting than bagged tea. The crush-tear-curl process of bagged tea will elicit a bitter brew from anything that isn't black tea, and lose a lot of its flavor. Not to mention they're likely using the leftover chaff from loose leaf production.

I like to show friends a properly brewed Dragonwell green tea and a bug-bitten oolong to convert them to the loose leaf way.

If you've not already gotten it, this is the next purchase I'd recommend [1]. Nothing better than instant hot water at the right temp :D. Doesn't take hardly any power to run either.

[1] https://www.zojirushi.com/app/product/cvjac

now you'll probably get some sort of micro-something coming from the non-stick coating inside that thing.

The inside is silicon. Plumbing might be plastic, hard to tell.

I picked up a couple of these at IKEA years ago. Sets on the lip of most mugs for brewing and then can be removed and placed in its holder to contain drips.

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/ljudloes-tea-infuser-stainless-...