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by theresaro
guess you did get a bargain. I'm going to look for this. Sounds like I would really like this.
Teri :)
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Jun 07 '05
4:16 pm PDT
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I keep saying (Reply to this comment)
by KMINER,  in Home and Garden
I am going to buy one of these for the hubby one day :) thanks for reminding me! :) Kimm
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Jun 07 '05
4:17 pm PDT
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I've seen these advertised = (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
but always thought it to be a somewhat frivolous item. Obviously I was mistaken, and I thank you for the review. Wall Mart = here I come.
Virginia
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Jun 09 '05
8:58 am PDT
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Is this a safe way to make Iced Tea? (Reply to this comment)
by dredfrick
In all my 52 years, my family has always lightly boiled the tea for 3 minutes to kill any bacteria notorious for being found in ground tea. Does this brew method get hot enough for a long enough period of time to make it safe to consume? I am concerned. Quick and easy is not always healthy.
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Apr 04 '06
12:47 pm PDT
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Re: Is this a safe way to make Iced Tea? (Reply to this comment)
by amyk49, in Home and Garden
The water is heated, but not boiling, so if you are concerned about killing bacteria, this probably isn't the best choice. I've never heard of a bacteria problem with tea! I used to make sun tea, where you just put the tea bags in a pitcher of water and set it in the sun. I have never had any problems.
Thanks for commenting!
Amy
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Apr 05 '06
5:55 am PDT
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Mixed results (Reply to this comment)
by rich_heimlich
Amy,
I owned the older 2 quart model of this iced tea maker and always had mixed results with it. Based on your review I ran out to Wal-Mart today and picked up what I thought was the same 3 quart model and color you had.
I ran into a few things. First, I paid $18.72 which seems to match about what you paid. Second, mine was also the deeper blue color and not the lighter sky blue. Mine was a TM38P but the number just seemed to differentiate between colors. The only other model this Wal-Mart had on display was the TM39P which was the sky blue one with various colored dots on the pitcher.
The first problem is that I only got one pitcher. The same item on Wal-Mart's website denotes the extra pitcher for the same price I paid. However, there also clearly was no room in the box I got for an extra pitcher. I'll call both Wal-Mart and Mr. Coffee about this. I find it to be a very misleading.
The second problem is that your directions, their directions and their own recipes all seem to be in conflict as to how to make tea! My main goal is to make iced tea that tastes very much like what I buy bottled in the store, but fresh. In other words, I want sugar and lemon in my tea. ;-)
Your review suggests that you put your tea BAGS into the basket WITHOUT a filter. If used the filter should be a 4-cup filter. Their directions say to use a filter with either loose tea and tea bags and one thing says 4-cup while another says 8-12 cup filters.
That's important as their directions (and yours) also say to add sugar or lemon right into the basket. If there's a filter in there, virtually no sugar gets into the pitcher. If there isn't a filter, most of the sugar gets stuck in the basket and ends up sitting below the drainage tube in the basket.
For my first batch of tea (after cleaning), I took 6 standard Lipton Tea bags and put them in the basket by themselves without a filter. I set the dial about 3/4 of the way towards strong. Then, according to a recipe on their site I poured 1/2 cup of lemon juice into the basket (it drained right into the pitcher) and 1 cup of sugar in there. After brewing I ended up with a yellow/orange batch of tea. It wasn't anywhere near the brown color I expected to see and that my wife gets when she does it the old-fashioned way.
Thus, for a typically challenged man in the kitchen, I now have a newer version of a Mr Coffee Iced Tea Maker that I still can't get iced tea out of that I like.
Any help here would be appreciated.
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May 21 '06
9:25 pm PDT
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Re: Mixed results (Reply to this comment)
by amyk49, in Home and Garden
Hi - sorry that you've had less than stellar results so far.
Since we are not making tea with lemon or sugar, I can't comment on that aspect. (Sometimes I might add sugar just to an individual glass if desired.) I've been making tea using one LARGE Lipton Tea Bag for Ice Tea. I just put it directly in the basket with no filter. Also, I don't use ice in the pitcher, just fill it with cold water. I have the brew strength at the strongest setting. The tea comes out perfectly, with a nice brown color. I have been making probably 2-3 pitchers of tea EVERY WEEK since I bought it, and it is still working fine.
It is my husband that does most of the tea drinking - he takes it to work. It did take a little trial and error in the beginning to get it the way he likes it. We started with three large tea bags, and he found it too strong. So we narrowed it down to one large tea bag at the strongest setting.
Hope this helps :)
Amy
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May 22 '06
6:15 am PDT
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Re: Re: Mixed results (Reply to this comment)
by rich_heimlich
Amy, just a quick update. I called Mr. Coffee and verified a few things.
1. Their directions are incorrect with regard to using a filter if you use teabags.
2. They sell a TM39 product that's identical to the TM30 except that it doesn't include the extra pitcher. Unless you note the model number difference you'd be hard pressed to know that you're not getting the same thing. I was, frankly, quite surprised that the two reps (including a supervisor) that I talked to didn't offer to send me an extra pitcher. It's clearly very misleading packaging and their own website makes NO mention of this packaging option.
3. Their directions are also incorrect in saying that all "flavoring" (sugar, lemon, etc.) should go in the basket. It goes in the pitcher. Their directions on the two mistakes have been this way going back to their very first iced tea maker.
Out of curiosity, which tea bags specifically do you use? You say "large" but I'd like to try to use the exact ones you have to see if I can match your results.
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May 23 '06
8:22 am PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Mixed results (Reply to this comment)
by amyk49, in Home and Garden
The tea bags I'm using are Lipton Cold Brew (says brews in cold water.) Interesting on the instruction snafu. I believe I did have some confusion at first whether or not to use a filter, as the direction weren't clear. Been a while, so I don't remember exactly. Thanks for the follow-up :)
Amy
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May 24 '06
6:15 am PDT
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