Take the guesswork out of brewing the perfect cup of tea with Breville's expert extractor. The product featured in this video can be purchased at Williams-Sonoma: www.williams-so...
A good, clear explanation. This is the only video that explains that it has a basket up and down function and how to use it. All the other videos make it look like the basket must stay fixed in place until the end of the brewing cycle.
I like that I don't have to time my tea then run back to lift out my tea bag while I'm trying to get ready... I put timer on the night before and it's waiting hot in the morning for when I walk out the door.... With perfect steep time... I don't drink coffee so this is awesome for me!
Strength of the tea is actually determined by how much of the tea leaves you use...not by how long you brew it. Over-steeping the tea can lead to a bitter end-note of the tea, leaving your mouth dry. Otherwise, this is a great product. I love how its so easy to customize it to get your perfect cup of tea. If you want to brew the tea longer, I would suggest setting the temperature lower, then steeping for a longer amount of time.
You still extract more from the leaves with longer water exposure. Yes, more leaves for the same time will make a stronger tea, but it also is accurate to say that longer exposure to water will (along with tamping the leaves a bit and stirring etc) extract more. There's a point where the water will be as saturated as it can get-when it reaches equilibrium with the leaves or at cooler temperatures has extracted all that will extract AT that temperature, but that certainly is not at the 2 or even 5 minute point. While the equipment is quite different (ie high pressure systems, different brewing methods entirely), coffee extraction-where most want 18-20% of the coffee extracted out, is quite a trendy topic (you are, after all, transferring what is in one into the other, so once the tea dries out again, it will weigh less just as coffee does)
The real selling point of this machine is that you can use it like a coffee machine with time. You can set it to brew at a certain time, so you can wake up to hot tea every morning.
The problem is that the basket function (repeated raising and lowering during steeping) is not recommended for anything less than 4 cups of water. If you make less than 4 cups it is just a waste of money paid for a feature Breville recommends not using. As you decrease the amount of water in the jug below 5 cups, the basket feature causes the basket to repeatedly raise out of the hot water for increasing lengths of time during the brew cycle. For the same brewing time, you get different strengths of tea. Bad engineering. The vertical travel of the basket is not adjustable. Breville should have included a function that would limit the basket's vertical travel based on the water level selected.
I mean I think the fix would be simply increase the brew time if you still want to use the basket function. Like add 20% more time for each cup lost from five cup mark. That way the time in contact with water is roughly the same. Also do you know whether the kettle maintains the temp during the brewing process?
I agree with @Tricia Bianco that there's a limit to how long tea can be steeped before the water begins pulling the bitter tannins from the leaves. Tea is made stronger with more leaves, not longer brew time; and conversely too much water ruins the tea so that the only solution is starting over, not simply brewing it longer. I wonder if this device would allow someone to steep Earl Grey (for example) for longer than 2-3 minutes - ?
Nice review! Is this Electric Tea Kettle still functioning properly and would you recommend it? I need to know how products hold up over time, thank you.
Don't go to this page for that info, then-this is the channel for a high end kitchen goods store trying to get people to throw $300 down on the machine. :)
I bought one when it was only $149.00 and it was great till Breville got greedy and raised the price to over $200.00 so now they can shove it up their ASS. I was going to buy another but after seeing the new price changed my mind quickly.
I got this a few years back. It the basket function broke very quick and I was very delicate with it. I'm thinking about buying it again but worried this would happen again. Has anyone kept this long term without issue?
Not much art to making tea. It's just about type of tea, amount of tea, temp and time. This system is preprogrammed. Most people don't think about temp they usually wait for the kettle to whistle.
Instead of poking at all the buttons and making it confusing, It would be better to just run the process and let us see it do its thing. We can always speed up the video.
CAN THIS BE SET WHERE THE INFUSER STAYS IN THE WATER WHILE IT IS KEEPING WARM. I BREW ROOTS - GINGER AND TURMERIC MAINLY. I LIKE TO LET THEM STEEP ALL DAY. OOPS, ALL CAPS, NOT MAD, JUST READ IT EASIER AND FORGET TO TURN OFF FOR POSTING. ANYWAY, IF ANYONE KNOWS IF THIS ONE WILL OR KNOW OF ONE THAT IS ALL GLASS AND DOES PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
According to Breville, the ‘Keep Warm’ function will only stay on for 60 minutes. It is programmed this way for safety and to protect the taste/integrity of the tea, as steeping too long can result in unwanted bitterness.
ew anything less than 4! your right that you should never put anything in tea, but steeping time is to taste, i would be putting lemon and sugar in your understeeped tea just so it had some flavor! just remember, everyone has their own taste and as long as you didnt put anything in your tea there was no crime commited.
If you are using tea as medicinal use, you need to have temperature control - without a doubt. You also want an inert material which the water is contained. I rather have glass over stainless. Any plastic is unacceptable. Ceramic is also good, but the ceramic may have lead. The US allows lead in appliances, where it did not previously allow. So Chinese appliances may have lead and may not be disclosed. Other US made appliances may have lead. Cheap stainless has higher levels of nickel and other alloys which can leach into the water. A one temperature teapot is not ideal.
