How do you use this? We got one but it came with no instructions.mwe also bought the loose tea???
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The simplest way is to get a tea ball infuser, available from Amazon and many other stores, fill it with loose tea, fill the pot with very hot water, put the infuser in the water--leaving the pull chain out of the pot, and after a couple of minutes, serve your tea. If you leave the infuser in the pot, the tea may get stronger with the passing of time, thus many people remove the infuser prior to serving. Enjoy!
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The pot is for steeping tea. The heaviness of the pot keeps the water temperature hot much longer during steeping so the tea poured is at the right temp. Tea can be steeped by putting loose tea directly in the pot and after 4 minutes pouring it directly into a cup through a tea strainer (or) let the leaves come into cup. Tea can also be put in a tea ball (anything with a handle will keep the lid from closing completely allowing the water to cool somewhat). You can also, of course, use tea bags.
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Either method will work. I prefer loose leaf for natural flavor. The first pot is to wash "remove any unwanted substance in the tea leaf". Enjoy the 2nd and 3rd pot.
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Google, "instructions for take a ice tea maker". I am sure you will find the instructions there :D
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i have an open top mesh strainer that i plop into almost boiling water.if you are interested in quality teas, you need away to deal with loose leaves. of course, you can just dump tea in water, then strain it this is worth the effort as even davidsons is far better than tea bags.personally, i prefer yamamotoyama as tea is important to me. do follow directions. too long a brew ruins greens.
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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.
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I've never done this (I've never tried Rooibos tea), but some people in other reviews I've read purchase empty tea bags. They fold it down or seal them, and pop that into their strainer. It seems to work out well for them.
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Upon speaking with our Product Specialist, they said that you are able to make tea out of the powder. The capsules should be a 2 piece capsules that you are able to pull apart and take out the powder from within.
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Why not put your tea in loose then use a tea strainer over your cup (old school)
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There is a tea strainer that comes with the tea pot. The strainer doesn't have a handle so it is not convenient to remove the tea strainer after steeping since it fits into a groove along the top where the tea pot lid fits snugly.
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I don't know. I just fold over the top and place in teapot....have no trouble with the loose tea slipping out.
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That's all I use in it is loose tea. I purchased some of the Heavenly Teas to use in it.
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It's very simple really. This tea pot will make about two standard 6 ounce cups of tea. For every one cup of tea you add 1 teaspoon of loose tea to the strainer. I have found that one regular tea bag is usually enough to make a whole pot of tea. If you have time fill the pot with hot water while heating your tea water, empty, put loose tea in strainer or tea bag in pot, add hot water and steep for 3-5 minutes. For further information on how to make a good cup of tea, try googling "how to make tea". This is a very nice tea pot which I use every day.
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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.
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I see someone else already responded, but I'd like to add that it's quite simple in that you could put as many or as little tea bags you want, maybe add in a few herbal or green teas, and place in sunshine until it is dark (the other answer gave the advice of no more than 4 hours, but I've never had problems with it if it goes over that if I forget to bring it in.) Personally, I like to make it strong because it will become dilute once you pour it over ice in your glass. If it helps to get you started, I like to add approximately 6 -8 tea bags to a gallon of water, sit it out in the sun in the morning, and you're good to go by afternoon. Enjoy! I see someone else already responded, but I'd like to add that it's quite simple in that you could put as many or as little tea bags you want, maybe add in a few herbal or green teas, and place in sunshine until it is dark (the other answer gave the advice of no more than 4 hours, but I've never had problems with it if it goes over that if I forget to bring it in.) Personally, I like to make it strong because it will become dilute once you pour it over ice in your glass. If it helps to get you started, I like to add approximately 6 -8 tea bags to a gallon of water, sit it out in the sun in... » Read More I see someone else already responded, but I'd like to add that it's quite simple in that you could put as many or as little tea bags you want, maybe add in a few herbal or green teas, and place in sunshine until it is dark (the other answer gave the advice of no more than 4 hours, but I've never had problems with it if it goes over that if I forget to bring it in.) Personally, I like to make it strong because it will become dilute once you pour it over ice in your glass. If it helps to get you started, I like to add approximately 6 -8 tea bags to a gallon of water, sit it out in the sun in the morning, and you're good to go by afternoon. Enjoy! « Show Less
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I don't think you can find one. I came up empty handed in my search. On person somehow stretched an empty tea bag across the spout in order to make it shut off automatically. It needs some back pressure to make it work. I took things apart and discovered that. I had trashed mine not knowing that was what made the kettle shut off. Sorry I am not of much help.
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Twinnings is a lot less strong. The instructions on the sunflower tea say steep for 5 minutes in boiling water... I suggest throwing out these instructions. Water temp should be 165-175 (as for any green tea, especially loose tea) and steep for 3 minutes depending on desired strength... As always play around with the amount of water u use and how long you steep too see what works best :)Cheers,Geoff
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Tried loose tea leaves once. Used cold water and let it sit overnight. The tea was very weak and there was a lot of sediment in the pitcher. I will not try again.