 Made by tea drinkers for tea drinkers |
| Review Date: November 24, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Stacey A., Beautiful Pacific Northwest, USA |
| Finally, an electric tea maker that was clearly designed by tea drinkers and not as an after thought by the coffee-maker crowd. It heats the water in the top chamber, drops it into the steeping chamber with the tea, steeps for however long you've set it for, then drops it into the carafe at the bottom. Perfect! In the winter I use mine almost daily. I set it up the night before, then just hit the on button before I hop in the shower in the morning - hot tea with no risk of over-steeping! Pros: two temperature settings (for black/green tea); variable steeping times so you can adjust to your taste and the type of tea; can use either tea bags or loose leaf tea; keeps your tea hot all day so you can make a whole pot and not worry about it cooling off like it would if you used a traditional teapot. Cons: while it is possible to pour the tea without dribbling, you must pour slowly and carefully and hope that the stars are aligned just right. But then again, I don't believe I've ever owned a traditional teapot that didn't have the same problem. I'm considering buying another one to have at work. |
Best on the market by far!
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| Review Date: September 30, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Adam N. Capper, San Luis Obispo, CA USA |
I was very weary when I purchased this product. I had read many reports of the triniTea leaking, the pot spilling, the unit not getting hot enough to make a good pot of black tea, the unit being temperamental about the order each segment is put into the stand, etc. Here is what I have come to realize. There are 2 different versions of this unit out on the market. The first version, which I assume has the above issues, beeps 4 times when the tea is finished (the unit beeps after water heats, after steeping finishes, and after all the tea is in the pot). The newer version beeps 3 times when the tea finishes. I have come to this conclusion based on a number of different reviews. I have no official word on this from adagio, but I would bet money it were true. So my suggestion is, when you first get the unit, let it do a run through with just water, no tea. If at the end it beeps 4 times, dry it off, pack it back up, and send it back with amazon's amazing return policy. If it beeps 3 times, you are in for a truly wonderful experience. I ordered my triniTea on Sept. 22 2009 and received the new version from amazon. Perhaps all the old units are off the market now, but check to be sure.
I have now made black tea, oolong tea, green tea, and white tea. I simply went across the spectrum of tea, one after another to see how the unit performed. FYI, I have had to pee about 10 times today, so I suggest you do not do this kind of test =) The tea comes out perfectly hot and perfectly steeped. Some people love their tea to burn their mouths when they take that first sip. If you set the machine to make black tea (boiling water and a 5 minute steep) it will burn your mouth, or at least it burns mine. However, if the let it sit for a minute or 2, and allow the heating element under the pot to take over, the tea becomes the perfect drinking temperature. Some people complain the tea doesn't keep hot enough. This is of course just my personal preference, but I think it stays at the perfect sipping temperature. Secondly, I have yet to see any tea dust in the finished product, which speaks to the quality of the infuser. The pot has not spilled a drop of tea no matter what speed I pour. All around a perfect tea experience, and fun to watch each step happen because of the clear plastic infuser and glass pot.
Some people have complained about the size, and this was a concern for me, because I live in a dorm room. No offense meant to the people who think its too big, but I was actually surprised by how small it is. I picture on amazon I think gives a good perspective on the size. All I will say is that I have plenty of room for it in my little dorm room.
As for one review which talks about the health risk of boiling water in a plastic container, I am sure you can go out an find web pages which will tell you about the "risks" of doing so. These will probably also be the pages that tell you not to reuse ANY plastic water bottle because of "leaching". You can believe who you will, but instead of looking for pages that will tell you about these "dangers", look for pages that just give food safety ratings of plastic. I wont start attacking other people's reviews, but I will just tell you that I am not worried about the triniTea killing or poisoning me.
In conclusion, the triniTea has by far exceeded my expectations. I was expecting to have a few of the problems I have read about, and just had to deal with them. Instead, I have had no problems, and will continue to use the unit everyday. The unit looks very high caliber, makes a wonderful cup of tea, and makes tea drinking worry free (no more watching the clock making sure I am not over steeping. The trinitea is expensive. You cannot argue that point, but for the quality of the unit and the tea it puts out, and the fact that there really is no other option if you want a device like this one, it is well worth it. |
Trinitea by Adagio
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| Review Date: November 15, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Jeanne S., USA |
| This product brews perfect tea. It's not complicated to use, however I find the cleaning of the brew basket difficult. I would be nice if they could design a paper liner for the brew basket. |
The best tea appliance yet!
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| Review Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: andiesenji, SoCal,USA |
I purchased this as a gift for my daughter, an avid tea fancier, and it works exactly as advertised.
It produces a superior pot of tea and multiple infusions are easy with the integral timer.
This appliance brews tea as it is supposed to be brewed and there is no possibility of "stewing" or overbrewing of the tea.
This is the best tea appliance I have used and I believe I have tried them all, including some from England that I had rewired for use in the US. |
Great tea maker!
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| Review Date: July 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. Jordan, Ankeny, IA, USA |
| This tea maker is great. I agree with everything positive everyone else has said in their reviews. We bought our tea maker for Mother's Day this past year, and I think that Adagio has made some improvements to the model. The carafe does not spill and is easy to pour from in this newer model that we have. I can't speak to how long it lasts, because we have only had ours for a little over 2 months. But we have 3 tea drinkers in our house and we use the TriniTea daily, sometimes more than once a day! The only downside, if you live in a family of tea drinkers, is that you can only make 4 cups at a time, which unfortunately does not transfer to 4 mugs of tea. Other than that this product is perfect and I would recommend it to any tea drinker! |
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