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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
772 tasting notes

I have it now and ordered another for work. It’s so awesome. I’ve used it 3 times so far and I’m looking forward to trying the auto feature tomorrow and this is so awesome! The perfect cup with no fear of oversteeping and more than one at a time and it boils water too and just wow.

I could wish it had a longer cord though, I have to buy an extension cord to reach the plug here at work. I understand why it doesn’t though, most people will be plugging it in near a plug on a counter rather than at a desk where the plugs are on the floor.

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
772 tasting notes

I’m so excited! I live in the Amazon Fresh delivery area around Seattle and this tea maker was there at $100 off! Just $200! I was so excited that I bought it even though I was just shopping for cheese logs and tomato soup at the time. By 9pm tomorrow, I will have it!

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
36 tasting notes

The best thing about this tea pot/kettle is that it can make tea for me while I’m lying in bed on a Saturday morning, and I can pour myself a steaming cupful the minute I get up. It really makes getting out of bed to make breakfast much more tolerable.

The tea, so far, comes out perfect every time. No more bitter, over-brewed tea because I walked off and no more setting the timer so my green tea doesn’t come out too astringent. Don’t know how I can go back to waiting for the kettle to boil in the mornings when I all I wanna do is crawl back in bed. Ultimate pampering. The best.

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
2 tasting notes

There are many good things about the Breville One Touch. It brews in a clear glass pot so you can watch the tea brew if you are into that kind of thing. It brews your tea at the perfect temperature for the perfect amount of time. That the basket holding the tea will travel up and down the cylinder to brew your tea is pretty awesome. It will keep the tea hot for an hour. So if you want to achieve perfectly brewed tea in a mechanized way it is pretty much perfect. If you are “hands on” about brewing tea, and appreciate the ritual of brewing tea that asks for your attention and participation, then this is not going to be about that.

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
1 tasting notes

Just bought this and LOVE it! I am hooked!

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
4 tasting notes

I was shopping for a tea pot and a tea kettle when I saw this. I thought it was too expensive and walked away. I received this for my birthday and I can’t even begin to say how much I love it. FINALLY something that takes the place of both of the appliances.
I use it daily..sometimes multiple times a day. I love that my tea will NEVER be oversteeped and that it will always brew at the perfect temperature for optimal flavor for whatever type of tea I am in the mood for. I seriously cannot say enough about it!!

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
18 tasting notes

I’ve owned my Breville for 18 months now, without any problems. A high-quality product worth the splurge. I like how you can “set it and forget it” and get the perfect cup of tea.

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
257 tasting notes

I received the Breville One Touch Tea Maker as a birthday present last year from my then girlfriend and now wife. (That alone was a good reason to marry her!)

With this tea maker, you get a perfect cup of tea every time. It also keeps your tea warm after brewing for up to an hour.

You can choose pre-selected brewing times and temperatures based on the type of tea (black, green, etc.) or you can customize them according to your individual taste (no pun intended).

If you leave your house early in the morning and don’t have time to brew the tea before you leave, you can set the automatic timer so that the tea is ready and waiting for you when you rise.

Being a gadget kind of guy, I also enjoy observing this great machine at work. Over a year later, it’s still fun for me to watch the infusion basket automatically drop and rise.

Cleaning is extremely fast and easy. This is also important to me. Most of the parts can be run through the dishwasher.

I just have three minor complaints:

1. You have to make a minimum of two cups of tea. This isn’t a big deal, but every now and then I only have time or desire for one cup.

2. The maximum warming time after the tea is brewed is one hour. When I make a full pot of tea (five cups), occasionally I don’t drink it all within an hour. I can nuke it, which also isn’t a huge inconvenience, but it would be nice to have more warming time in the machine. I talked to Breville about this issue and they said that tea warmed for over an hour can lose quality and become bitter. Why did I get the feeling that I was being pacified?

3. This one can potentially be major. As of the last time I checked, you could not buy a replacement teapot from Breville if the glass pot should break. A lot of the electronics are contained in the base of the pot. Perhaps this complicates a replacement. However, glass does break and the French glass used for the pot is not extraordinarily thick. I did read in Breville’s question and answer forum that you can call them if your pot breaks. Hopefully they have some kind of resolution. This machine is not cheap or what I would consider to be a disposable item.

