How to Brew Tea in a Drip Coffee Pot
Drip coffee pots brew tea as well as coffee. The process is faster than teapots, but it does require more tea than conventional methods. A drip coffee pot is faster because it requires less time for water to heat, and the tea does not need to steep. Tea leaves brew more efficiently than tea bags because the hot water can run through the leaves more effectively. The tea is delicious, and the drip coffee pot keeps the tea warm longer than when sitting in a teapot. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Clean the drip coffee pot after making coffee by adding 1/2 cup of vinegar to a full reservoir of water and run it through the coffee pot. The vinegar solution takes away the coffee flavor.
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Run a full pot of water through the drip coffee pot to cleanse it of vinegar flavor.
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Use two teabags for every 6 to 8 oz. of tea. Open the teabags and sprinkle the tea leaves evenly into the bottom of a filter. The tea will not steep with this process, so more tea is required for the same strength of tea.
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Fit the filter into the drip coffee pot and brew it just as you do for coffee.
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Tips & Warnings
If the household has a coffee drinker and a tea drinker, purchase a drip coffee pot for each purpose.
Make cold tea by brewing hot tea first, pouring into a tempered glass or mug and adding cold water and ice cubes to taste.
Use teabags spread out evenly in the filter instead of leaves if the filter basket clogs up with the tea leaves.
References
- Photo Credit tea image by Horticulture from Fotolia.com
