The Bottom Line
A double pitcher system for quick brewing and chilling of iced tea.
Pros
- Handy for single servings of iced tea
- Attractive design
- No need to measure any quantities
Cons
- Designed specifically for Tea Forte tea bags
Description
- Takes Tea Forte pyramid tea bags, which come in dozens of varieties
- Hand-blown, heat-resistant glass pitchers
- Serves 1 or 2 glasses of tea at a time
Guide Review - Tea Forte Iced Tea Pitcher
The Tea Forte iced tea pitcher is actually 2 pitchers that sit one on top the other, making a very nice display when used at the table. You brew your tea in the little top pitcher, with a skinny pyramid shaped tea bag. You could probably use regular tea bags, but I would recommend using at least 2 of them. The Tea Forte bags are quite large.The bottom pitcher is filled with ice. Though I found a full pitcher of ice was too much for the amount of tea brewed. Perhaps only fill around 3/4 full of ice cubes. When your tea is brewed, pour from the little pitcher into the big pitcher for almost instantly cooled iced tea.
Simple and easy to use. Tea Forte has a large number of tea varieties to choose from, and many are flavoured specifically to be used as iced teas. You still might want some sweetener. This basically just makes brewed tea over ice, and many people like their iced tea sweet.
I liked the Tea Forte, though it will only make about 1 or 2 glasses of iced tea at a time.
You can see a photo step-by-step showing the use of the Tea Forte pitcher system.