Those three issues aside, I absolutely love this machine. There is no doubt in my mind that it has also increased and enhanced my appreciation of tea. I wish I could figure out a way to smuggle it into the office so I could have great tea every day!

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
17 tasting notes

One day with this machine and I am so glad I splurged. I am a beginner and this helps me make sense of adjustments I need to make when brewing.

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
3 tasting notes

Just go my Breville One Touch Tea Maker. I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t realize how important the water temperature was, or at least I didn’t pay enough attention. I’m on love with my One Touch Tea Maker!!!

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
3 tasting notes

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a newbie when it comes to teas. I had heard all of the instructions on the “right” temperature to make tea at, the proper steeping time, but it seemed to me that a few degrees more or less (or leaving the tea in the water for a bit longer) wouldn’t REALLY make that much of a difference.

Cue the Breville tea maker.

I received it as a Christmas gift from my boyfriend (now Fiance – any guy who gets his girl a $200 gadget to just make tea is a keeper!) and tried it out the next day on some Peachberry Jasmine Sutra tea from Teavana.

Oh. My. Gosh.

Not only was this gadget easy to use (with the push buttons for tea, hot water, and strength of tea) but the combination of the perfect temperature water and perfectly-timed steeping made my tea taste better than I had ever tasted it before. And that INCLUDES the times I would buy a cup of it from the store.

Now, six months later, I still use the Breville every day. The timer function comes in handy for early mornings (prep everything the night before and set it to turn on like a coffeemaker at a particular time) and the hot water function makes it fabulous for bringing hot water-and-a-tea-bag anywhere.

I would suggest this to ANYONE – it is one of those gadgets that, once you have it, you will never want to live without!

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
14 tasting notes

It’s hard to see how much more they could improve this, it really is amazing. Expensive but a great purchase.

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
55 tasting notes

I wrote a very long review of this earlier. It got truncated, so I tried again and again. It posted the first and the last line, and chopped out the middle. And, so I start again.

I love, Love, LOVE this product. It was well worth the purchase price.

The best part is the ease with which it is programmed. Most teas, press a button or two, and off it goes. Perfect every time.

The downside is the mesh in the steeping basket is pretty fine, so most of my rooibos end up all over the place. However, the mesh when you actually pour the tea is fine enough to catch most of it.

Not going to write out all the pros and cons again. Maybe later.

In the event I haven’t mentioned this already, I love this thing.

LiberTEAS

I absolutely love my Breville, and I don’t know how I managed without it. I’ve said this many times before, but it is easily the most used appliance in the house, second only to the fridge and that’s only because that’s always running.

As far as the fine mesh of the basket not being fine enough, I actually strain as I pour too, not just with the mesh on the pour spout, but I strain it through a fine mesh strainer as I pour, and this catches anything that the basket or pour spout misses. I’m a no floaters kind of girl.

Sandy Stith

Thanks for the tip!

TeaBrat

ahhh – you all and your Brevilles, so very tempting!!! I have no room for this in my tiny little kitchen though!

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My husband bought me this for our anniversary, and I absolutely love it. I’m new to tea, and this helps me with brew times and temperatures.

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
807 tasting notes

NEW CON: Only times a steep for up to 10 minutes. I realize it would be a RARE instance in which one would want to go further but I was steeping some Lapacho and needed 25.
I worked it out but just adding to my pro and con list. :)

Babble

I didn’t realize a tea would ever need to steep longer than 10 minutes. That’s craaazy

Azzrian

Well its not really TEA per say – I mean its not from the tea family – its a wood! :)

Babble

You learn something every day. I’ve never heard of that tea before. Is it any good?

Azzrian

I love it but then I was drinking this before I ever got into loose leaf tea as I have been into herbal healing most of my life. I mean if you like things that taste VERY natural its excellent.

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reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
807 tasting notes

Got it! YAY! Happy dance!
So I bought mine on ebay from a seller who seems to have the inside link on how to get these and resell them cheap!
Mine was 180ish I don’t remember exactly how much but it was under 190 including shipping!
It got here in TWO days! I know this is not an ebay seller review LOL but I was FLOORED to have it here on my counter SO FAST!
WOO HOOO

So now – thus far here are my thoughts:

PRO: SUPER easy to work. I figured I would have to have my husband show me at least a few times how to run it but I understood it right away and even setting the custom brew is idiot proof!

CON: You have to brew at least 2 cups of tea at a time. Thats okay when I only want one small cup I can use my regular kettle.