Cheap stainless steel will not have a lot of nickel since it is pretty much the main determining factor in price of stainless steel. That's why we have 18-8 and 18-10, where 18-8 with the 18% chromium and 8% nickel is cheaper than 18-10 with 18% chromium and 10% nickel. Unless of course they're selling what is basically 18-8 as 18-10 (some 8,3% nickel) as some companies do. In any case, AISI 304 steel won't leach enough chromium or nickel into whatever you cook in it to go over the tolerable daily upper limit and it won't happen every time because the leached amount goes down each cooking cycle. See Kamerud et al. (2013) Stainless Steel Leaches Nickel and Chromium into Foods During Cooking.
Thank you for the correction - so it is the chromium and not the nickel which determines the grade of stainless. I have a distiller where the water is contained within a stainless steel tub. I can't but there are some who can taste metal even with the use of a charcoal filter. I would rather use a glass container and not metal especially if the water or substance is being heated.
Should I really buy a plastic tea maker for 200 bucks, where the manufacturer even lies to its customers telling them its all either stainless steel or glas, but no plastic at all?
As a Brit I just hate it when the tea bag makes a loud dink upon entering my cup. Just imagine the bloody noise whilst boiling! As a Brit I also value sarcasm. 😉
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A good, clear explanation.
This is the only video that explains that it has a basket up and down function and how to use it. All the other videos make it look like the basket must stay fixed in place until the end of the brewing cycle.
This is the best and most professional demonstation of this tea maker I've come across after watching many TH-cam videos
I like that I don't have to time my tea then run back to lift out my tea bag while I'm trying to get ready... I put timer on the night before and it's waiting hot in the morning for when I walk out the door.... With perfect steep time... I don't drink coffee so this is awesome for me!
we've had ours for three years now I love it
Strength of the tea is actually determined by how much of the tea leaves you use...not by how long you brew it. Over-steeping the tea can lead to a bitter end-note of the tea, leaving your mouth dry. Otherwise, this is a great product. I love how its so easy to customize it to get your perfect cup of tea. If you want to brew the tea longer, I would suggest setting the temperature lower, then steeping for a longer amount of time.
You still extract more from the leaves with longer water exposure. Yes, more leaves for the same time will make a stronger tea, but it also is accurate to say that longer exposure to water will (along with tamping the leaves a bit and stirring etc) extract more. There's a point where the water will be as saturated as it can get-when it reaches equilibrium with the leaves or at cooler temperatures has extracted all that will extract AT that temperature, but that certainly is not at the 2 or even 5 minute point. While the equipment is quite different (ie high pressure systems, different brewing methods entirely), coffee extraction-where most want 18-20% of the coffee extracted out, is quite a trendy topic (you are, after all, transferring what is in one into the other, so once the tea dries out again, it will weigh less just as coffee does)
The real selling point of this machine is that you can use it like a coffee machine with time. You can set it to brew at a certain time, so you can wake up to hot tea every morning.
Yes though making a tea from scratch really doesn't take long, just boil only the quantity you need.
It is if the tea isn;t at the right temp. Over doing tea can leave a bad taste.
Thank you! Finally figured out how to use this tea maker.
The problem is that the basket function (repeated raising and lowering during steeping) is not recommended for anything less than 4 cups of water. If you make less than 4 cups it is just a waste of money paid for a feature Breville recommends not using. As you decrease the amount of water in the jug below 5 cups, the basket feature causes the basket to repeatedly raise out of the hot water for increasing lengths of time during the brew cycle. For the same brewing time, you get different strengths of tea. Bad engineering. The vertical travel of the basket is not adjustable. Breville should have included a function that would limit the basket's vertical travel based on the water level selected.
If you select the basket button, it will stay in the water and not go up and down.
I mean I think the fix would be simply increase the brew time if you still want to use the basket function. Like add 20% more time for each cup lost from five cup mark. That way the time in contact with water is roughly the same. Also do you know whether the kettle maintains the temp during the brewing process?
@WR Me
Wow this is incredible.
"fill my caraffe with about 1000mL"
I believe that's what they call "a liter" ...
175 degrees, apparently water can now go well above boiling point...100 degrees C...
175 F
100 C = 212 F ...
It was a joke given the lady didn't specify F.
@@fyrestorme well she didn't specify but it almost goes without saying...
I agree with @Tricia Bianco that there's a limit to how long tea can be steeped before the water begins pulling the bitter tannins from the leaves. Tea is made stronger with more leaves, not longer brew time; and conversely too much water ruins the tea so that the only solution is starting over, not simply brewing it longer. I wonder if this device would allow someone to steep Earl Grey (for example) for longer than 2-3 minutes - ?
Nice review! Is this Electric Tea Kettle still functioning properly and would you recommend it? I need to know how products hold up over time, thank you.
