The "use jquery" answer for tea bags. "How do I do X with tea bags?" "Don't use tea bags, use this better thing!"

Fair point, though this particular example makes me actually want to use the metal infuser instead of tea bags.

the hilarity of suggesting use of something from Amazon when the discussion is about avoiding health hazards...

I bet $10 this is actually covered in a very thin layer of plastic because it's what seems to happen to some metal products in the food space (see e.g. "aluminum" cans).