PRO: HUGE brew basket! Allows the leaves to really unfold but then again I have only brewed two cups at a time. I suppose if you made a whole pot and added the right amount of leaves they could get a little smushed in there – I will let you know when I do this.

PRO: Its not as big as I thought it would be over all – far smaller than my obnoxious Keurig coffee maker! So it does not take too much space on my counter! Yay! I don’t have enough space as it is!

PRO: IT looks PRETTY! I like shiny things – its shiny! LOL

PRO: Sturdy!

PRO: Keeps tea warm!

PRO: DOES in fact have a sound when tea is ready! I could not live without that feature!

MOre to come but those are my initial thoughts!

CHAroma

Ooooohh!!!!! Sounds like so much fun! I’m excited for you! Congrats!

tigress_al

This sounnds like a really cool device, making tea as easy as coffee!

Azzrian

:) thank you! Christy!
Tigress – yeah it is SO easy and helps if you tend to space off your steep or get busy with work while waiting on a steep! :)

SimpliciTEA

It does sound wonderful. You and LiberTEAS will have to compare notes (I think she has one, or one like it).

I am interested in hearing more (I occasionally tell me friends about these, and they always seem intrigued).

I love the phrase, Happy dance!

Hesper June

Yah!
I am so excited for you and I am so glad to hear that it is as wonderful as I had hoped…Someday I shall get one:)
I smiled when you said you like shiny things…I like shiny things too;)
Congrats, Azzrian!

KeenTeaThyme

Very cool – although I’m a bit jealous… ;) Could you send me the seller’s info? I’d like to acquire one of these this summer myself!

LiberTEAS

One thing that I learned pretty quickly with using my breville is that because it does keep the tea warm while it steeps (warmer than with other steeping methods, at least for me, unless I were to warm the pot AND use a cozy while it steeps, which is something I wouldn’t normally do. Warm the pot, yes, cozy while steeping, no), I lower the steep time by 30 seconds. If I would normally steep a tea for 3 minutes, it is now steeped in my breville for 2 1/2 minutes. The longer steep time results in more bitterness with this because of the warmer temperature in the brewing vessel.

You’re going to love this, I think. Now that I’ve had mine for a year or so, I don’t know how I lived without it.

Azzrian

Thanks for the tip Liber!
Keen I will PM you the info! :)
Thank you Hesper!! LOL yes shiny things distract me which is fine :)
Simplici – LOL thanks! I will make more notes as I experience more. Seems like Libra would be the guru on this! I am just really happy it is so easy to use :)

Missy

Yay! Glad you got it and it works awesomely. :D

Azzrian

Thank you Missy!!

ashmanra

Neat! I am glad it made you dance!

Azzrian

LOL well okay more of a wobble but hey I got up and MOVED some haha

Will Work For Tea

Soooo jealous of you!!!!! :) That’s awesome that you got one! The cost and the one con you listed are keeping me at an arm’s length from getting it. Look forward to your future tasting notes using your new toy! :)

Azzrian

If you have the funds – even if it means holding off on some tea for a little bit (providing you really have enough tea already) GO FOR IT! I mean if you would have to cut back on tea to the point of not having anything to brew it in then it would not make sense but if you can get this DO IT! I just did another little happy dance just now preparing my next tea for the day! I even said to hubby and daughter smiling so big “Its soooo neat I just push the buttons and it does what I say” ROFL silly I know but hey where else can one get that kind of service haha!
And yea its pretty and shiny and has lights on it! :)

Azzrian

OKay here is a CON: The beeper could be louder! Especially so I could use it as an alarm in the morning when my brew was done steeping! Yeah it could be louder but its good as long as you are not too far away.

Will Work For Tea

You enabler! LOL! Don’t this I can justify it until I’ve been at a job for a couple months. :) Hopefully it’ll happen soon though. I’ll just live vicariously through you until then! :D

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

Yay! Welcome to the family :)

Azzrian

LOL okay Will but when your ready let me know and I’ll PM you the link to this person’s ebay!
Thanks Rachel!!! :)

TeaBrat

I have been tempted by this as well, but it’s rare that I want so much of one tea at once. :)

Azzrian

Yes that is one of my cons as well. Usually I do one cup and resteep so in the cases where that is all I want its kind of a bummer that you have to do TWO cups because then it is two MORE cups in the resteep at least!
Or you waste the leaves OR like me you take the leaves out for a next day or later in the day brew. OR go ahead and steep it and put it in the fridge.
Regardless a one cup ability WOULD be nice!

