Community Chat

[Trix]

I like the Tazo Tea K-Cups. My favorite is Zen. Another one I like a lot is Twinings Winter Spice...yummy.

[NickNack]

I've tried a lot of them and think Twinings English Breakfast black tea is the best. Really though, I prefer tea bags or loose tea. I don't think a tea bag would work in the Keurig because it wouldn't be steeped.

[HonnyBrown]

On 10/13/2014 JeanLouiseFinch said:

Honestly, I just use the hot water feature on the Keurig and a plain old tea bag. It's much more economical than buying tea K-cups.

This!

But if you have to have a k-cup, Coffee Bean makes a Darjeeling Black Tea. Lipton makes a bunch of different iced tea blends, so they would have to (I hope) make a plain, black tea.

[ChynnaBlue]

On 10/12/2014 Frannie said:

Good idea to just use the Keurig for hot water - I'm going to try that right now. Does using a tea bag in the K-cup holder make the tea strong enough? Thanks - great ideas!

I do both. For hot tea, I usually just put the tea bag in the hot water, the same as I've always done with tea bags. For iced tea, I stuff two tea bags in the Keurig and fill a 16-oz plastic cup with ice and brew the tea directly into the cup of ice using the 8-oz setting.

Putting a regular tea bag into hot water is both more cost effective and more environmentally sound.

[FranandZoe]

Thanks everyone! I did make it last night just using the hot water - it worked great. I'll definitely try some of the other black teas.

[RASHIKE]

Go to coffeeam.com and order your tea by the #. Then use your my Keurig insert with your own tea, just like I do with coffee. You then have the option of what ever tea or coffee you want.

[millieshops]

I'm not a very discerning tea drinker, so when I don't want to brew a whole pot of tea I just put a bag in a cup and use the hot water from the Keurig. I still prefer brewed tea though. (I also prefer my coffee dripped or brewed, but I wouldn't be without my Keurig for its convenience.

[NickNack]

On 10/13/2014 RASHIKE said: Go to coffeeam.com and order your tea by the #. Then use your my Keurig insert with your own tea, just like I do with coffee. You then have the option of what ever tea or coffee you want.

You're not steeping your tea when you do it that way though. Tea needs to be steeped to reach its full flavor.

[I am still oxox]

On 10/12/2014 NickelEmily said:

On 10/12/2014 mac116 said: I have had a difficult time finding k-cups of the teas that I like. I have been using tea bags in a cup and adding hot water from the Keurig. My brother puts the teabag into the k-cup holder to make tea.

I do this, too! I haven't found an actual kcup tea I like. The tea seems to leak out and does quite steep properly. But for delivering hot water...now that works well.

What size cup do you use for the tea, can you try to make a smaller cup for a stronger tea?