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HomeKitchen & DiningCoffee, Tea & EspressoAccessoriesTea StrainersTakeya 11100 Iced Tea Maker with Silicone Handle |
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63 of 64 found the following review helpful:
 Best of its Kind on the Market - That I've Found May 30, 2010
By euphonically
I'm so glad I found this tea brewer. I had the Bodum Ceylon brewer for about a year and I would imagine that it's one of the main alternatives to the Takeya.
I'll do a quick comparison:
Durability - honestly, i've only had it for about a month but it's obviously made of better quality, or at least, more durable material. i'm not overly concerned about it breaking. the bodum ceylon i had cracked after using it for about a year and with relatively light usage - as in not every day or even every week of the year. time will tell, but i don't think this is gonna break so easily. the quality feels better in the hand. doesn't feel cheap.
Infuser/Filtering ability - the holes on the bodum are large and so smallish leaf or the "dust" gets through quite easily into the brewed tea. the filter on the takeya is very fine and so far i've had clear cups of iced tea. i've been making white tea which has a larger leaf though. i'm thinking that it would do okay with japanese teas which tend have a very fine, almost ground up, leaf. i think takeya is a japanese brand so i would imagine they'd make a brewer that would do a reasonable job on their teas.
the infuser on the bodum though extends the length of the pitcher and so you don't need to fill it up. you would need to fill up the takeya to at least where the tea leaves are in the filter in order to make the tea. you may not want that much and you don't have the option of choosing.
Looks - the bodum was nice to look at but the material easily took on a cloudy, not so new looking appearance. it looked old after the first usage. i like the takeya - i like green top since that's my fave color. this particular takeya model is tall so you should take measurements in your fridge to make sure it'll fit wherever you plan to put it. the bodum model is slender which is nice. it slides in easily to narrow areas.
Ease of use - the takeya filter/infuser twists into the top/lid. that's very cool. it's very easy. the bodum slides into grooves/tracks on the side of the pitcher. you just have to make sure you get into the grooves; they are easily missed. you also flip this thing at the handle to open the top. the air can also easily access the tea because it's not really closed off. the takeya has a twist open top that will allow you to pour, without excess spillage. and tea stays fresher.
BPA - if you care, takeya says it is bpa free. i don't know about bodum. it's not on the description.
so, obviously i prefer this one. it's a nice product. i'm looking forward to making more iced tea. i use the cold (no heat) brewing method by the way.
22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Perfect Jul 23, 2010
By H. Shannon
I saw a larger version of this with a separate brewer - so you'd make the tea in one vessel and then store it in another. I went in search of something more practical and this is it.
1. Good capacity and design. Makes plenty of tea and stores on the fridge shelf or on the door.
2. Some don't like the fact that the filter screws into the lid. I do like it. If you make a whole container, that's enough loose tea to have small pieces of your tea floating out of the top of the filter if you make a whole pitcher.
3. I use a java bop for my iced tea and haven't found even a speck of leaf in the finished product. Great sized mesh.
4. I use the hot water method and it stays HOT for a really long time. At first I was annoyed that I had to wait so long for it to cool down before chilling it. Then I realized that it makes it great for a table pitcher for hot beverages. I can wait for something that performs a dual-purpose well.
5. Great for using herbs, etc. to infuse just about anything. Ideas? Please share!
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Good tea pitcher Mar 12, 2011
By Gatorman
I had been looking at this and my wife bought it for me recently. Yes, it's plastic, but that's not a big deal to me. In fact, the plastic seems to be pretty sturdy, and not thin/cheap. The filter is a plastic mesh, so we'll see how long that holds up. I use it for brewing black loose tea and it's been good so far. Just boil water in the electric kettle and pour in. I only use around 3 teaspoons of black tea in the filter when I fill this thing up and it's fine. I could probably get away with a little less, but I'm still experimenting. The filter unit screws into the the lid, which then screws on to the top. After 5 min, pull it out and rinse the filter. My electric kettle only holds up to 1.7 liters of water, so it doesn't quite fill up the pitcher. It's actually perfect, because I put ice cubes in to top it off. Then let it finish cooling on the counter for an hour or so. After that I can put the lid on and place in the fridge to finish cooling. It does the job I wanted, which was an easy way to make a large amount, using the loose tea.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic for iced coffee! Aug 30, 2011
By Polyxenes
How do I cope with Heatwave 2011? With copious amounts of iced coffee, courtesy of this little Takeya gem.
I fill the tea reservoir with ground coffee (running a little water into the coffee as I fill the reservoir), then fill the pitcher with water (leaving about 3/4" air gap), screw the cap/coffee reservoir on, and let it "perk" overnight in the refrigerator. Perfect iced coffee!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 cracks easily May 04, 2012
By Paul Madsen
I had two and miss them a whole lot. I also have granite counter tops.
Taking them out of the fridge door (and they did fit my fridge door perfectly) and placing them on my granite coutertop broke both of them---cracked them. My experience is that they will crack at the base very very easily...but I really enjoyed them for the short time I had them. I am looking for something else now.
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