Don't go to this page for that info, then-this is the channel for a high end kitchen goods store trying to get people to throw $300 down on the machine. :)
I bought one when it was only $149.00 and it was great till Breville got
greedy and raised the price to over $200.00 so now they can shove it
up their ASS. I was going to buy another but after seeing the new price
changed my mind quickly.
'Only' $149.... 😂😂😂
Holy crap its 250 now in Canada
HayGurl Hay Now it’s 279.99
That's OK I already bought 1 for 149 they can shove all There's up their a**
I got this a few years back. It the basket function broke very quick and I was very delicate with it. I'm thinking about buying it again but worried this would happen again. Has anyone kept this long term without issue?
So this only brews a few cups at a time ?
Does it have any plastic material?
Is it possible to make coffee with this too???
Flaming Nora!
can i put coffee in the infuser?
I feel like such an idiot for just buying this thing. Merry Christmas.
although this takes the art out of making a proper cup of tea it does seem so handy!
Not much art to making tea. It's just about type of tea, amount of tea, temp and time. This system is preprogrammed. Most people don't think about temp they usually wait for the kettle to whistle.
I've purchased two, neither worked. 😢
Instead of poking at all the buttons and making it confusing, It would be better to just run the process and let us see it do its thing. We can always speed up the video.
Or just boil a kettle
CAN THIS BE SET WHERE THE INFUSER STAYS IN THE WATER WHILE IT IS KEEPING WARM. I BREW ROOTS - GINGER AND TURMERIC MAINLY. I LIKE TO LET THEM STEEP ALL DAY. OOPS, ALL CAPS, NOT MAD, JUST READ IT EASIER AND FORGET TO TURN OFF FOR POSTING. ANYWAY, IF ANYONE KNOWS IF THIS ONE WILL OR KNOW OF ONE THAT IS ALL GLASS AND DOES PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
According to Breville, the ‘Keep Warm’ function will only stay on for 60 minutes. It is programmed this way for safety and to protect the taste/integrity of the tea, as steeping too long can result in unwanted bitterness.
But does the basket stay down for that 60 minutes, or can you make it stay down?
no
overfill the water level
There are several tea kettles with infusers that will work for that. Not this automated one though.
Green tea haha peasant! I enjoy PG tips.
gross.
La acabo de comprar queria saber si es muy buena como fue el precio
How much price
I believe the price is your kidney. Although, you can correct me if I'm wrong.
Can we boil milk in it?
Where's Mrs Doyle when you need her...
Ew four minutes for green tea??? No wonder people need lemon and sugar for their bitter tea.
ew anything less than 4! your right that you should never put anything in tea, but steeping time is to taste, i would be putting lemon and sugar in your understeeped tea just so it had some flavor! just remember, everyone has their own taste and as long as you didnt put anything in your tea there was no crime commited.
Bro do you even drink real tea? Its not bitter at all.
2 to 3 for me
If you are using tea as medicinal use, you need to have temperature control - without a doubt. You also want an inert material which the water is contained. I rather have glass over stainless. Any plastic is unacceptable. Ceramic is also good, but the ceramic may have lead. The US allows lead in appliances, where it did not previously allow. So Chinese appliances may have lead and may not be disclosed. Other US made appliances may have lead. Cheap stainless has higher levels of nickel and other alloys which can leach into the water. A one temperature teapot is not ideal.
Cheap stainless steel will not have a lot of nickel since it is pretty much the main determining factor in price of stainless steel. That's why we have 18-8 and 18-10, where 18-8 with the 18% chromium and 8% nickel is cheaper than 18-10 with 18% chromium and 10% nickel. Unless of course they're selling what is basically 18-8 as 18-10 (some 8,3% nickel) as some companies do. In any case, AISI 304 steel won't leach enough chromium or nickel into whatever you cook in it to go over the tolerable daily upper limit and it won't happen every time because the leached amount goes down each cooking cycle. See Kamerud et al. (2013) Stainless Steel Leaches Nickel and Chromium into Foods During Cooking.
Thank you for the correction - so it is the chromium and not the nickel which determines the grade of stainless. I have a distiller where the water is contained within a stainless steel tub. I can't but there are some who can taste metal even with the use of a charcoal filter. I would rather use a glass container and not metal especially if the water or substance is being heated.
Should I really buy a plastic tea maker for 200 bucks, where the manufacturer even lies to its customers telling them its all either stainless steel or glas, but no plastic at all?
And THAT is why you just use a bag
I want this so bad but I'm poor af 😩 Lower the price Breville!!!! I'd pay $100 but no more than that!!!
Have you thought about shoplifting one?
yo just buy a box of 100 tea bags for 3.99!!!!
That crap is dust from the floor. You are paying for literal garbage.
how the hell is "quietness"a selling point? boiling a kettle is "loud"?
yes it is
As a Brit I just hate it when the tea bag makes a loud dink upon entering my cup. Just imagine the bloody noise whilst boiling! As a Brit I also value sarcasm. 😉
Well maybe I like the misery
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