Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The tea cup cleaning thread has reminded me to ask...

The plastic reusable filters as are common in coffee makers, what can safely be used without damaging the fine filter, to clean them please?
I use paper filters for coffee, but I use a plastic reusable filter in my tea pot. Over time this filter gets black, blocked up and crusty. Soaking it in neat bleach cleans it up a treat. I'm still alive after having done this for decades.