Does it only boil water? Many teas are best with water that has not boiled, like 160 to 180 degrees. Except black teas. This seems limited?
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You can watch the stages of heating because the heat source is inside and the glass allows you to watch bubbles form prior to boiling. You could use a thermometer to take the temp of the water and stop the heat based on visual clues. For example, when the tiny bubbles are first forming on the heat element it is at least a minute prior to a full boil. You can stop the process at any time by clicking off the on/off switch on the handle.
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Hi, Judith, I've put the pot in the microwave without a problem mainly to reheat prepared tea on defrost (works great---no loss of flavor) or to heat the water in order to heat the teapot. However, I would never use the microwave to heat the water for tea because it is impossible to gauge if the water is the correct temperature. My guess is that it would be difficult to find any pottery made nowadays which was not microwaveable, don't you think?
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It gets warm, but even when making black tea (water brought to a fairly hard boil) it isn't too hard to carry. I imagine it depends on your sensitivity, but I don't have any issues.
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I use it to steep the tea so I pour boiling water in to it. I know there is a candle warmer for it to stay hot. I wouldn;t put it on the stove myself.
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This pot is not insulated so I would say the tea remains hot like 30 min. If you need to keep your tea hot more than this, I would recommend that you buy a thermos bottle. They sell some very good around here. This item is very nice and I recommend.
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I've never made ice tea in it but I imagine you make it just like coffee & then pour it over ice. It does make the coffee pretty hot but because I use cold cream in my coffee, I put it in the microwrave for 30 second to compensate for the cream cooling it off. If you drink black, it will be nice & hot.
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You heat the water in the bottom. When it boils, you pour it over the tea leaves, which are held in the center cylinder, in the top. That way the top will stay hot, but never boil. It does a great job making tea the way people do in Turkey, which is where I know this style of making tea. We use it almost every day.
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I think so, depending on how long the tea needs to steep and if you aren't particular about the water temperature for the tea. Although I enjoy tea (disclaimer here!), I'm not a tea connoisseur, and I understand that different teas need different water temperatures. With the Yama the water boils. Once the water in the lower vessel boils, it moves up to the top through the grounds and then is sucked back down into the bottom, all within a few minutes. I've had some success in slowing the process down by turning the burner down so the water doesn't move up to the top so quickly. It makes about 20 oz (2.5 cups). I think so, depending on how long the tea needs to steep and if you aren't particular about the water temperature for the tea. Although I enjoy tea (disclaimer here!), I'm not a tea connoisseur, and I understand that different teas need different water temperatures. With the Yama the water boils. Once the water in the lower vessel boils, it moves up to the top through the grounds and then is sucked back down into the bottom, all within a few minutes. I've had some success in slowing the process down by turning the burner down so the water doesn't move up to the top so quickly. It makes... » Read More I think so, depending on how long the tea needs to steep and if you aren't particular about the water temperature for the tea. Although I enjoy tea (disclaimer here!), I'm not a tea connoisseur, and I understand that different teas need different water temperatures. With the Yama the water boils. Once the water in the lower vessel boils, it moves up to the top through the grounds and then is sucked back down into the bottom, all within a few minutes. I've had some success in slowing the process down by turning the burner down so the water doesn't move up to the top so quickly. It makes about 20 oz (2.5 cups). « Show Less
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You do not HAVE to use boiling water. You can use hot (not boiling) or cold water and wait 30-60 minutes and have tea. Hot water is faster, boiling is even faster. I use these to cold brew. Put the bags in a pitcher of water, put the pitcher in a refrigerator. In a couple hours, the ice tea is ready and it is cold.
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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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This item is strictly to boil water. When the water boils, it starts to whistle. Brewing of tea is done in a teapot, not a teakettle.
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You are correct in the sense that it is warm on the outside. Hot if you're ultra-sensitive. It does have a nice rim around the top that you can hold onto. However, I let the tea steep for anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes (I like mine well-steeped). I find by that time, it's easy to hold. Think of a cup in a Japaneese restaurant. It's pretty much the same. I love my first one and ordered a second.
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No. You have to boil the water and then steep the tea. Well worth it though!
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i would not us it on the stove top. It is not meant to boil the water for the tea in. My stove is the glass top type of electric stoves and it has a hold warm stop in the center and I do put the tea pot there , once the tea is made to keep it warm.Hope this helps.
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No, it will not boil water. You could make tea/instant whatever with it as it gets plenty hot, but not boiling.
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NO, this is boil your water sep. in nice stainless steel pot, then steep your tea in this. It's a great pot I love it and it gets used every night.
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Noooooo...I wouldn't do it. Optimum tea brewing for Japanese green tea (my favorite) occurs at 180 degrees. This pot is perfect for that but as a container not preparer. I would not put heat in direct contact with the glass. Even Bodum recommends using a "trivet" when warming tea. This pot is not designed for direct boiling of water. Sorry.