Aug 15
Stephen’s Teaview Snapshot
 | "Made with high-quality glass and beautifully-designed, this iced tea pitcher set would look great in any modern-designed kitchen."
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It's smack dab in the middle of August, and although this year's summer has been one of the mildest I can remember here in Virginia, it's still perfect weather for iced tea. So when Tea Forte kindly sent in their "Iced Tea Brewing Pitchers" set for review I just had to try it out for myself.The set consists of three pieces, each of hand-blown, heat-resistant glass: (1) a large base pitcher, (2) a smaller "brewing pitcher" which nests perfectly on top of the base and (3) a small glass "cap" for the top of the brewing pitcher, with a hole in the middle. It is altogether well-made and the combination makes for a handsome, modern-design. The idea is that you fill the base pitcher with ice cubes, drop a Tea Forte iced-tea infuser of your choice into the brewing pitcher, pour hot water over it and let it steep for the appropriate amount of time. Then you pour the contents of the brewing pitcher into the base pitcher, and voila, you've got "24 ounces" (according to the literature) of iced tea.
It's not rocket science, and the pitchers work well as intended. The spouts are particularly well-designed and there was minimal "drippage", which I liked. I brewed up a Tea Forte raspberry nectar iced tea sachet and it came out just about perfect - delicious and well-proportioned, not too strong and not too watered-down. The only issue I had with this at all was that it is advertised as providing "24 ounces" of iced tea. I filled the brewing pitcher nearly to the rim, and filled the base pitcher about 3/4 of the way with ice, and I came out with a tall 12-ounce glass of iced tea with just barely 2 ounces left in the pitcher. So for me this worked out well as a single-serving iced-tea maker, but those thinking they'll get two full-sized glasses of tea out of a single brew might be disappointed. (The pictures on the box show ice already in the glass being server, so maybe they include the volume of ice in each serving glass as part of the total 24 ounces? I'm not sure.)
That really is my only qualm with this product. It works as advertised, is made of high-quality glass (not plastic like similar iced tea pitchers out there) and would look great in any modern-designed kitchen. The price is a bit steep at $42, but Tea Forte has a special offer where you can save $15 if you buy a twelve-pack of iced tea sachets along with the brewing pitchers, so that helps a bit.
For a wide selection of Gourmet Organic Teas be sure to visit Tea Forte.
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