Iced Tea Makers

Specifically the Mr Coffee one - are they available here in the right electrical thingy?

Dont think so.

 Not from what my fiancee tells me.     

Too bad the sun isn't has hot in NI as it is over here, or Sun Tea would be a good alternative.... of course it takes a LOT longer.

I love Ice tea!  I have not seen one here.  Look on ebay, you never know what you will find.

Yeah, I gave up on Sun Tea over here. Been boiling some Lipton's Blackberry tea I had for Iced Tea and it was lovely and was remembering my mom's Iced Tea Maker which would be dead handy. Ah, well. Next time I am at the mall I will poke around Capt Cook's but I know it's a long shot.

I've had good luck with sun tea...  maybe im just fortunate enough to have a wee sunny spot on my patio.   I make a litre almost every day in summer.

I've heard of sun tea and love it ... but what's an iced tea maker? I've never heard of them. Is there a need for that? What does it do that would be different from making tea and putting it in the fridge?

I don't know why, but the Iced tea my mom makes with hers always tastes so good. Basically its a coffee machine that brews the tea very fast that you add ice to, so you have your full pitcher (2 quarts) of Iced Tea within a couple minutes. If you like Iced Tea and a lot of it right away, it's very handy, and you end up getting a lot of use out of it cause it simplifies an admittedly already simple act. I was just fantasizing about my mom's tea maker while I was letting my tea bags brew and working out how I'd have to wait to have a glass of Iced tea. 

I've been making mine in the fridge.  Got a big Tupperware pitcher, boil my water, stick in the tea bags put it in fridge over night and voila.  It's actually really good!  Though you do have to wait a few hours for it to cool.

We've been making suntea, leaving it on the window ledge.

Interestingly I was out for lunch with my boss one day in a really flash place (Osia in Haymarket if anyone's interested) and I asked for iced tea, which was not on the menu.  It was so funny, I could see them running around finding ice cubes and a jug and tossing the tea over the cubes - it took them about 15 minutes but they came up with a perfect iced tea!

Yeah, that's how I am making it now, sticking it in the fridge and adding loads of ice before it's properly chilled. A girl can dream though

My mom always pulls out the Mr Coffee Ice Tea Maker when I go home.  It's all I drink.  

My sis sent me Liptons cold brew tea.  It's really quite nice.  Cold water in a jug, put in your tea bags, stick it in the fridge and wait about an hour.  Perfect ice tea.  (Or at least cold tea.)

I'm wondering now if you can use a coffee maker here, but instead of using coffee grounds, use tea bags.  Maybe one of the stainless steel pots filled with ice???  (Think I'm gonna give this a try tonight and see what happens.)  

My mom always pulls out the Mr Coffee Ice Tea Maker when I go home.  It's all I drink.  

My sis sent me Liptons cold brew tea.  It's really quite nice.  Cold water in a jug, put in your tea bags, stick it in the fridge and wait about an hour.  Perfect ice tea.  (Or at least cold tea.)

I'm wondering now if you can use a coffee maker here, but instead of using coffee grounds, use tea bags.  Maybe one of the stainless steel pots filled with ice???  (Think I'm gonna give this a try tonight and see what happens.)  

Ohhhhh, tell us how it goes!!!!  Maybe I should try it with my Senseo.

My husband brought me home a jar of Lift Instant Tea, which says you can make chilled. I just put a few teaspoons into a pint glass, filled it with cold water, stirred and added ice. Not bad!

My husband brought me home a jar of Lift Instant Tea, which says you can make chilled. I just put a few teaspoons into a pint glass, filled it with cold water, stirred and added ice. Not bad!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! i'm drinking that right now!!!   (its not lipton's but it'll do!!)

(i found it at a shop last week, was falling over happy.)