Mr. Coffee TM1 2-Quart Iced Tea Maker
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Mr. Coffee TM1 2-Quart Iced Tea Maker
Customer Review: Over 15 years of use and still going strong
Summary: 5 Stars
I rec'd the Mr. Coffee Iced Tea maker as a wedding gift over 15 years ago. It is the model with the red top. It had two pitchers. One of the pitcher cracked last week (after 15 years of use). I have put the pitchers through the dishwasher on many occasions through the years. I have never had a problem with the pitchers warping. I believe a previous rater may have hit the nail on the head. The problem is likely because the user may not be filling the pitcher with iced BEFORE making the tea. This cools the tea down immediately and will prevent warping or overheating of the pitcher. I use only 1 family sized Lipton tea bag and either sugar or splenda and do not use a coffee filter but I DO fill the pitcher with ice before making the tea. It makes great tea like this. I would love to have replacement pitcher (in case my other pitcher finally cracks) but I don't know which one to order as I cannot find a model # on my unit. Customer Review: don't waste your money!
Summary: 1 Stars
Although it seams to work fine at first, it becomes junk quickley. I am on my 3rd Mr. Coffee iced tea maker, I have to exchange it about every 2 months because the pitcher keeps cracking and I have more tea on the counter than in my pitcher. When I use it the first few times it's always ok, but it never last more that 1 1/2 - 2 months before it makes a huge mess with every use.Customer Review: Pitcher breaks too easily
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this, my first iced tea maker, about 3 weeks ago. I'm not an iced tea connoisseur by any means but I was initially pretty satisfied. I got good results with 6-8 tea bags. I thought the unit was very easy to use. I've made about 6 pitchers a week and have had zero problems with it leaking or with it making weak tea. For the people who've had leaks, the only thing I can suggest is that maybe they didn't push the pitcher up close to the brewing unit. Or maybe they had the pitcher spout facing the brewing unit, which will create a gap.
Edit: In retrospect, the device probably warrants 3 stars.
My biggest problem with this is the pitcher. I knocked it off the counter and it skipped once and split right across the bottom. True, a glass pitcher probably wouldn't have held up to a drop, either. I don't understand the design trade offs that made the material a good choice but the end result is: The pitcher's much more fragile than your other plastics, can't be washed in the dishwasher, has a reputation (in Amazon reviews) of warping in normal use, and has to be mail-ordered as a replacement (I can't find any around). If you get this maker, just be careful with the pitcher.
Customer Review: Junk. Must agree with 06/06 reviewer
Summary: 1 Stars
I just "traded in" my near-lifetime membership in the Mr. Coffee tea maker club for a competing model that doesn't leak on the counter, and is reported to have a pitcher that can stand up to the combo of ice and hot water.
Our household drinks a LOT of iced tea, to the point that my husband has been lobbying for a commercial/restaurant unit. (But we don't have that kind of counter space.) If you drink a lot of tea, and have bought the 2-Quart Mr. Coffee model in any color (blue, yellow, orange...) with the TM-1 configuration, and you haven't had to bleach your counter a few (hundred) times, I suspect you've been able to give it your full and painstaking attention, as opposed to balancing tea making with a bunch of other cooking chores and family demands on hectic weeknights. Despite careful handwash and following instructions, I've gone through two pitchers in a year due to warping and those tiny, spreading cracks - anybody want 2 pitcherless brewers that don't really "hook up" well with pitchers that are absurdly expensive to replace?
Too bad, these units were sweet in the '90s. I hope I like the "other" brand of tea maker better over the long haul and can give it the thumbs up on Amazon...maybe in 6 months.
Customer Review: Awful Plastic Tasting Tea
Summary: 1 Stars
I have tried everything to remove the plastic taste from the tea made in this tea maker. Ran vinegar through it...ran about 20 water runs through it and it still taste like plastic. So disappointed. It is actually the water stright from the water heater that taste like plastic...can't get rid of it.