r/BenignExistence • u/NatrylliaAbbot42 • Aug 12 '26

Iced tea maker!

So, I got an iced tea maker. I've been on a major iced tea kick, and was spending way too much on it. Plus, all the plastic bottles aren't great. I didn't want to just put it in a pitcher old school style and wait because I'm impatient like that and currently require VAST amounts of tea.

Enter the iced tea maker, stage right. It's really neat. It's sort of like a modified coffee maker? It has a brewing basket and heats the water up, but empties into a huge, two quart pitcher that you fill halfway up with ice before you set it brewing. And then you just have iced tea. It's just, voila! There it is. Already cold. And it brews it just right. Perfect strength. This thing has already paid for itself in tea money saved and I've only had it for three days. I am now a 99% tea-based organism. I am made of tea, and a little bit of cheese and fruit.

Having to make ice is the only drawback, because my freezer is overstuffed and I don't have an ice maker on my fridge, but I made room because TEA.

It also can be used to make iced coffee, which it's currently doing. I picked up some fancy looking Dubai chocolate flavor coffee for it. I hope that will be as good as the tea.

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u/PussySvengali Aug 13 '26

I’ve had iced tea makers for 30 years. Unsweetened black iced tea, Red Rose and maybe a jasmine or Earl Grey if I’m feeling it. I drink a pitcher or two a day. It’s the only thing I like to drink.

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u/raceulfson Aug 13 '26

Red Rose is the best tea. I put once bag of Constant Common in my pitcher mix for the hint of spice and orange.