Do any of you use this carafe for steeping tea bags, and making hot tea? If so, does it work well for that purpose?
928421
I did not but I don't see where it would be a problem. The top screws on so tea bags will fit.
928422
Yes, it's great for steeping bagged tea! The opening is rather narrow, though, so a diffuser with loose tea may not fit.
928423
Hi, I have no problem with in it, and I use it for tea or arabic coffee almost everyday for the past 5 months. It is a good product. Good Luck.
928424
I have not used it to steep tea but it keeps coffee incredibly hot for hours so I don't know why it wouldn't work for tea. One key is to fill the carafe with very hot tap water and let it sit, with the lid on, for about 5 minutes.
1507475
It has a nice large opening on top, I use a large slotted spoon to fish out my tea bags. The spout seals well without dripping. It should work fine. My only advice is to be careful not to smack it with anything as I have cracked two of these when I hit the corners while moving them.
805796
I would not recommend it, for it is too delicate. It is to be used as a tranfer pot for your already boiled water source and for serving and/or steeping.
1796942
You could put tea in the filter but it will not steep your tea. It would make basically just make pretty weak tea. I ues the Keurig without any cup or filter to quickly make hot water and then put a tea bag in my cup. Or loose tea with a steeper.
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I broke my teapot right off the bat. I replaced it with a coffee carafe from an old coffee maker. It gets as hot as the warmer on a coffee maker gets - I wouldn't put my decorative china teapot on it.
1110267
I don't use my kettle to brew tea in, I use it to boil the water and pour onto the teabag in my cup, or tea bags in my teapot. Pretty much the same way one would use a stovetop kettle. Hope this is helpful.
214681
I haven't tried it because I'm a coffee lover, but I don't know why it wouldn't work very well for tea. I'm not sure all of the cocoa would go through the filter in the basket for hot chocolate. It might.
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.
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I use very hot water just short of boiling. Never tried with cold water but I guess you could waste a teabag and try it out, right? Lipton does make a large tea bag just for cold water and it works very well.
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Yes! I just heat the water and add bags/packets to my cup. But the tea bags could be brewed through the coffee system. It heats the water very quickly. Hope this helps!
1052747
It has kept my coffee warm all day. It also keeps my tea warm all day. I boil water, put in the tea bags, let it steep, then remove. I sip on my tea all day. By evening, the tea is still almost as hot as it was in the morning. The trick is to make sure the lid is screwed on properly-once that is done, very little heat can escape. I love this carafe. It's big enough to hold a whole pot of coffee.
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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 urn Otherwise, you might plan on allowing 30 minutes to heat a full urn of water. Hope that helps!
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We have the #4 to make coffee for three adults, and we sit it on top of our thermal carafe; works well. We've also used it to make single cups. For a carafe or a single, it makes a good, rich cuppa. Trick seems to be moistening the grounds slowly to saturate them before you pour to make the coffee, and taking your time, pouring around the sides to keep ALL the grounds low enough to be used in brewing.
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I never used it for tea, just coffee. However, it should work just as well with tea as it does with coffee. Yes - you can remove the plunger & still have the lid on the pot. I place the press on a "non-cold" surface like a towel or those cloth pads used to pick up hot plates or pots as it will assist in keeping the liquid hot....
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not for making a pitcher of ice tea, but if you need a glass at a time you could use it to heat the water to steep the tea bag for one glass at a time. not practical but possible. i use it for hot tea because i can regulate the temperature.
591753
I never try it but I don't think it is built for tea, also it will be too much work to make a cup of tea.
1698632
I intend to microwave mine to heat the water at work before steeping. I found a couple of people in the review that do the same without issue.