What is a recommend way to make tea? Should I boil the leaves or just steep them? For how long?
1746077
I just steep the leaves. If you like weaker tea- 1 minute and if you like stronger tea- 3-4 minutes. I would think boiling the leaves would make the tea very bitter- have not heard of this method.
1746078
I steep mine just like other herbal teas. Usually it is recommended to steep 1-3 minutes.
1746079
dont boil them, steeping would be your best bet. 2-4 mins depending on your preference of flavor
2178303
I use 4 tea bags for a gallon, I heat a quart of water to boiling, remove from heat add tea bags and steep got 5-7minutes, add tea to gallon container and fill up to make a gallon.
1438757
I haven't used mine yet. However, I did buy two other tea pots from here and they were perfectly fine after pouring the boiling water over the teabags. I'm sure it would be fine. To make sure, I would start out with allowing the water to cool for a little while (at least one minute) before pouring, and or just pour a little at a time to see what happens.
1866945
Are you sure you have it set for the correct temperature for the type of tea? Once the water is boiled & you lower the infuser section with the loose tea into the water, mine has always been perfect once steeped for the appropriate amount of time (5-7 minutes usually).
879163
OMG you NEVER put porcelain on the burner!! Proper method is to boil good water and then pour around a half cup of hot water into the pot to warm it and clear any debris. Then measure around 1 tsp of bulk tea for each 6 oz tea cup - in this case for a 6 cup pot - around two table spoons or one oz. Then pot fill with boiling water, stir briefly once to get it started, and steep for at least ten minutes. Use a "tea cozy" to keep the pot warm at the table, and a tea sieve to strain out bits of tea leaf when pouring into cups. This pot is a "fancy" and not intended for everyday use. But at a mini "high tea" though, the grand kids love it. It also works with a group of friends over to play cards! TIP: with good teas you can get at least one, maybe two, extra good pots using same tea leaves! just refill w/boiling water.
1877967
I use medium tea bags, 2 tablespoons of tea and 12oz cup of boiling water I let it steep for 15 minutes and enjoy. This tea stays very fresh inside a ziplock plastic bag and the original brown bag it arrived in. Hope this helps.
123220
I haven't tried it myself, but it is doubtful that it would provide good results. Most teas call for just under boiling water and steeped at three minutes, give or take. I don't think the Keurig get's quite that hot, but more importantly, it won't steep the tea. It'll just drip water through the tea.You might use the Keurig to heat water, and then steep the tea in the hot water it makes. Might not be quite hot enough, but the results will likely be better than 'brewing' it in that little k-cup strainer thing.
948755
Yes, put loose tea in the diffuser and pour boiling water for black tea and not quite boiling water for green/white/herbal teas over the tea leaves and into the pot. Make sure you make 2-3 cups (typically 1 level tsp of tea per 8 oz of water) to cover the tea in the diffuser. One cup is not enough. Steep black tea for 3-5 mins and green tea for 2-3 mins. Enjoy.
156739
Yes boil the water and put in. If you want to keep yur tea hot use a cast iron tea warmer with a tea light candle and is available for sales on Amazon also.
1568699
If it is sun tea outside I leave it all day. But it brews sooner than that. If I am using it inside and using boiling water it takes as long as a normal pot of tea. But then I let it sit until it cools a little and chill it in the refrigerator. I hope this helps, I've never timed it.
2161433
What I do is put the tea in the carafe, there is a strainer, and add the boiling or hot water and turn on the tea warmer. Let the tea infuse, as long as you like, pull the strainer ..... a pot of tea!
1526943
I have not tried tea with this unit. I believe tea, like course ground coffee should be steeped for a number of minutes. This unit does not provide that feature. I have found that you must use cheese cloth on the siphon or it clogs.
370803
Use deep pot, put purified water and tea, boil then low heat 10-12minutes. Take pot from heat and let it stay 12 hours and heat again until the surface move.Use cloth for strain. Keep in ref.
1649259
Place loose tea in the strainer insert, add heated water, amount of time steeped is generally a few minutes but follow the directions on the tea package itself if you're not sure. Once the tea has finished steeping, remove the strainer. I have also used tea bags, once with the bags placed directly into the steamer (not an optimal use, but I didn't have any loose tea at the time) or by just filling the tea pot and then putting the tea bags directly into the pot.
778040
This works equally well as a tea pot, you just measure your fresh loose leaf tea and place it in the container, pour in the hot, not quite boiling water wait a minute or so and apply the press. Makes wonderful tea. Haven't used tea bags at this time but it would probably work well also.
370802
I included a brief summary of how to make the tea in my review. Click review and look for most review from Debbie. Hope it helps.
1908925
I haven't put really hot liquid in it. I usually want to drink it relatively soon. BTW, you shouldn't use very hot water to brew tea as the heat can kill off the nutrients in tea.