I wasn't even a tea drinker before I bought this maker
932914
Add some loose tea and boiling water.  Insert the filter and let it steep.  Depress the plunger and pour your tea. It's that easy.  The glass hasn't stained at all.  The pot has a nice heft: lightweight but not cheap.  The filter is a super-fine mesh that traps all the leaves and still moves readily up and down along the glass.  As I write this review I am remembering I need to order this for a friend who is a big tea drinker: despite having lots of pots at her house she admires mine as it's the perfect size for 4 and looks sleek.
3305484
I love the coffee, tea, and hot chocolate that this maker produces!
4793071
This product is amazing!  If you love tea, you need this tea maker.  Works great to hot brew and flash cool or to cold brew overnight.  Best $ I've spent in a long time!!
15021
I'm 82. Your "Breville One Touch Tea Maker" has shown me I've never brewed tea correctly. I was born a fool, and my grave awaits a fool. All is vanity.
1885689
I am a big fan of green tea, and can quite often drink as many as 4 or 5 cups a day while going about other business. For the longest time I used makeshift combinations of strainers and kettles or pots to brew loose-leaf tea, until I decided something like this was worth investing in. I have used it for several months now, including several times today, and the best thing I can say about it is that I cannot think of anything about this product that annoyed me in all that time period. It is relatively sturdy for being glass, easy to clean (except the nozzle, which is understable), good to carry around since the rubber at the top of the filter keeps it from shifting around, and fast to fill up with new leaves to brew more tea. As I have not owned a comparable tea pot I can't say if it is better or worse than other design, but having used it hundreds of times I can definitely say I recommend it.
3994055
After reading the previous reviews I bought this as a gift for a friend. I decided to keep one for myself to try, and I'm glad I did. I never was a tea drinker before, but once I tried this tea I was hooked. I would recommend this to anyone who is thinking of trying tea for the first time (plus two-60 ct. tins -- can't beat that for the price).
3058721
This is a lifesaver for me.  I am an avid tea drinker and make it by the small (2 cup) pot.  I am always going back to the microwave to reheat the second cup as it doesn't stay warm.  When I saw this item I wasn't sure how it would work on a pot of tea as the product description just discussed mugs.  I found out it works great for a small tea pot.  I am so excited to not have to go and reheat my tea every 30 minutes or so! This keeps it nice and warm. It is so simple to use with a on/off switch and that is it.  I can't say enough about this. I love it!
4546497
I love this infuser!  First of all, I've purchased plain tea balls in the past and always found them kind of difficult to keep clean and impossible to keep from rusting.  I love that this infuser has a small mesh screen but the rest of it is easy to clean plastic.

It rests nicely on the bottom of my cup so I never have to worry about my tea ball falling into my cup and having to fish out the chain.  Also, the plunger feature is genius!  I love my tea strong, and being able to extract that little extra bit of flavour makes me very happy.

As long as the plunger doesn't break, I'll be using this infuser for years to come!  And no more do I have to avoid buying loose leaf tea because of a lack of a decent infuser.  LOVE IT
3196753
Ohhhh I can't even say how happy I am. I burned myself with my other teapot cause the water dripped down the spout and splashed on the counter, that was a rough Christmas. I am much happier with this one cause you don't have to sit there and hold the spout cover open while pouring.
1248560
Awesome tea maker! Easy to use and makes a GREAT cup of tea everytime! Definately a keeper and will recommend to every tea lover I know! :)
1588492
I'm a tea drinker mostly, but sometimes i enjoy having a nice cup of coffee.  I needed something that could brew one cup at a time.  This machine is perfect. It isn't messy, there are no drips or leakage on my countertop.  I used fresh ground coffee not a pod, so i don't know if the pods work well in this machine but the coffee grounds did.  I found the permanent filter to be adequate although i may purchase disposable filters for this & use the insert in my tea cup. It's a very fine mesh that seems like it would be a great loose leaf tea strainer. but I won't use the machine for making tea, for that i will continue to use my electric kettle. (because tea leaves need to steep for several minutes, not just have hot water poured over them for a second)

The temperature is perfect for me,  although i know some people like their coffee to be scalding hot.  I prefer mine just hot enough to be drinkable, which is how my coffee came out.  So i am pleased with the results.

I noticed that i can't simply fill the water & turn the machine on again (if it just ran through a brew cycle).  It won't stay turned on until i open & close the top part where you add coffee.  Once i did this it would turn on & start the brewing process.  I guess it's meant to be a reminder that you didn't add your coffee yet.  But if you want to re-use grinds it seems an unnecessary step.

