An ingredient dispenser for dispensing ingredient into a liquid. The ingredient dispenser may be embodied for dispensing ingredient into a liquid including water, for example it may be embodied as an ingredient dispenser for dispensing ingredient into tea, coffee, soups or other such beverages or foodstuffs. The ingredient dispenser comprises an elongate main body comprising an ingredient dispensing portion at a distal end of the elongate main body, wherein the ingredient dispensing portion is configured to release ingredient from the ingredient dispenser, and a stirrer portion at a proximal end of the elongate main body, wherein the stirrer portion is configured to enable a liquid to be stirred by the stirrer portion, and wherein the main body is configured to disintegrate or dissolve upon contact with a liquid including water.
