Beside good quality water, correct amount of tea, water temperature and infusion time are critical if you want to get the best out of your precious loose leaf tea. The Breville Tea Maker takes care about water temperature and infusion time and therefore eliminates the guesswork out of your tea preparation routine.
A reproducible brewing process that yields in superb results is absolute essential if you are a tea lover, because premium Darjeeling teas can easily cost about 30$ per 100 gram and top quality Japanese or Chinese green tea even go up to 50$ per 100 gram. But even if you don’t (yet) drink such teas, the Breville Tea Maker facilitates the tea preparation in a way that you will drink more of this very healthy beverage.
Breville Tea Maker Features
Glass jug and tea basket
The 1.5 liter jug is made of high quality SCHOTT glass which is also used in chemical laboratories to prevent glass breakage upon rapid temperature changes from hot to cold and vice versa.
The Breville Tea Makers large, stainless steel tea basket provides plenty of space for the tea leaves which is essential to release their full flavor. It will automatically lower and lift when the chosen temperature and steeping time is reached. In addition, it moves down, then up, gently agitating the leaves so they will freely float to get the best out your tea. The designer made lots of perforations into the tea basket to keep plenty of water in contact with the tea leaves. On the other hand the perforations are not too big which keeps the leaves inside the basket.
Bonus tip: If you want to remove tea stains that will occur over time, just put some baking powder inside the kettle and warm to 50-70°C or boil some citric acid or vinegar and all stains will be gone.
Breville Tea Maker Brew Control
Green tea, white tea, herbal tea, Oolong tea or black tea can be prepared with the Breville Tea Maker using the preset menu, which automatically adjusts water temperature for optimal steeping. For each of these programs, you can select a brew strength of strong, medium, or mild. This feature can also be used in the preparation of green teas that can be steeped several times: The first steeping set to mild, the second to medium and the third to strong and the result will be three delicious tasting pots of tea.
In addition, the Breville Tea Maker is fully customizable in order to set the perfect boiling temperature and infusion time for your personal taste. You can even program it to start the tea preparation process at any time; having a cup of tea immediately after you fall out of your bed is not a matter of having a personal butler!
Nowadays, you don’t see a lot of quality workmanship, superior design and built-to-last mentality in consumer products. In addition, Breville USA customer service is exceptional; they replaced a part of my Tea Maker that I lost and didn’t charge me anything. It looks like a lot a tea drinkers have been waiting for a good quality Tea Maker because the Breville Tea Maker sold out very fast after it became available in 2010. Get it as long as it is available.
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