Will this work for tea? Loose leaf or bag? Can the plunger be removed & still have the lid on the pot? Wanting to make tea once and have it hot! :)
320736
I never used it for tea, just coffee. However, it should work just as well with tea as it does with coffee. Yes - you can remove the plunger & still have the lid on the pot. I place the press on a "non-cold" surface like a towel or those cloth pads used to pick up hot plates or pots as it will assist in keeping the liquid hot....
320737
You can take the plunger off althoughthe plunger handle will still be attached to the top.I think Lucy should work or a bag the pot does keep my coffee warm for about an hour.
320738
It would work for tea. Loose leaf if you use the plunger. Bagged tea would also work because the plunger assembly completely comes apart. The pieces simply screw together. This is a quality press and works very well.
320739
I would think it would work for tea, I've never tried it. You cannot remove the plunger. When depressed, the grounds are below it, so you shouldn't need to remove it.
320740
Works for tea as well. Have made mint tea with it before with dried mint leaves. The screen can be unscrewed if you have too, never have. Once the plunger in pushed down; on the coffee/tea the pot itself keeps it warm for a while. I like that its metal, others have always broken with time. Use this everyday...advid coffee drinker.
320741
You can disassemble the plunger by unscrew the top and removing it from the lid. Then you could use the lid (with a hole in it) separately. If you did this, I imagine you would want to use teabags so that you could remove them to avoid over-steeped tea. Loose tea would remain floating about.
1487225
I have had no issues with the tea pot. Pour boiling water from the kettle into the pot and put on the lid. Great teapot!
389130
Yes, it will work with a teabag as well, and in fact probably better since the leaves are all contained in the bag. You wouldn't get any loose leaves in your mouth when drinking the tea. Welcome to the tea drinkers' world. I would suggest for you to try different kinds of tea - white, green & black. And don't worry about the caffeine in it, it's not as potent as coffee and there are always herbal alternatives. Enjoy!
1738648
I have not tried tea in this unit. But I do believe loose tea will work. As for a tea bag, I would think, if the tea bag fits in the unit, it would work just fine.
1513920
Either method will work. I prefer loose leaf for natural flavor. The first pot is to wash "remove any unwanted substance in the tea leaf". Enjoy the 2nd and 3rd pot.
948751
Yes, the diffuser is for loose tea. Add the boiling water and it steeps. Personnally, I use a teabag and don't use the diffuser.Marianne
1513923
You can remove the strainer and add a tea bag into the teapot. With the strainer, its perfect for loose leaf tea�
1259082
Ryan, ours did not come with a tea infuser. With the strainer on the spout, you don't need one for the blooming tea which is what we use it for. We haven't tried loose tea but it should work for that also. Amazon has one like we normally use for loose tea.
1852307
We use it all the time for loose tea. Tea dust clogging the holes has not been a problem, not has it allowed too much tea dust to pass into the cup. It works great.
1950437
You can put loose tea in it and steep. It's a press so it will keep the tea leaves in when you press and pour your tea. Love mine!
1654908
I don't know. I just fold over the top and place in teapot....have no trouble with the loose tea slipping out.
390180
The holes are pretty small (about the size of the opening on a click pen, if that helps?), but dust and smaller bits of tea would get into the water. If it was whole tea leaves I would say it would work, but not loose leaf unfortunately. I haven't really experimented much past lemon slices.
623243
No, I've not found that to be a problem. I do remove the lid carefully using 5 fingers to pick up, turn it over so flat side down, set on the table then remove the tea bag putting in the well then pick the lid up again and put it on top of the cup, keeping tea hot. Hope this helps answer your question.
1965879
No, that would damage it. This pot is designed to steep loose tea. According to this tradition, boil water in a kettle or saucepan on the cook top & then drizzle the boiled water thru infuser to fill pot. This is a wonderful teapot if you use loose tea (black, green, etc.) and offers the advantages of the removable infuser, which can be hard to find. The infuser holds the tea & can be extracted from pot when tea has steeped the desired number of minutes, leaving you to enjoy your brew at your leisure, without it becoming bitter from over-steeping.
1438757
I haven't used mine yet. However, I did buy two other tea pots from here and they were perfectly fine after pouring the boiling water over the teabags. I'm sure it would be fine. To make sure, I would start out with allowing the water to cool for a little while (at least one minute) before pouring, and or just pour a little at a time to see what happens.
111046
Yes, the metal infuser has perforations to allow the tea to be poured without leaves going into the cup. I am uncertain as to what exactly you mean by the second question-it can be used with tea bags as well.
928422
Yes, it's great for steeping bagged tea! The opening is rather narrow, though, so a diffuser with loose tea may not fit.