The only other thing i'd like to note is that before using for the first time i had to run filtered water through 4 times instead of the recommended 2 times. There was a plastic/chemical odor in the water that came out.  After 2 runs through it was still detectable.  after 4 runs through i didn't smell it anymore & felt safe brewing up a cup of joe.  :)
4691677
I picked this tea maker up at a local Linens & Things going out of business sale on a whim.  I had fond memories of a Krups tea maker I'd owned in the 1980s which made 32 beautiful ounces of tea, and since I kept breaking the glass pots I wasn't quite sure where the actual Krups machine had ended up.

Note that after buying the Zarafina I did some rummaging and found my old Krups machine, and found someone on ebay selling replacement carafes.  So I ordered one.  Now today I am looking on Amazon and I see a machine called the "TriniTea" which looks identical to my Krups machine:  I highly recommend that one for reasons I will get to below.

First of all any kind of tea maker like this is going to be a bit of a nuisance because of all the separate parts:  the part that holds the tea, the water chamber, the pot, lids for the tea part, water chamber and pot...you can see that there is a lot of faff going on when you use one of these things.

And for that reason alone I veto the Zarafina.  (My husband took it to work and makes tea in his office with it.)  It's just too much work for the very small amount of tea you get out of it.  Two cups of tea is not enough.  The Krups/TriniTea machines make four or 5 good-sized mugs at a shot, and for a big tea-drinking family like we are, that's worth fussing with the machine for.  (It's even worse when my English inlaws come to visit...tea nonstop, morning noon and night!)

Another difference between the two machines is that on the Zarafina you select whether your tea is bagged or loose...you select whether it's white, black, oolong, green, whatever...and you select whether you like it mild, medium or strong.  The Krups/TriniTea machine just lets you set a little dial timer for how long you want the tea to steep.  Seems much simpler to me.

The Zarafina is a solidly-built and attractive setup but it costs a lot for something that only makes 2 cups of tea at a time.  I wouldn't buy it again.  I emailed Zarafina asking them to make a larger-capacity machine and got the canned "Thanks for the suggestion" email.  We'll see.
1122011
Super Easy to use and wonderfully easy to prepare, serve, clean and maintain this tea maker. Before tea was a hassle to make but now its so much easier!

Totally recommend to everyone!
4808570
I have to admit the style and simplicity won me over and cup/pot is pretty sturdy to boot!  The truth is if I brew tea I usually drink more than a cup; so as much as i like using it, I find myself reaching for bigger pots.

P.S  it has a strainer in the spout so you can put loose leaf teas right in there.
1223758
I Never had a tea infuser before. The only tea I ever drank had bags and a string attached. I recently decided to branch out and buy some loose tea and realized I needed an infuser. I purchased this one because based on reviews it looked like it was what I needed and simple to use. Plus I love green :)
It arrived quickly and was packaged nicely.
My first attempt at using it was successful. The instructions were easy to follow and I had a truly wonderful cup of tea.
Some people mention that some tea leaves get through the holes in the infuser and yes, that has happened but it's not a bother to me. It doesn't affect the taste or my experience so to me it's not a bad thing. And it's a miniscule amount. All in all , a really good product!
I purchased this product for personal use using a credit given to me by Amazon customer service. This product was not provided to me by a seller requesting an honest and unbiased review. I was under no obligation to review this product but chose to do so, so others could see how well it worked for me.
1287836
I really don't know how I have been brewing tea for so many years without this Tea Tribe in cup Tea Infuser.  It is much more convenient and does such a great job.  I  have used at least 12 different gadgets through the years and always had some sort of negative issue with them.  I have finally found the last infuser I will ever need.  No more errant leaves or spilled attempting to fill a small device for tea.  Great design and product Tea Tribe!
1233350
I'm the only one in the house that drinks tea so I really like its small size.  I don't infuse tea or use loose tea leaves so I don't use the insert.  What I like most about the tea maker is the spill proof design.  I can make tea, throw the pitcher in my bag, and take it to work without a spill.  The spill proof design also helps keep the tea fresher longer.  In the past, I have made iced tea and had it turn cloudy and bad-tasting very quickly, sometimes that very day.  Tea stays fresh, clean, and tasting good in this tea maker so I find I make it more because I'm not throwing it out after a day or two. If you'd like to make a larger amount of tea than the pitcher size, you can always increase the strength of the tea then pour out the amount you need and dilute it in another pitcher.  The tea in this tea maker will stay fresh.  Definitely recommend.