Homecraft 3-Quart Iced Coffee and Tea Maker with Filter Basket, Flavor Enhancer, Adjustable Brew Strength

Firstly this was not stainless steel as advertised. Secondly, and most importantly, the item had been used and was not cleaned. Will add this seller to my no buy list.

Don’t buy, I brought and only use once. Then can’t work anymore. I registered the item, the company send me an email. But I try called them, no answer or wrong number and nowhere to be found. Try all Amazon hotline, all number not in use.

I use the gallon bag of lipton and this tea maker is easy and the tea tastes good. I make 2 pitchers off the gallon bag putting the first at half strength and the second a bit higher. The only issue I’ve had is the top lid don’t want to shut all the way and it keeps popping up about half an inch but it don’t effect the functionality of the machine. All in all I’d buy it again when it’s time.
NOTE: I used to buy the Mr. Coffee tea maker before they changed/screwed up the tea maker. I loved the old Mr. Coffee tea maker a lot but the new one didn’t work well and is a hassle to use. I switched to this because even though it’s more expensive it works the same as the Mr. Coffee tea maker used to. I like it and haven’t had any issues with it so far and I’ve had it for a few months now.

This has been a great addition to my household. It makes great tea at an affordable price. It’s easy to use and live the brew. Each is unique since l use different tea flavors all the time.

I make a LOT of iced tea at home. I don’t do carbonation, caffeine, refined sugar, nor artificial sweeteners, so I pretty much have to make all my beverages myself if I want anything other than water. I grow my own plants for tea so I need something that works with both fresh and dried leaves and flowers.

I’ve used both the Oster and the Mr. Tea makers and they eventually failed because they were too complicated. Hidden water reserves you can’t reach into to descale and springs with pressure-sensitive, filtered reservoirs which get clogged with tea residue and eventually fail to dispense the tea properly.

This machine has none of that. You just fill up the water container, put the plastic tea basket on the plastic pitcher, pop on the lid and slide it under the water container’s output nozzle. Super easy to clean and get all the gunk out. I don’t love the plastic pitcher instead of glass, but since I put the tea into glass containers for storage in the fridge the plastic pitcher isn’t a real problem. I use a VERY fine strainer in a large metal funnel, so no leaves, etc. get into the tea.

I miss the ability to pull out the pitcher to empty as it fills, but at least there’s no springs/whatever to go wrong and not function properly. Both the Oster and the Mr. Tea lost the “auto stop when pitcher is pulled out” function months before the machines gave up the ghost entirely. Having to wait for the auto shut off when the pitcher is full is a small price for being able to make a full gallon of tea in just two runs of the machine. I don’t use any ice, so it’s easy to top off the water reservoir as It empties with a total two quarts of water for each run.

I empty the two runs into a gallon jug, mix in whatever else I want in the brew (lemon or other fruit juice, etc.) mix it up and put it into the pitchers in the fridge. It can be served over ice or just stored in the fridge until cold, which is the way I like it.

Bottom line: It does the job, it’s not ugly on the counter, and it was a very good price.

Lid falls off every time I pour. Plastic decanter is a bit flimsy. Works great and makes good tea