Hello, can you use these bags with loose leaf tea, boiling or iced ? Thanks, Glenn
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I just read the reviews on this product and noticed two things that might answer your question. 1) Someone posted they burned the bag to test if it was 100% cotton and determined there were synthetic fibers. If brewing tea in a bag that may have synthetic fibers bothers you, then I wouldn't suggest using this to brew tea. 2) Another reviewer noted they use these bags to brew tea and were very happy with the results. Hope this helps!
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Yes, I use these bags for coffee and tea. They work great for camping in the big coffee pot and hold up well to long periods of boiling. And they're re-usable!
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I replace my dryer sheets with the cotton Muslim bags. I put loose lavender leaves into the bags, tighten the bags, tuck the top into the bag, cut the string. If I don't remember to tuck the top, I have loose lavender leaves inside the dryer.
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I have not used it for the purpose. The weave of the fabric looks like it could hold loose leave tea. But I think the tea might escape from the drawstring area.
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Yes! I have used these for cold as well as hot coffee and hot tea. Never any problem!
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I have not tried to have tea in them...but they are very thick so Im pretty sure it would be fine.
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I haven't tried brewing tea in this, but I don't see why not. You could probably just put the tea bags in the same place you would put the coffee. They would fit.
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Yes, I just put them in the glass infuser instead of the tea flower. Or you could take out the infuser and just put the tea bags in the pot, the cover fits with or without the glass infuser. Loose tea I would always put in the infuser unless you plan to strain the tea. I love my pot and use it all the time! Hope this helped.
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You can use any size tea bags. I use the regular single serving ones and I use four per pitcher I brew, but have used the bigger ones in the past and just use two.
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I used these for iced tea and lemonade. You could put hot tea in them, but it would be difficult to drink with the straw and taking the top off would not be an option. Hope that helps.
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Yes you can use any teabag or loose leaf tea that you like in the pot. I have not used the glass pot on the stove. I just pour the boiling water over the tea into the pot and steep as usual.
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Not as fine as mesh, but very fine. I strain tea that gets 'loose' front regular tea bags. Hope this helps.
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I just ordered some disposable fillable tea bags for $3 for 110 count. I would assume they work...put coffee in, fold over and seal, put in slot. Done! I'll update how it goes when they arrive
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I haven't had any problems with sticking the bags in just boiled water. I bring the water to a boil, cut the heat and stick the bag(s) in the hot water to let the food thall and warm. Note: my bags only hold 1-4 servings. They aren't that big. I've only done this for my frozen veggies and small cuts of meat that have mostly thalled, i.e., for a stir fry. If you put in several bags of frozen food, you may have to heat the water back up for a few minutes but I am very cautious with this because I don't want melted plastic all over the pans I cook with.
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I have placed them in boiling water before to heat contents. Just don't let the bag rest against the hot pan out of the water and only Boil long enough to to heat the contents
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Yes loose leaf is the preferred type just put it in a muslum bag or something similar so you don't have to strain the tea out of the water, you can also use tea bags if you like a certain brand and this kit comes with loose leaf tea and the muslum bags for brewing
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I use a small muslin bag I had purchased for brewing loose tea - can't remember where I bought them but they were cheap and bought online. I use 1 1/2 teaspoons of ground coffee and it works well. The bag is 2"X3" and has a string closure. You can then add the used coffee grounds to your garden and rinse the bag out for next time. So much cheaper than using the pods. I did buy the Melita pods that fit this unit and it's great coffee. But over time it's not really cost-effective to do this. So I thought I'd experiment with some decaf and am quite pleased with the result. Good luck - if you find something else to use, please post it on the Amazon review area to let everyone know.
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I never tried it, but that would make sense if you want to avoid getting those grounds out afterwards. On the other hand, the reason for using mr. Tea is because you would have loose tea and needed something to hold the tea in. However, I do like your idea, so I will go try it right now, and write my results here (in the meantime, please listen to some pleasant music, haha)........Okay I'm back. I put a tea bag in it, steeped it for 3 min. and it worked perfectly. One bit of advice: Rinse the mr.T under cold water before opening him and getting the tea bag out, otherwise it will be too hot. So either wait till it cools or cold water rinse.
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It would be safe to put tea bag in tumbler & let it steep, just like hot coffee is perfectly fine. You certainly can't boil water in the tumbler.
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I've made ice tea with them if that's what you mean, but you might be talking about just letting them sit in cool water. I haven't tried that. The ice tea was delicious though.