This beautiful glass teapress is ideal for situations like the office where it might be "unprofessional" to pull out a 5 cup tea pot to brew tea! But unlike the plastic ones floating around, this teapress announces "class". Made of glass with either "gold plated" or "chrome" handle, the tea press makes it extremely easy to brew the loose leaf tea, without calling too much attention to the activity. My husband swears without this tea press he might still be stuck drinking those awful tea bags supplied by his office!