Mr. Coffee TM3-2 3-Quart Ice Tea Maker
by Mr. Coffee
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Mr. Coffee TM3-2 3-Quart Ice Tea Maker
Customer Review: Great tea & maker with a few small issues
Summary: 4 Stars
My husband and I are die-hard Mr. Coffee iced tea maker fans. We upgraded from a 2-qt model to the 3-qt and never looked back! We love iced tea, so we don't have to make it quite as often with the 3-qt.
When we make our tea, we use 8-9 regular tea bags in the basket and keep the valve to "closed" until the pot finishes brewing. We wait about 5 minutes after it stops before we open the valve and let the rest of the tea into the pot. This lets the tea steep for a bit longer, making it stronger and needing less tea bags than if you keep the valve open the entire time.
Supposedly you can add any sweetener to the brewing basket, but we just dump the sugar (we use 2/3 of a cup) over the ice before we turn the pot on. It dissolves almost all the way on it's own and just a little stirring at the end finishes it off. Our neighbors always say that we make the best iced tea! :)
The only issues I have with this unit is that after a while, the seam down the spout of the pitcher starts to split and iced tea leaks out when it's brewing. Ours did this after about a year of use, luckily we had gotten two pitchers with our maker. When the second pitcher broke (hubby dropped it from the top shelf in our pantry and shattered it), I couldn't find a replacement pitcher in the stores. I ended up ordering two on-line, for a cost of about $27. However, I could have bought a brand new unit with a pitcher for $20. (I chose not to in an attempt to be more "green.") I really wish Mr. Coffee would price the pitchers lower so that people are less likely to buy an entire new maker and having the old, still-working unit end up in a landfill.
Oh, and the pots are NOT dishwasher safe - it says right on them. So for the reviewers who said they warped in the dishwasher, I'm not surprised. :)
Customer Review: Glad it's the same ole workhorse
Summary: 5 Stars
Being from Texas, my wife and I are ice tea addicts. We've owned and used our first TM3-2 for almost 20 years with zero problems. Recently however, the 'flow knob' did finally break so I was very pleased to see that the same model was still available. Our new TM3-2 is brewing away as I write this...hopefully for another 20 years. Since this is the only tea maker we've ever had, I can't give comparisons to others. I do however, highly reccommend it. Customer Review: great iced tea!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an easy fast way to make iced tea. Cool kitchen appliance to have easy to clean. Highly recommended!Customer Review: Great for iced tea- best model they make!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the 3qt teapot- it is so much better than the 2qt pot. I like the design of this pot since I can control the length of brewing at the end to make it stronger/weaker. Some of the other models do not have this control. I wish the actual pots lasted a bit longer- for me it seems like I need a new pot about once a year, but the brewing apparatus still works great after several years- I run vinegar through it to clean it like a coffee pot a few times a year to maintain it. I'm impressed- we abuse this model sometimes making up to 3 separate pots of tea a day, every day. It has held up to the overuse quite well-except for those pots, which tend to crack after about a year. This model can be difficult to find in stores- but I would recommend it to anyone!Customer Review: Leaks everytime you pour
Summary: 1 Stars
I am sad to say I hate this model. While we have not had any problem while making the tea, everytime we go to pour the tea in our cups, it just does not pour smoothly, it leaks all over the place - 97% of the time. I am ready to throw in the trash as soon as I find a replacement which will hopefully be this week. At first (we have had the model now for a few months) I thought it was just operator error, but we have tried to pour very carefully or tried to figure out if there was a "certain" way to pour, but to no avail, still leaks all over the floor while filling our cups. Such a PAIN! I have owned previous models that are no longer available...sigh...they never leaked, but one of the pitchers did crack and then eventually the second pitcher cracked (after 5 years) so I thought I was "upgrading" to a new model. Boy, was I wrong. I would NOT recommend this product to ANYONE!