Frugal tea making: Automate it?
m...@privacy.net
pre-made in gallon jug at the store
I know making it at home is cheaper/better..... but
would investing in a Mr Coffee tea maker make sense or
is it best to just use a pot and heat water on stove
and use tea bags?
Bottom line...any value to buying an automatic tea
maker such as link below?
http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Coffee-TM3-2-3-Quart-Maker/dp/B000EYO8AK
Goomba
> I drink a lot of tea and am currently buying it
> pre-made in gallon jug at the store
Gads. And you LIKE that stuff?
>
> I know making it at home is cheaper/better..... but
> would investing in a Mr Coffee tea maker make sense or
> is it best to just use a pot and heat water on stove
> and use tea bags?
Good grief.. how in the world do you think people survived before
specialty appliances?? Try using a pot or a kettle to boil water. Just
like your momma and grandmomma did. Then pour boiling water over tea.
Steep. Drink.
Why make it more complicated and costly than it need be?
Rod Speed
> I drink a lot of tea and am currently buying it pre-made in gallon jug at the store
Fark.
> I know making it at home is cheaper/better.....
No surprises there, its another one of those things thats much better freshly made.
> but would investing in a Mr Coffee tea maker make sense
Depends on how lazy you are.
> or is it best to just use a pot and heat water on stove and use tea bags?
I prefer to zap the mug full of water in the microwave and then add the tea bag to that.
> Bottom line...any value to buying an automatic tea maker such as link below?
> http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Coffee-TM3-2-3-Quart-Maker/dp/B000EYO8AK
Not if you have a microwave.
m...@privacy.net
>Good grief.. how in the world do you think people survived before
>specialty appliances??
I realize that... but the question was if any value in
"automating" it?
clams_casino
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>Bottom line...any value to buying an automatic tea
>maker such as link below?
>
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>
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None.
Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply
No.
JR Weiss
> I know making it at home is cheaper/better..... but
> would investing in a Mr Coffee tea maker make sense or
> is it best to just use a pot and heat water on stove
> and use tea bags?
>
> Bottom line...any value to buying an automatic tea
> maker such as link below?
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Coffee-TM3-2-3-Quart-Maker/dp/B000EYO8AK
If you like hot-brewed tea rather than "sun tea," a tea pot and stove would
probably work better than the "Ice Tea Maker."
Several years ago when we were on a hot tea kick, we tried making tea in a
regular drip coffee maker that had an extra "tea basket" that went inside the
regular coffee basket. It worked OK, especially when we wanted it ready when we
woke up in the morning. However, after a while, we found the regular old tea
pot worked better for us.
h
"Goomba" <Goom...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> m...@privacy.net wrote:
>> I drink a lot of tea and am currently buying it
>> pre-made in gallon jug at the store
>>>
>> would investing in a Mr Coffee tea maker make sense or
>> is it best to just use a pot and heat water on stove
>> and use tea bags?
>
We have a Salton iced tea maker. We make at least a gallon a day and it's SO
much better and less expensive than the jug stuff. The best thing about is
you just start it up and walk away. No worrying about steeping, etc.
MarieD
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> Bottom line...any value to buying an automatic tea
> maker such as link below?
Have you ever tried tea made in an automatic? I know alot of people who
don't like it that way. I wouldn't bother getting one.
I live in the South, and make good ol' southern iced tea. I make it by the
half-gallon pitchers. For a 2-quart pitcher, add however much sugar you
want(I use a tiny bit more than 1 cup, yes I know that's too much), fill
with hot water, and put 2 of the large-sized tea bags in and stir. Let sit
around 30 minutes.
Marie
tmc...@searchmachine.com
Sugar in iced tea! Horror of horrors. Bee-arf. And before you say,
"It's a
southern thing", I was born and raised in New Orleans, so sugarless
iced tea
is not some freakish thing in the south. We're hardly unusual. I know
NO ONE who puts sugar in tea, hot or cold. Sugar in tea - YUCK!!!
Automated Iced Tea makers are the way to go, especially if you drink 1
or more gallons a day, as we do.
Lou
Is there any value in buying an automatic coffee maker? After all, you can
just heat water on the stove and toss in some coffee.
It's probably cheaper to make your own by the cup - you heat just the water
you need. But if the putting a tea bag in a cup of hot water to soak for a
few minutes, or of heating a kettle of water and tossing in some tea to
steep, is just so terribly inconvenient that you'll revert to buying the
pre-made stuff, then a tea maker may be a good idea. Only you can judge it
it's worth it to you.
Just for giggles, you might try computing the cost of a cup of pre-made tea
and comparing it to the cost of making your own.
m...@privacy.net
>Automated Iced Tea makers are the way to go, especially if you drink 1
>or more gallons a day, as we do.
I'm drinking that much daily...so you think a tea maker
a good idea then?
Walt
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"MarieD" <a...@123.com> wrote in message
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Sugar in iced tea! Horror of horrors. Yuck. And before you say, "It's a
southern thing", I was born and raised in New Orleans, so sugarless iced tea
is not some freakish thing. Sugar in tea - YUCK!!!
h
"Shawn Hirn" <sr...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> In article <qu6k84hmalqn1512k...@4ax.com>, m...@privacy.net
> however, I have a hard time understanding how boiling a pot of water on
> the stove is more difficult or more costly then an automatic tea maker.
Time. You have to wait for a gallon of water to boil, steep the tea, remove
the bags, transfer the tea to a jug, and put it in the fridge. With the tea
maker you just pour in the water, add the bags, walk away. Come back in
twenty minutes and put the jug in the fridge.
Gary Heston
>http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Coffee-TM3-2-3-Quart-Maker/dp/B000EYO8AK
I just use a regular coffee maker; place a large/family size bag
in the basket, run a carafe of water through, and dilute/sweeten
to taste.
Gary
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h
> In article <g6fg3o$a46$1...@aioe.org>, "h" <tmc...@searchmachine.com>
> water with lemon and sugar if you want them, and let it steep overnight.
> Problem solved.
You're kidding, right?