If I just want to use this to serve hot water (for guests to choose from tea, hot cocoa, or instant coffee) can I do that?
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I think it would have to go through the brew cycle to make hot water i would think you could do that by not putting in the coffee
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Also.. Do you still have to use the stem and basket; or can you leave those out to just heat water?
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Yes! We mainly use the kettle for boiling water for our French press or to speed up cooking time for cooking pasta, boiling potatoes or anything that requires boiled water. I use the infuser mostly during the summer for making large batches of iced tea. It's a bit expensive but worth the price, I use mine everyday, I love it!
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Yes, you may. Just move your settings from timer to "on" position. Remenber this is a small pump, you can't have hot water right away.
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No, this is meant to brew and serve tea, but not to heat water. I use a separate electric kettle for boiling water.
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I would think that you could brew the tea right in the kettle. I only heat water in the kettle because our family uses it for black tea, green tea and hot chocolate. That way everyone can choose to drink whatever they like. I also haven't put anything into the kettle for fear that it would take on the taste of what is put into it. I haven't tried it so I don't know if this is true or not.
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I suppose you could, but I use the matching travel cup for coffee. I have never put anything hot in this. One reason to not use this for hot beverages is the size of the drink spout. It's pretty good size and I could see getting a big slug of a hot beverage and really burning yourself. I can say this works really well for my cold beverages so I would think would be fine for keeping hot beverages hot.
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No.This kettle is only for boiling water.You can use the water to make whatever you want in a different container.
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You can use it to hold hot water or pre-mixed hot chocolate, but it's not going to make the hot chocolate for you. It is a percolator, and cocoa mix doesn't percolate like coffee does.
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Good question. I had not used mine for anything but iced beverages, so I just now poured some boiling water into one of them. The outside is just barely warm. So, yes, you can serve hot beverages in them.
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yes you can. There's a separate button for heating. It doesn't get as hot as I like it, but may suit you. Please be aware that I am not recommending this product. I wrote a negative review about its quality. It stopped "spinning" 3 weeks after I first purchased it. Of course I called because it was still under warranty. They replaced it BUT I HAD TO PAY THE SHIPPING to return the non-functional unit. The second one has stopped working after ~ six months. It's still under warranty, but they said I would still have to pay the shipping. I'm not replacing it and gave it a bad review. It's too bad. I really enjoyed my home-made lattes. But their return policy is wrong and i won't support them. More than you asked, but thought you should know. hope it helps.
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This works well for heating water. In fact, that is why I purchased it as it matched my cookware and looked good and could be used to make instant coffee and hot chocolate.
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I didn't try but I think you couldn't. You can just pour in it boiled tea (as I use it and then pour tea into small cups for example when I meeting guests) or just put some tea leaves in it and pour boiling water.
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The machine requires a pod installed in order to work. I suppose you could put an empty pod in it & try to get just hot water, but I have not tried that as I use the machine for coffee & hot chocolate.
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You can dispense hot water from it if you simply don't place coffee in the filter. However, if you want hot water for tea, I don't know if the water comes out at a temperature fit for tea, though it does come out hot, I don't believe it's boiling. Furthermore, the water that comes from it may have a slight tinge of coffee to it as not all coffee/espresso is removed from it upon a rinse.
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I don't think you can. I used it to brew kombucha. If you would put it into boiling water it may crack. I'm sorry that I'm not sure
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I assume you could, but you'd have to watch the pot super closely, because that small amount would brew quickly, and when the siphoning of the water happens, it is already quite fast -- a process that you have to be watching closely to make sure you don't let the pot go dry (needs to be removed from the heat as soon as the siphoning starts). I have to add also that, once you taste this coffee, you'll never, ever brew that small of an amount, anyway! :D It's just waaaay too delicious, and you'll wish you had made the whole pot. I hope this helps! I love, love, love this pot to pieces, and if it ever gets broken (my husband is forbidden to touch it! No joke!), I will be buying a new one the same day! I assume you could, but you'd have to watch the pot super closely, because that small amount would brew quickly, and when the siphoning of the water happens, it is already quite fast -- a process that you have to be watching closely to make sure you don't let the pot go dry (needs to be removed from the heat as soon as the siphoning starts). I have to add also that, once you taste this coffee, you'll never, ever brew that small of an amount, anyway! :D It's just waaaay too delicious, and you'll wish you had made the whole pot. I hope this helps! I love, love, love this pot to pieces, and if... » Read More I assume you could, but you'd have to watch the pot super closely, because that small amount would brew quickly, and when the siphoning of the water happens, it is already quite fast -- a process that you have to be watching closely to make sure you don't let the pot go dry (needs to be removed from the heat as soon as the siphoning starts). I have to add also that, once you taste this coffee, you'll never, ever brew that small of an amount, anyway! :D It's just waaaay too delicious, and you'll wish you had made the whole pot. I hope this helps! I love, love, love this pot to pieces, and if it ever gets broken (my husband is forbidden to touch it! No joke!), I will be buying a new one the same day! « Show Less
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The instruction book only tells about coffee except you may "heat water for instant coffee, hot cocoa, or tea." There is a phone number "for friendly associates ready to help" - i.800.851.8900. And a web address of www.hamiltonbeach.com for use & care guides.