Brentwood KT-2150BK Iced Tea and Coffee Maker with 64 Ounce Pitcher, Black

A year later, still loving it. This tea maker is in constant use so I’m glad it’s such a pretty blue because it’s always out on the counter. It brews nice, it doesn’t take too long, it doesn’t leak. It’s simple, pour water in, put the tea bags in the basket, close the lid, push the button. There’s no unnecessary steps or pieces. You can adjust the strength of the brew. I’m ordering a 2nd for work.

I have seen some of the reviews that show a lot of movement where the pitcher is housed. Looks like flimsy base. What I have learned by using this product for months now. Yes, there is a lot of movement where the pitcher is placed. However, no matter where the pitcher is placed on the base, the pitcher lid is designed at an angle, so it will always drip into the pitcher. I have not had any issues. If you want a true high quality product, you are going to need to pay a helluva lot more. We use this product every other day. One thing we do after each use, is turn the machine over into the sink and slightly shake any excess water (there is usually a little bit of water left in the reservoir) to help dry out machine. We always keep the machine unplugged. We also position the percolator arm to the back, so that the lid lays on it and stays open for a few hours to dry out. Machine has been well worth it to us. We have zero complaints about this inexpensive option. I rather enjoy this machine, we don't use ice during the brewing, we double brew basically to the top of the pitcher (let it cool, while cooling I put all my teabags into the pitcher to steep for extra 30 mins) and then add cold water to fill our other gallon pitcher to the top and refrigerate, then we add ice into the glasses. Fun tidbit of information is when I double brew, I put 10 regular size green tea bags into the filter (for my gallon pitcher) and 4 or 5 country peach tea bags (from celestial seasonings) and it makes yummy peach tea!! Have fun!!!

Works great. It has a quick brew time, zero leaks. It is very easy to use. We make atleast 4 gallons of tea per week and have had zero issues. Great product!!

I bought this to replace an 11 year old Mr. Coffee that I used to make tea that quit working. This is a very simple machine--there is "brew" button to start the cycle and "brew strength" slider and that's it. If you want to turn it off mid-brew for some reason you pull the cord, there is no off button. At the end of the brew cycle it turns off but there are no sound notifications. It brews very hot so lift the lid carefully if you do so right after it turns off. It has a tall carafe but you can only fill it about 1/3 with water (to the marked water line, approx 8 cups) and that fills the machine's water reservoir. The idea from the instructions is you fill the water reservoir then put a large amount of ice in the carafe, then brew, and "presto", ice tea. If like me you want to brew just straight tea and chill it (with my Mr Coffee I would fill the 12 cup carafe twice, pour it into a separate container and have enough tea for maybe 3 days) you can't fill the carafe full without using a 2nd container to hold the tea then pour it back in the carafe when done. I'll continue to use a 2nd container as I did with the Mr. Coffee and brew the same amount of tea to chill as I used to, but with this tea maker I'll have to do 3 brews to fill it as much as I'm used to. There's no cleaning cycle on it for mineral build-up and nothing listed in the manual so I'll either find something online or make up my own based on the cleaning cycles in my former Mr. Coffee and a Keurig we have. Slightly disappointed in the lack of features other than the basic but it does the job.And it does brew a decent cup of tea.

You have to move the settings around and quantity of tea bags to get the perfect strength. Once you figure it out to your liking, it’s an amazing little machine.

Hot and cold makes the pitcher crack after about a years worth of making the tea. I bought it for my brother and he loves it, but the bottom of the pitcher finally gave in. He uses a make shift pitcher now, because its not a heat plate, the tea maker still works great, just that type of plastic is always going to break sooner and later.

I drink a lot of ice tea... I mean, a lot as I don't drink soda, sport drinks, coffee. I make about 5 pitchers a week. I was using a Mr. Coffee tea maker for the past 15 years until the glass pitcher shattered out of the blue, so figured it was time to get a new tea maker. This tea maker is essentially the same, but there are a few things I like better about this one: 1) the pitcher is NOT glass, 2) the water reservoir is NOT enclosed, and 3) the pitcher does NOT sit on the counter. Now, granted, I did get 15 years out of the previous glass pitcher model, so it was durable; but I was always careful when adding ice not to break or chip it. My previous model had a closed water reservoir and when not running the drip sits over it, so it would inevitably drip remnants of tea into it; and I was not able to clean it. My previous model had the pitcher sitting on the counter and the pitcher would condensate water onto the counter, leaving a pool of water on the counter after an hour... and a ring if left longer and dries. This model does condensate some water, but not as much; and that water sits on the plate the pitcher sits on, not the counter.

I have wanted a tea maker for a long time. I finally decided to get one because I make a gallon of iced tea everyday. I looked at many and I decided to take a chance on this one because of price and the double filters. We love tea. Excuse the picture of the inside with my tea stained top filter. I just made a gallon before taking these pictures. I have had it since March 5, 2021. It was not expensive and works great still. You can choose the strength you desire. As you can see I have it on max. It makes half a gallon. I buy the one gallon Lipton tea bags, put it on max and add half a gallon of ice water to my gallon container (an upcycled, clean, plastic milk jug, because I'm fancy, lol). It is easy clean up, fast making and just super convenient. If you love tea, and thinking about getting one, than this is the one for you. It does come with a lid that I forget to put on before taking the pics.