can you have just hot water from this pot,? what degrees ? we use instant coffee , we only hot water , example soak beans, make tea.
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That's what we use it for. After writing the review, I called customer service and requested an exchange, hoping that this one was defective. I post a new review when I receive and try the new one. As it is, you can make tea. If you add a lot of cold creamer to your coffee, you may find that it is not hot enough.
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yes, we also use it just as hot water pot for instant coffee and tea. we took the basket and pipe out. the problem is that after a few hours, it drops to about 80C and not keep it at 95C as we expected. usually we add some cold water and wait until it is re-boiled (takes about 5-10 min)
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Of course. I have seen 3 of these at events. One reg coffee, one decaf and one with hot water for tea and/or etc.Once you make coffee in it you might have hot water that has a hint of after taste. May take several runs of just heated water to completely clear it. Go for it, the cost for this unit is more than fair.
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Yes! I just heat the water and add bags/packets to my cup. But the tea bags could be brewed through the coffee system. It heats the water very quickly. Hope this helps!
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No to regular coffee, but yes to hot water. However not ideal for hot water as its measured in small doses.
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Yes, Caleb. You can put cold water in the coffee maker, just the same way as you do when making coffee, and it will boil the water. My daughter uses an old one just for that purpose, because she does parties for a powdered coffee, that you just add hot water to.
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Yes. It won't be as robust or bitey as when using hot water, and you may want to try the "upside down" method to let the grounds steep for a while. Check Youtube videos to clarify.
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I believe they only recommend heating the water as you are not supposed to submerge it to wash it. I wouldn't brew tea in it but it would be nice to be able do that and reheat your tea...
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These are not really designed for this. The design is to have hot water available at ALL time to make an instant cup/pot of hot coffee. Would take at least 15min for water to heat up every time the maker was turned on; not instantly.
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I personally have never used it to heat water for tea. It takes a good 25 minutes for it to brew coffee so if I were going to use it for hot tea water, I think I would:- Heat a small amount of water in the urn until it shifted over to the WARM function- Boil the remaining amount of water separately and then pour it into the urnOtherwise, you might plan on allowing 30 minutes to heat a full urn of water. Hope that helps!
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Not sure, never tried hot water. Maybe you could try warm water and let it sit at room temp until tea has flavored the water to your liking. Or sun tea brewed in the sun.
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Yes, but, and the but is; Sometimes we (my wife & I) think that the water didn't get hot enough during the brew process. It has to get really hot to make good coffee. We are thinking of going back to perc.
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Yes you can! I have a regular electric stove( coil one )It's so quick to make a hot water! I just love this!
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I have found that it is safe but question why you would need boiling hot water. Prepare the tea or other hot/cold beverage to your liking and enjoy for hours. I have made hot chocolate and it was still VERY hot 16 hours later!! We made hot chocolate for a high school football game. We didn't drink it all. The next morning, I opened it to find it was still VERY hot 16 hours after initial preparation!!
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It can be used to heat water for instant coffee, cocoa or tea. The instant products are not used in the coffee maker. Thanks for lookingSteve
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I don't see why not. I have never used instant coffee. Instant coffee just needs hot water so it should work fine. Try it and see if you like the coffee. Good luck!
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No. Maybe but boil the water separately. Don't put the immediate boiling water so as not to burn the coffee. Wait a few secs.
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No, it will not boil water. You could make tea/instant whatever with it as it gets plenty hot, but not boiling.
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I never poor the water in the pot until I'm ready to make coffee. However, I never use hot water. The instructions say to use cold.