can you just get hot water out of this for hot tea? is it reliable? (will it be brown water?) where would the water come out from?
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Yes, you may use this machine to make tea, however, without the coffee masking the taste of the water, the hot water that comes out always tasted like plastic to me, even after repeated cleaning and flushing of the machine. There are just too many platic parts that end up giving a plastic "flavor" the extremely hot water as it passes through. I returned the machine for that reason.
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Yes, you can get just hot water from the brew head or the milk frother. Frother will always give you clean water. So will the brew head unless you forget to remove old grounds to forget to clean it.
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I use mine for hot English tea love it for trips stays good and hot for hours Just Water I wouldn't know mine was bought for hot teas
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Hi, I have this kettle and I use it for boiling water for tea (in a tea pot.) I have checked about your question and it will not come back on once it comes to a boil and shuts itself off automatically. However, if the water in the pot is still warm, it really hardly takes any time to come back to a boil by pressing the button again. It also stays warm for a long time. The pot is made of a sort of thermo-plastic and seems to be insulated. The bottom of the pot is made of stainless steel and is very easy to clean if you have hard water (and don't use filtered water in it...) A little vinegar zaps the minerals right out. It also has a micromesh filter at the spout that catches any mineral build up that may have come out of the water (if you use tap water...) I have really loved this kettle. It is much faster than my microwave or the stove top. I like it better than many of the other models because the lid opens wide enough to clean it. I confess that I started out using just filtered water but got lazy about bringing it home and so I use tap water. I get some mineral build up but as I said, it comes right out with just a little vinegar. I'm going to buy another now, because I want one at school and one at home.
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YES! I've had 2 now & they've both leaked after 6 months & rusted on the bottom. And my last one finally just shorted out...the button light will come on, but it won't make tea. Mine have only lasted about a year with heavy daily use, but i'm still ordering another one. This tea maker is my most used appliance. If they could fix the leaking & rusting issues, this tea maker would be perfect.
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I am not sure that pouring very hot (e.g. boiling) water in it is a very good idea. It's not insulated, so it would get very hot to hold, plus I'm not sure whether the plastic would emit any chemicals due to hot water or not. I put relatively warm water in it with no troubles, but it's only about 100F or so.
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You would only be complicating an easy process. Plus, you want to use boiling water for tea. By the time you put the boiling water in the reservoir and pump it through the tea bag, your tea will be lukewarm. Also, harmful chemicals can leech out of plastics, especially when you add boiling water. I can't remember if this product is BPA free, but that is not the only harmful chemical in plastics. Save your money.
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you can wash & rinse it out with hot tap water, but boiling water i wouldnt recommend it.. not for brewing tea..for cold beverages primarily.
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It does work for hot tea, because you add ice to the carafe to make it ice tea. But the carafe only fills up about 1/3, which probably amounts to a good sized pot of hot tea, but it won't make a truly giant pot of tea. My husband prefers using the coffee maker for tea as it has a burner to keep the tea warm.
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Yes to both questions. Any kind of tea will work. It can handle the hot water.
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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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I use very hot water just short of boiling. Never tried with cold water but I guess you could waste a teabag and try it out, right? Lipton does make a large tea bag just for cold water and it works very well.
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How fresh are your tea leaves? Make sure that you are addressing the right problem. The kettle is mostly a convenient heat sorce. Also, be sure to use good quality water-- not the stuff that comes out the tap. Invest in a picture filter and remember to change the filter on a regular schedule. I find that when I use a fresh premium tea and filtered water, my tea always taste better.If all else fails, the golden rule to getting a stronger tea is simply to steep longer. I like to steep the heck out of my leaves and I find that this kettle makes it easy to do so.I hope this helped :D How fresh are your tea leaves? Make sure that you are addressing the right problem. The kettle is mostly a convenient heat sorce. Also, be sure to use good quality water-- not the stuff that comes out the tap. Invest in a picture filter and remember to change the filter on a regular schedule. I find that when I use a fresh premium tea and filtered water, my tea always taste better.If all else fails, the golden rule to getting a stronger tea is simply to steep longer. I like to steep the heck out of my leaves and I find that this kettle makes it easy to do so.I hope... » Read More How fresh are your tea leaves? Make sure that you are addressing the right problem. The kettle is mostly a convenient heat sorce. Also, be sure to use good quality water-- not the stuff that comes out the tap. Invest in a picture filter and remember to change the filter on a regular schedule. I find that when I use a fresh premium tea and filtered water, my tea always taste better.If all else fails, the golden rule to getting a stronger tea is simply to steep longer. I like to steep the heck out of my leaves and I find that this kettle makes it easy to do so.I hope this helped :D « Show Less
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I personally have never used it to heat water for tea. It takes a good 25 minutes for it to brew coffee so if I were going to use it for hot tea water, I think I would:- Heat a small amount of water in the urn until it shifted over to the WARM function- Boil the remaining amount of water separately and then pour it into the urnOtherwise, you might plan on allowing 30 minutes to heat a full urn of water. Hope that helps!
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To make good, proper, hot tea, you need boiling water. This brewer does not get that hot. I don't know what the actual temp is, but it's definitely not boiling. You can make tea, of course, at lower temperatures, but it's not nearly as good. Hope this helps.
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Just fill it with water and turn it to keep warm or boil. It gets the water hot and and it actually stays hot on the keep warm setting. This is a very poweful appliance. I use it all the time and I love the way it works.
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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 don't see why you couldn't but are you aware that a lot of teas should never be put into boiling water? A lot of teas actually are recommended to be done at lower temperatures. I'm not trying to solicit but I am part of a company that does sell loose leaf tea and there is a tea app if you have an apple or android cell phone that you can download for free. Go to your app store and look up Tealightful It has a lot of great information about all types of tea.