Is it safe to pour rolling boiling hot water directly into this pitcher to brew tea?
1874333
Yes it is as long as you haven't had the glass in the fridge, or have ice in it.
1874334
Yes I did all the time. Be careful though cause the glass is thin and it heats up. I loved this pitcher but it shattered when I accidentally tapped it against our counter.
1874335
No, This is a thin glass and I am sure boiling water would crack it immediately. I can't tell you for sure because I never tried it and I don't think I will. You can brew iced tea by placing the tea bags in the container and add cold water. Let it sit on your counter top for a few hours. It will be fine tea.
1874336
I usually put afew icecubes in the bottom just to be safe love this pitcher btw
1874337
It is never safe to pour rolling boiling water into any container. Once the bubbles have stopped, gently pour the boiled water into the pitcher that has been at room temp. I always set my pitcher on a coaster or bamboo trivet so it does not make contact with the counter since the glass is thin.
493741
I wasn't sure so ran a test for you last night. Made some tea and put it in the fridge. Didn't use stove top boiled water, but microwave boiled water. No cracking. You might want to make a bottle holder of some sort since the bottle was very hot. You should still check with manufacturer about cracking danger though. I have used a similar thickness bottle, that let's you unscrew the bottom to fill with ice, then add your tea and hot water to make instantaneous ice tea. Hope this helps.
962729
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.
900211
I would expect that, yes, you can pour hot, even boiling, water directly into the container. Mind you, I haven't tried this, but the plastic it's made of is, I believe, heat resistant.
1235976
It should be safe for boiling water. I pour boiling water into mine every day. According to the manufacturer's web site: "... Made in Taiwan with Tritan, a plastic specially-formulated to be safe in hot-temperature applications and is 100% BPA-free"
2155943
The pitcher is made of glass, so I'm assuming it would be fine. The lid however is plastic, so I would avoid getting it in boiling water.
762115
Hi Connie: I, personally, would not boil any tea in a metal container. Tea is very acidic and would corrode metal. Also it would not taste very good. Very hot water from your Ovente poured over tea in a nice china pot works the best.
962730
I believe they only recommend heating the water as you are not supposed to submerge it to wash it. I wouldn't brew tea in it but it would be nice to be able do that and reheat your tea...
55642
You would have to ask the mfg. to see if this pitcher is made with tempered glass, before putting boiling water into it first.
1319383
That's a good question. I would say yes with hot tap water, but not so sure about boiling water.
1252534
The way I interpreted the directions is to insert the strainer, add tea, add water, wait, remove strainer and loose tea, enjoy . This seems dumb so when using loose tea I simply add tea, insert strainer, add water, enjoy. Granted my way makes for stronger tea but I have never been burned removing the metal strainer sitting in near boiling water. To answer the question, yes, you can sip while the strainer is installed.
364527
I haven't tried to actually make the chai tea in the pot... I prefer to keep it strictly for my milk needs and I make my matcha the traditional way. There aren't any weird parts that would prevent you from making anything in it since the stirring / frothing piece works by external magnet so there aren't any mechanisms in the pitcher itself.
1235974
I make my tea with boiling water. I love this Tea Maker. It is for loose leaf teas.
2134100
I did this about five times until it cracked and I have terrible burns. The pitcher was at room temp on a warm day and the water was slightly off boil. BEWARE!!!
13213
I have a Breville tea maker that I use to brew my tea (various settings let me go up to 212 for black tea), BUT after brewing I immediately pour the hot tea into the pitcher to cool and haven't had a problem doing so. (I love the pitcher because it holds almost 2 full brews from the Breville so I'm set for all day drinking.)
1235973
It should be safe for boiling water. I pour boiling water into mine every day. According to the manufacturer's web site:"... Made in Taiwan with Tritan, a plastic specially-formulated to be safe in hot-temperature applications and is 100% BPA-free"
323006
My daughter and I pour boiling water into it to make tea. HOWEVER, we do use an old 'trick' my mom taught me, and that is to put a long metal spoon or metal tongs into the pitcher before we pour the hot water. We don't know if this is something actually necessary, but haven't gotten up the nerve to NOT use this 'trick' every time. Hope that helps!