Can you not put in any pod and have hot water and tea leaves?
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Yes you can have hot water only and can put a tea bags or leaves in your cup. Make sure to run it first after you take out the old pod before you make your tea. Otherwise you will have a cup of tea that has a coffee flavor to it!
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No not just any pods just CBLT PODS only! AND their worth it trust me, this unit is worth buying best espresso and coffee maker @ home you will agree when you try it ! you can always return it if not satisfied.
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No you cannot "put any pod". You can remove the old pod--and have hot water for your "tea leaves" that have been placed in the "tea ball" which you brew in your cup. No other "pod" will fit into the brewing machine.
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You could but you would have to wait awhile for the leaves to sink enough to not get a mouthful. I use a gravity draining loose leaf tea brewer.
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Hi Mrs. Valle, I believe the better way to make tea is with hot water, but you can probably get away with using cold water as well. I hope that helped you. Roger S.
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I heat the water in a regular tea kettle, then pour the water over the tea into the pot. After it has brewed I then transfer the brewed tea to another pot so the tea doesn't get too strong. Of course you can take out the insert but watch burning you hands. B Hardy
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Yes boil the water and put in. If you want to keep yur tea hot use a cast iron tea warmer with a tea light candle and is available for sales on Amazon also.
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I believe they only recommend heating the water as you are not supposed to submerge it to wash it. I wouldn't brew tea in it but it would be nice to be able do that and reheat your tea...
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You could put tea in the filter but it will not steep your tea. It would make basically just make pretty weak tea. I ues the Keurig without any cup or filter to quickly make hot water and then put a tea bag in my cup. Or loose tea with a steeper.
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No, treat it as traditional tea leaves, steep in hot water and filter it into a cup or mug.
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If you're using a tea bag, just put the other stuff in the sweet leaf. The water needs to flow through the leaf, so don't pack it full.
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You don't need pod in place in order to get hot water..just choose cup size
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No but you don't need the whistle it steams when ready. If you're using it for coffee and tea, you don't want boiling water. That can scald the beans/leaves.
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You can brew tea with loose tea, but you could not use the press with a tea bag
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Rick Parker said it well (previous comment) You can only boil water in this hot pot, then add to cup or bowl for beverages or soup. Do not put any other ingredients into the water chamber. Hope that helps!
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Yes you can, but if that's all you want to do you'd be better off buying a teapot or something of that sort. The handles heat up so much so that's it's to hot to touch when boiling, liquid. Great coffee maker though
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you add hot/boiling water to this teapot. It just acts as a vessel for brewing the tea and should not be used to heat water in.
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Absolutely! The infuser is a screen mesh material, so you could either put your tea bag below it and just ignore it completely while you drink your tea (usually what I do) or you could lay the tea bag on top of the infuser and fill with hot water. If you do this you would need to remove the tea bag before drinking as it would be next to your mouth, but either way it works fine. Sometimes I just throw a tea bag in with the sip-thru lid instead of the infuser as the drinking hole is small enough the tea bag won't come through.
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No. Heat water in a metal or glass Tea Kettle then put it into the Teapot containing the tea.