Missy

Chill one cup for trying a tea iced?

Missy

Just think at the end of the day you could have a whole pitcher of iced tea ;)

Azzrian

Indeed! :)

Missy

Miss Sandy has one if I remember right and she loves it as well. I’ll have to start collecting cans! :D

Azzrian

We should have a breville fund where we donate change here and there – a sign up list for those “in need” and go in order as funds collected :)

Lucy

Lucky woman! YAY! :)

Azzrian

Thank you Lynne!

Missy

That’s a pretty awesome idea.

Azzrian

CON: Basket is a LITTLE hard to clean out but only because I don’t dump and rinse – I compost so its hard to get ALL of it out so I end up actually rinsing a fair amount out whereas with a regular steep basket I can get it all out to compost. Anyway small detail but Im posting everything I think of.

Azzrian

Pro: Warmer button – keeps tea warm for 30 minutes.
CON: No alarm, beep, or noise to indicate that the warm time is up! I would love if it alerted me so I could push the button again!

Azzrian

PRO: Forgot to mention – there is a secondary straining device (is that the right way to say it? Anyway….) at the pour spout. I like this as the basket:
CON: The basket is nice, no problem with stray tea particles for MOST teas a little dicey with SOME herbals, rooibos, etc but only minimal.
So the extra straining thing helps. And one can always use a strainer over the cup like a finnum.

Scott B

That hold feature sounds nice. My Zojirushi only has 3 presets and when a tea calls for brewing at a different temp like 185 or 160 you kind of need to drink as many cups as fast as you can before it drops too much.

Azzrian

Yeah exactly it is such a great feature! I just need to get used to remembering to go push the button again when I need more time.

LiberTEAS

@Azzrian: You know the strainer that we received with our first Steepster Select box? I use that daily to strain the tea as I pour it from the Breville teapot to my cup. One might think that it’s overdoing it a bit, but with the very small bits (especially in teas like chai) it does catch potential additional floaters. I’m not fond of floaters in my tea, so it’s really an easy thing to do to eliminate any potential floating bits.

Azzrian

I wish we had a LIKE button here lol good post LiberTEAS!

Erika M.

I have been eyeing this machine for a while…I would love to buy one in the near future. Could you please email me the name of this ebay seller? Thanks in advance…

Azzrian

Will do!

BoxerMama

How did you get it sooo cheap?! I want one but I don’t really want to spend $250+

Azzrian

PM me and I will send you the link to the person I got mine from – she lists them now and then. :)

Maitri

Okay, I’m coming to this thread months after it was posted. How do you like the Breville now? I’ve been looking at it and looking on eBay since you said you got a good price there. What did you consider a good price since they range widely? I’d really like to know and if you don’t mind sharing the seller?

Blessings,

Maitri

Azzrian

This is the seller http://myworld.ebay.com/foryou247 – they don’t have any items listed right now but you can see in their feedback they sell the Breville One Touch fairly often. I would message them and ask if they have any sitting around. I love mine! Now since I got my Zojiroushi I don’t use the Breville AS often but I still use it and love it when I do.
I use my breville when I want to make several cups of the same tea – like when wanting a pot to sit down with a book or movie. Otherwise I use my Zojurushi for sampling for reviews and one cuppers through out the day.
I paid 182.50 plus 13.44 Shipping on mine back then. Maybe they are priced even lower now – not sure.

CHAroma

What’s this Zojiroushi? I haven’t heard of it before…

Azzrian

Here are reviews on it http://steepster.com/teas/teaware/28510-zojirushi-champagne-gold-3-liter-water-boiler-and-warmer
I will PM this to you as well in case you are bad at looking at the updates like I am :)

bollie

Say there have you compared teas the old fashion way vs the breville tea maker xB TM800 xl ?
We would to see you compare a light green ..say a Japanese green using the tea maker vs the old fashion way hot water & pot .

I Have one of these tea makers and we always notice a “chemical taste” to our tea ,, particularly the more delicate varieties ie green , white and most good oolongs.

