Mr King Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I have been drinking a lot of hot tea lately. I have a strainer for lose leaf tea, but it is kind of a pain in the butt to use. So I been looking around to see what is out there, and I found the Breville BTM800XL One-Touch Tea Maker. Looks like a hell of a tea making machine, and for what it costs it should be. http://www.brevilleu...-tea-maker.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugVnsZ54jRY&NR=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Pellagio Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Bah! The best cup of tea you'll ever drink comes from: http://www.armynnavy.com/catalog/catalog/popup_image.php/pID/2409 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max H Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Bah! The best cup of tea you'll ever drink comes from: http://www.armynnavy...ge.php/pID/2409 Does this look like crunchynet to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Pellagio Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 What can I say, we aren't all blessed to be dashing, flaxen-haired cavalrymen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I tried the loose tea thing, but it is a hassle. I've been using a Sunbeam Hot Shot for years (on my second one); Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Steele Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Isn't tea a Communist beverage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Isn't tea a Communist beverage? A delicious communist beverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekirk Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I have been drinking a lot of hot tea lately. I have a strainer for lose leaf tea, but it is kind of a pain in the butt to use. So I been looking around to see what is out there, and I found the Breville BTM800XL One-Touch Tea Maker. Looks like a hell of a tea making machine, and for what it costs it should be. http://www.brevilleu...-tea-maker.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugVnsZ54jRY&NR=1 Check the reviews on Amazon. Breville has been really spotty in my experience--Either their stuff is really good, or it's utter shiite. This thing looks way too "gadgety", to my eye. You might be happier with a plain electric kettle, and a teapot, to be quite honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Steele Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 You could always get a Keruig and do coffee as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I use a French Press, brew 4 minutes and your loose tea is ready and hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 I use a French Press, brew 4 minutes and your loose tea is ready and hot. That is a good tip Murph thanks. Was thinking about trying out a percolator., but a French press sounds even better. Kirk, yeah I was not planning on buying one, just liked it for all its gadgets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 "The Ultimate Civilian Tea Brewing Machine" a microwave oven, a mug filled with water and bag, tea, single-use, various flavours but usually Earl Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jason L Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 French press all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Steele Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I use a French Press, brew 4 minutes and your loose tea is ready and hot. I took no end of s*it on this forum for using a French Press, and you should have been here when I served coffee to Zipperhead and Harold Jones (Made in a French Press/Jamaican Blue Mtn) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep854 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 A jug of pre-brewed Splenda-flavored tea, microwave, add Coffee-mate! Yum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jason L Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) Splenda? Coffee Mate? Urkkk...that stuff tastes like chemical death. Edited January 22, 2013 by Jason L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep854 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Moderation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APF Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I've found some nice deep sieves which work very well in a cup. For larger amounts there is the "mono" teapot. Marsupials obviously belong to down under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Tan Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Americans.....throwing away tea since 1775. Tea in the US is quite tragic and generally misunderstood.French presses are for coffee.....not sodding tea.You do not use scalding hot water for tea.Tea does NOT come in a bag always.You do not put fruit and funny oils on tea to 'improve' them.There is no instant tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Americans.....throwing away tea since 1775. Tea in the US is quite tragic and generally misunderstood.French presses are for coffee.....not sodding tea.You do not use scalding hot water for tea.Tea does NOT come in a bag always.You do not put fruit and funny oils on tea to 'improve' them.There is no instant tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj1014 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 "The Ultimate Civilian Tea Brewing Machine" a microwave oven, a mug filled with water and bag, tea, single-use, various flavours but usually Earl Grey. I concur.5-6 cups a day...more on weekends.Our microwave gets used more for making hot Earl Grey tea than everything else combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Another good winter afternoon hot drink is mulled apple cider. There is an Amish store a short distance away that sells fresh Amish cider and seperate mulling spices that can go into one of those little, loose-leaf tea containers. About a teaspoon worth of spice in a mug of hot cider, wait about 5 minutes and something good hits the tongue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jason L Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Americans.....throwing away tea since 1775. Tea in the US is quite tragic and generally misunderstood.French presses are for coffee.....not sodding tea.You do not use scalding hot water for tea.Tea does NOT come in a bag always.You do not put fruit and funny oils on tea to 'improve' them.There is no instant tea. I find a french press more convenient than strainers or a teapot with some sort of steeping contraction. Comes out to the same damn thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Another good winter afternoon hot drink is mulled apple cider. There is an Amish store a short distance away that sells fresh Amish cider and seperate mulling spices that can go into one of those little, loose-leaf tea containers. About a teaspoon worth of spice in a mug of hot cider, wait about 5 minutes and something good hits the tongue. One of the things I miss from my childhood. My mother would make it in the fall complete with her own mulled spice recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Steele Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Another good winter afternoon hot drink is mulled apple cider. There is an Amish store a short distance away that sells fresh Amish cider and seperate mulling spices that can go into one of those little, loose-leaf tea containers. About a teaspoon worth of spice in a mug of hot cider, wait about 5 minutes and something good hits the tongue. One of the things I miss from my childhood. My mother would make it in the fall complete with her own mulled spice recipe.And like a good son, you didn't get the recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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