Can you brew tea in it? Can it handle the hot water?
497197
it is a pretty heavy plastic---I brew cold bag tea in mine as for hot water---probably not simply because it is plastic
497198
you can wash & rinse it out with hot tap water, but boiling water i wouldnt recommend it.. not for brewing tea..for cold beverages primarily.
941957
Havn't tried, but I don't think so. You pour boiling water into it, as in tea!
176607
Yes, that's why I love it. You can pour hot water directly into it, steep your tea and then refrigerate to chill it.
1586315
No. You have to boil the water and then steep the tea. Well worth it though!
431847
No...you cannot put it in the dishwasher so you definitely cannot use it to boil water. Use another teapot for that. This is just a press, for pressing tea leaves.
1726381
you add hot/boiling water to this teapot. It just acts as a vessel for brewing the tea and should not be used to heat water in.
394533
Yes...it will handle tea, coffee, etc as long as it's not 'boiling'. I think the plastic will take it, it just get more rubbery/flexible. Regular warm drinks are fine. Obviously, you can't heat anything in it. We bought as requirement of Girl-Scouts, but I'd personally prefer to use military surplus or porcelain coated steel which are far more utilitarian (but indeed heavier).
2269398
yes. it delivers cold and very hot water. the coldness it is like the water from the refrigerator and the hot water you can make tea or instant coffee
539103
not at all. It is hot when it brewes then need a thermo mug to keep it warm.There is no keep warm device.
580299
No, just fill it will hot water from a kettle and add tea to steep. Pretty teapot to serve from.
1039014
I wouldn't do it. The kettle is for heating water only, with various temperature settings for different beverages. And different types of teas. Hope this helps.
682960
I haven't. I would imagine that you could though. I have filled it with boiled water and it holds up fine. Typically when I'm using it though it had been with iced tea.
122789
It will not boil, but we use it daily to have plenty of hot, hot water to make tea, instant oatmeal, etc
1564309
Although the instructions say not to use with hot liquids, judging from the great build material of the bottle, It can definitely be able to hold hot beverages. Just make sure the tea is already brewed prior.
326883
Yes, you may use this machine to make tea, however, without the coffee masking the taste of the water, the hot water that comes out always tasted like plastic to me, even after repeated cleaning and flushing of the machine. There are just too many platic parts that end up giving a plastic "flavor" the extremely hot water as it passes through. I returned the machine for that reason.
2021404
I don't think it could handle boiling water. It doesn't mention water temperature in the enclosed instructions one way or the other. But it's specifically meant for outdoor use on a hose bib, so that would obviously exclude boiling water. I could imagine that warm water would be fine, but it's an all plastic construction, I would be very surprised if this would withstand actually boiling water.
623362
Yes it will hold boiling water. It is a silicone material and you can use it for hot food or for drinking hot coffee or tea.