We also tried chlorinated water from the tap as well as filtered water ,,, filtered water appeared to make some difference , but we could still easily taste the " chemical"

In further observation there is a large silicon gasket separating the glass carafe section to the metallic base of this tea maker. As a result of the silicon contact with the hot water & tea we suspect that’s where the funny taste originates from ??

has anyone else found this to be true ?

Azzrian

I find that preparing greens the old fashioned was is far better than in the breville. Everything else – with exception of puerh of course is fine.
I prefer my greens gong fu style as opposed to the breville unless they are just some standard flavored green – then the breville is okay. Honestly though I would not prepare ANY of my PRIZED teas in the breville as I reserve those for sitting down and throughly enjoying and gong fu, for me, is part of that enjoyment. That is not to say you can’t make a quality tea in the breville but for the most part I agree with your statement.
Then again if you are stumbling around in the morning just needing that stand by black, or whatever tea like I often am then the breville is much better.
:)

emueller08

Azzrian- I have been looking for one of these at a decent price for so long. Is there anyway you could pm me the info? :) Great review btw!

Azzrian

Here it is but I will PM it to you as well http://myworld.ebay.com/foryou247

Nicholas G.

I can sometimes spend an HOUR making my tea before I go to work. I usually make a big ol’ thermos full (48+oz), so with that said, do you think this tea maker would really cut down on my tea making time? I mean I have to admit, I am not standing by the microwave waiting for my water to boil the entire time ( I multitask), but it still is a pain in the butt waiting for water to cool down to the proper temperature, etcetera. As for finding it on eBay, thank you for the great idea. I was pretty much decided upon getting it at Teavana.

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bookscats-and-tea

I bought my Breville last October, and I. LOVE. IT. I love it. If mine ever breaks, I will have to fork over for a new one, because I can never go back. Have you found a de-scaling agent you like? I’m finally getting around to de-scaling mine (almost a year later), but any guidance any of you have on de-scalers would be very welcome!

えりえるさん

Bought mine at a BB&B with those 20% off coupons. The reason being I don’t believe eBay is included in the authorized retailers required for warranty service noted in the manual.

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100
reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
1 tasting notes

I have it, too…and I love it! I wish that the lid were a little sturdier. Mine came cracked but Breville has agreed to replace it when their lids are no longer on back order. But, what’s perfect, anyway?

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100
reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
5 tasting notes

a perfect machine. even if it’s a stretch, you won’t regret this purchase.

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100

Best decision I have made so far. Tea wise…
Steeps for perfect amount of time.
At the perfect temperature.
Has every bell and whistle you can ever imagine.
The basket moves up and down using magnets!
Cleans extremely easy.
makes 1200ml = 5cups of tea at a time.
the power cord was fixed! it now wraps under the base extending to several feet.
This company really thought of everything… If you have any doubt read the 30+ page instruction manual available online. It will tell you EVERYTHING you need to know.

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100
reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
257 tasting notes

This is a life-changing machine if you enjoy tea! I am so happy with this tea maker!! It is really easy to use and clean plus it just does everything for you!!! The right temp for all the different teas and the right steep time makes the perfect cup !! You just relax and enjoy the tea with no wondering. It makes the tea for you!! You can remove the steeping basket and customize water temps to pour into your own teapots too. Wonderful tea maker and I will never ever be without it for the rest of my life!!!

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100
reviewed One Touch Tea Maker by Breville
15 tasting notes

just got this in the mail today…
i’m in love.

brewed a white with rose and jasmine and it came out perfect. it screams quality in the design! love it love it love it!

bye bye, tea bags, hello tastier way of life <3
thanks tax return!

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A basic overview of what comes with the Breville One-Touch Tea Maker and how it works. I had a few people that were curious about the basic so I put together a quick video I hopes will help to answer some questions.

http://iheartteas.teatra.de/2012/01/video-breville-one-touch-tea-maker-the-mechanics/

LiberTEAS

I agree that it is a little difficult to clean, and the 500ml minimum got me at first too, but I’ve gotten used to that. But, my thoughts are this: It is a definite step in the right direction. If you go to any department store, in the housewares department you’re likely to find about a whole aisle dedicated to the various coffee makers out there, but, anything for tea? Maybe a couple of tea kettles, but that’s it. I love that some attention is being shifted to those of us who drink tea.

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

I completely agree LiberTEAS and that is precisely why I believe those to be minor drawbacks. Super minor setbacks. It is wonderful to finally see something for tea and something so phenomenal at that.

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