**Item: **Breville One-Touch Tea Maker
Price: $159.99
Shipping Options: $5 Standard OR $12 Two-Day OR $15 One-Day
Condition: Refurbished
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For that much, it should fill itself with water also.
Boil water
Add tea
Remove tea
How much simpler do you really need it to get? And do you really have to spend $160 to make it simpler? Wow…
I have owned one of these for about a year and a half now. All I can say is it is still running strong and makes a perfect cup of tea every time. I paid almost $100 more then the woot asking price and would pay that much again for it, it is worth every penny. It already has the right temperatures and brew times for the different tea types but you can easily adjust them to suit your tastes. It is also good for some hot/boiling water if you need that quickly as well. If you are a tea drinker grab one of these you wont regret it.
My Mom always made tea with a tea kettle and a fork (to dip the tea bag). Now she uses the microwave as it only takes 2 minutes to heat the water up in a mug.
I understand why people would need a coffee maker as it takes time to seep and it filters the brew. However, I fail to understand what a $150 Tea maker gives you?
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but I think Mr. Tea is still the best:
Nononono, it should come with a geisha and the rest of the chai-fu. Refurbished.
I got one of these for my wife a little over a year ago and she loves it.
Tea is to her, what coffee is to me. This lets her schedule her tea to be ready in the morning when she’s heading out the door for work (and running late as usual).
I actually get some use out of it too, so it’s kind of a win-win. I use it to heat up water for when I’m using my Aeropress to make coffee.
I can think of two downsides off the top of my head. One, it has to be plugged in all the time. Sure, that seems like a no-brainer, but what I’m getting at is that it has no memory. All of your custom water/tea settings will be lost the second you pull the plug. Second, when using loose leaf tea, I know my wife grumbles a little as it can sometimes be a pain to get the leaves rinsed out of the basket completely.
Yeah, it’s expensive. Yeah, we like it. No, I don’t think I could get her to go back to making tea manually. 
Well, I like gadgets and bought one of these when it first came out at over $240.00. Now I am in for one to send to my mom.
Different teas brew at different temperatures and this controls that along with the strength,it is a fantastic machine.
You know when I was young, we put two spoons full of instant sanka coffee in hot water, stirred and drank it, thought it was good. The way it is made now I would not pour the old sanka down a drain must less drink it.
Same way with the tea, read the reviews of those that have them makes a difference…and Breville is the premier maker of this technology.
Somebody already beat me to the SNL Mr. Tea reference. What a ridiculous appliance.
for this price, should have no plastic parts and be able to make coffee[if only turkish style], perfect rooibos, kombucha!
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Boil water
Add tea
Remove tea
How much simpler do you really need it to get? And do you really have to spend $160 to make it simpler? Wow…
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It’s amazing how people have managed to make fine tea for thousands of years without this device.
Also, tea stains…and this is glass. How much time keeping it clean will it require?
If you are satisfied with microwaved water and a tea bag then you don’t need this product. However, if you drool at Teavana (whether you buy your loose leaf tea there or elsewhere), consider this product.
My family gave me this almost 2 years ago after a trip to England. I really enjoyed having tea and wanted to continue, but knew there was no way I was going to go through the procedure of heating water to the right temperature for each type of tea, timing the steeping, etc. I had seen a friend use one of the Teavana tea makers where there were numerous steps and timers and you were basically a slave to the machine and I didn’t want that. With the Breville, the machine does all that for me. I have tea almost daily and it is so easy. I highly recommend.
When I want tea, all I have to do is go to the replicator and ask for “Earl Grey, hot”.
Great price. This is for people that enjoy (and more importantly KNOW) tea. Granted, if your idea of tea is a 1000 Baggie box from Walmart and a microwave oven, this is not the droid you’re looking for. Ignorance is bliss, trust me.
Aaarrgh! I get so annoyed with the idea that you make tea by boiling water and then shoving tea (bags or leaves) into the water. The water boils separately, and is then poured OVER the tea.
I have had one of these for about two years maybe. I can’t say enough good things about it. Yes, it is expensive. Yes, you can make tea far cheaper. But, as above, you can also buy instant coffee too.
I really like tea (I’m drinking some today made by my Breville One Touch as I write this): today’s blend is an English Breakfast from Adagio Teas. Anyway, this always gets the exact seeping time at the correct temperature. And, most importantly, this is (AFAIK) the only tea maker on the market that has a timer. Each afternoon evening I fill the kettle with water, add tea to the basket, make sure that the start time is correct for the next morning, and set it for delayed start. The next morning the tea (usually waiting just a few minutes) is ready to be poured into my Contigo travel cup and Thermos. Wash up takes about 90 seconds: rinse the kettle, and rinse the tea basket. It can sometimes be a pain to get the old leaves out of the basket, but that is the nature of tea.
Maintenance is easy. About every 6 months I fill the maker with warm water and oxy clean then stick the basket it: this removes stains. Breville says to leave them: it supposed to add flavor. I just think it looks bad. Also, if you are using hard water, or spring water with significant amount of salts you will, from time to time, have to descale. Since you can see where the heating element is, you’ll know when. Just throw in 500-1000ml of vinegar, let it sit, then rinse. All done.
If you like tea I can’ say enough about this. And this is a great price: I’m seriously considering buying one to keep as a backup.