Will this work for tea? Loose leaf or bag? Can the plunger be removed &amp; still have the lid on the pot? Wanting to make tea once and have it hot! :)
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.
1789071
I use a tea ball for loose teas and have never encountered your problem. It is a very lovely tea pot and we use it daily.
1659962
Put it like this, the tea bag is already an infuser, so if you put a tea bag in this, it's like filtering something through twice. You could lose some flavor. How about you just open the tea bag and pour the contents into this infuser?
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.
2204106
Oh yes it does work for loose leaf tea. I actually have 4 of these. One for coffee one for espresso one for tea bags and one for loose leaf tea. This is a great product and one of the best things I have ever spent my money on. You won't be disappointed!
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.
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.
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!
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.
1936114
This pot is not electric, so no, it does not. You place your tea leaves in the mesh basket that is included and pour the not quite boiling water over them, close the lid and steep.
717441
Typically when brewing tea in a teapot, you use a strainer when pouring the tea, not inside the pot. So this would work for that, but is not a typical use, as I understand. I used this for brewing one cup at a time, in the cup.
2199664
No, the lid does not push down. The lid sits on top of the filter, held in place with a little ridge. When you are ready to remove the tea and filter from your cup, you remove the lid, lay it upside down on the counter, pick up the filter, let the tea drain out of it, and rest it on the overturned lid. The filter drains very well, so there wouldn't be much tea to squeeze out of the leaves. It isn't as "juicy" as a teabag, so to speak, and doesn't become a fluid-filled pillow needing to be squeezed. I have not had enough tea remaining in my filter to leave even an appreciable puddle on the lid. In any event, leaf-squeezing isn't recommended because it releases tannins into your tea. If you've spent $$$ for good loose tea, you don't want to spoil it by squeezing the leaves and, essentially, turning it into Tetley. If you are using herbal tea or something that you might want to squeeze, it's not a problem to do that with a spoon.
1320980
I haven't tried it with tea but I think the smaller holed strainer side of the lid would keep most of the tea leaves out of your cup. Sorry that I can't give you a better answer but while I am a tea drinker I use my tea pot.
1320979
You would have to have a strainer of some sort. This pot is great for boiling the water and pouring in the cup but the loose leaf tea would require an additional fine strainer.
1513923
You can remove the strainer and add a tea bag into the teapot. With the strainer, its perfect for loose leaf tea�
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.
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