Has anyone tried to use it for hot tea? Has anyone tried to use it for hot tea?
263641
I actually purchased it so that I could use it for hot tea. I was using double-walled glass tea bottles and kept breaking them. I drink mostly loose leaf tea and found a strainer that fits in the top of the 22oz Go Glass -- it was from one of my old smaller stainless tea bottles. You can use a teaball or use teabags. HOW I MAKE HOT TEA: I temper the Go Glass with hot tap water then add my loose leaf tea, put the strainer in and add the near boiling water from my hot water dispenser. Works great! It is a little hot to the touch, but with the silicone cover it can be handled. As with any glass, the key is to use hot tap water to temper it. Don't ever just take it out of the cold car and add boiling water. It will shatter like any glass would. Even the tea bottles need to be tempered. I once added boiling water to one that sat in the cold car all night and the inside wall shattered. Although I just purchased this 22 oz Go Glass bottle a couple days ago, I can already tell I am going to love it. It is more durable, easier to hold on to, and looks cool. Hope this helps.
1928104
Why would you want to make hot tea in this? I would say it will withstand it but I wouldn't do it.
1852473
I would not try it. I have not seen anything about that in the literature that came with the teapot. Please remember this is a small teapot, I get two servings of about 10oz each, so I haven't had a problem with it getting cold. One old trick to keep the tea hotter, pour boiling water into it to warm it BEFORE you make the tea. Then boil your tea water, dump the cooled water out, and the pot is warmer to begin with. (My best suggestion for keeping tea warm is to go with a glass pot instead, I used a Melita coffee pot for this, and you can put that on an electric warmer plate and keep it hot for hours.) I would not try it. I have not seen anything about that in the literature that came with the teapot. Please remember this is a small teapot, I get two servings of about 10oz each, so I haven't had a problem with it getting cold. One old trick to keep the tea hotter, pour boiling water into it to warm it BEFORE you make the tea. Then boil your tea water, dump the cooled water out, and the pot is warmer to begin with. (My best suggestion for keeping tea warm is to go with a glass pot instead, I used a Melita coffee pot for this, and you can put that on an electric warmer plate and keep it hot... » Read More I would not try it. I have not seen anything about that in the literature that came with the teapot. Please remember this is a small teapot, I get two servings of about 10oz each, so I haven't had a problem with it getting cold. One old trick to keep the tea hotter, pour boiling water into it to warm it BEFORE you make the tea. Then boil your tea water, dump the cooled water out, and the pot is warmer to begin with. (My best suggestion for keeping tea warm is to go with a glass pot instead, I used a Melita coffee pot for this, and you can put that on an electric warmer plate and keep it hot for hours.) « Show Less
220581
Yes I use it a lot for my hot tea and if u are using it for a longer brewing time I just set the pot on the hot plate part of it
1782415
I never tried just brewed hot tea, but I did put warm tea in my cup and it was fine.
1887846
You can use it for any hot (or cold) liquid, tea works just fine. With tea I do find that I usually need to let the tea cool down a bit with the lid off before I can drink it but once it's to the right temperature it will keep the temperature hot for a decent amount of time with the lid back on.
2014358
The product is made of a hard plastic, so it probably could hold hot tea and not compromise the material. That being said, it would be very hot to the touch. You would be better off searching for a double-walled glass.
1908925
I haven't put really hot liquid in it. I usually want to drink it relatively soon. BTW, you shouldn't use very hot water to brew tea as the heat can kill off the nutrients in tea.
66575
I haven't tried. But it says on the instruction that it is not for use with hot liquids. It's for cold liquids only and hot liquids may cause burns.
1154978
I tried a hot beverage once but found out the whole cup gets hot making it difficult to hold. Wouldn't recommend it for hot beverages.
307553
no.. it can not be used with hot water.you can use it with boiled water until the water cools down~
2114643
When I want to make tea for ice tea, I pour warm to hot water in the pitcher with the tea bags or loose tea and let it steep. So, yes, you can use it for warm to hot drinks. I pour in hotter water more slowly. I also have left the pitcher with loose tea in the sun to make sun tea.
2190416
I have not tried this, but I do not see why not, so long as the tea is not loose or become loose in the process.
178415
I wouldn't ever use it to heat water. It is a tea pot, not a tea kettle. I have noticed that people say they do use it to heat water but I don't think it's designed to so think it could damage the pot
161501
My understanding this tea pot is not made for direct heat. You just put your tea in strainer and poor in your hot water then serve your tea. Think more of an attractive way to serve your tea...
1259208
Sorry, but I have not tried it with hot beverages because I bought it only for cold liquids.
33288
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.