Breville BTM800XL One-Touch Tea Maker Review

I very seldom write product review but I would like to do a detail one for the Breville BTM800XL One-Touch Tea Maker. I am tea lover who drink Chinese tea almost everyday from morning till night. Hence, I love kitchen appliance that combines dual electric kettle and tea maker functions into one device. Better still, it comes with temperature control.

Different tea varietals such as Black, Green, White, and Oolong require exact water temperatures and controlled brew times to allow their unique flavors and aromas to develop during brewing. The Breville BTM800XL One-Touch Tea Maker eliminates the guesswork so you can enjoy a perfect cup of tea, every time. Fully programmable for all types of tea, water temperatures, and steep times.

As the picture shown, there is tea basket inside this electric kettle cum tea maker. The fully automated tea basket moves down, then up, gently agitating the leaves to precisely infuse favorite tea. Push the basket button and watch the basket cycle in and out of immersion. Seeing is believing. The moving tea basket allows water to circulate freely around the individual tea leaves for maximum infusion.

The Breville BTM800XL One-Touch Tea Maker is a revolutionary tea experience. It also as electric kettle that keep warm. There is a "warm" button on the unit and you simply press it and the warmer comes on. Every time you pick up the pot, the warmer shuts off, so you'll have to keep pushing the button. It even allows users to set a timer and wake up to the aroma of favorite brew.

The video below is showing Breville BTM800XL features, functionality and brew up a pot.

Breville BTM800XL One-Touch Tea Maker Review by Buyers

 
Breville BTM800XL One-Touch Tea Maker
The following is Breville BTM800XL One-Touch Tea Maker review wrote by a real buyer.

PROS:
- effortless to make perfect tea
- tea comes out exactly right
- tea prepared at the proper temperature
- water temperature is held while tea is steeped
- can be set to brew tea at a programmed time
- can also function to just make hot water
- keeps tea hot for 1 hour after brewing
- includes a tea scoop

CONS:
- pricy, but worth the money
- carafe cannot be washed under running water
- electric cord is a little shorter than I would like (would've preferred 4-6 inches longer)

After unpacking the tea maker, all that's needed is a quick rinse of the basket, and running the tea maker on the hot water cycle with a full pitcher of water, and then you're good to go.

I'm primarily an herbal tea fan, so I grabbed one of my favorite loose teas and gave it a shot. The recommended setting for a strong brew was 5 minutes at 212 degrees. After putting the tea in the basket and hitting the button, the water quickly reached its steeping temperature, and then like magic, the tea basket was gracefully lowered into the water. After the set amount of time, the basket was raised back up, and the tea was ready to drink. A few bits of the loose tea escaped the basket, but a well-designed pour spout features a mesh screen to prevent these bits from making it to your cup.

The device comes preprogrammed for herbal, black, white, green, and oolong teas, but also has a custom mode where you can set your brewing temperature and steeping time. For each of the preprogrammed teas, you can select a brew strength of strong, medium, or mild. I prefer my tea strong, and with the strong setting, the tea came out perfect. If you wanted to make iced tea, you would probably need to set it to custom.

The steel look of the base is sleek and modern, and the illuminated buttons (when pressed) make it easy to determine which cycle the tea maker is using for preparing the tea. The backlit LED display also indicates the selected temperature and steeping time. Once the tea cycle begins, it indicates the current water temperate, then counts down the steeping time once steeping has begun. After steeping completes. the LED displays the amount of time since the tea was brewed, up to 1 hour.

Tea making really could not be any easier than using this product. I was a little unsure of spending this much money on a tea maker, but the tea comes out amazing - better than when I've brewed/steeped it manually. I'm seriously considering purchasing a second for my office.