Product Description: Zarafina tea maker has a unique brewing chamber which allows you to observe the process, variable settings that allow you to control the strength, brewing time and temperature and a built in diffuser that keeps your tea free of leaves whether you are using tea bags or loose tea. It is designed distinctively to enrich your tea experience. Dark shale color with stainless steel accents
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Had it only a week and it doesn't work well
I bought 2 Sunbeam HTM3 Hot Tea Makers and like them a lot but decided to take the 1 I kept for myself to work and get another one. I had paid only $20 for each one and when I saw the prize on amazon for over $40, I don't think it's worth that much. So I decided to try the Zarafina which costs a lot more. I did receive it as a gift but I still want to send it back as it does the following (and I have only had it a week):
1) Tea won't dispense (no idea why...but after a certain point the machine simply decides it wont dispense the tea)
2) Tea is not warm at all
3) tea ... Read More
Rating: - made me switch from coffee to tea
I purchased my unit at a Linens 'n Things that was going out of business (coincidentally, for the same price as listed on Amazon) and was a bit concerned about the quality of the tea, based on reviews posted here. I got the unit home, unpackaged it - terrific packaging, by the way - and set it up. I brewed my first batch, fully expecting to have mediocre tea.
I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the brewed tea. I purchased the Zarafina white silver needle and black golden monkey tea, and both have turned out spectacularly. I have spent quite a bit of time in England and have ... Read More
Rating: - Pretty much exactly as advertised
My Zarafina unit is pretty much exactly as advertised. It seems to make very good tea, and is very simple to use and understand after the first time.
Cleanup is a little bit of a hassle due to all the parts, but that again was known beforehand.
The carafe is not a "thermal carafe" as I've read elsewhere, it is actually just a regular stoneware carafe, and as such, does not keep the tea hot for very long.
The cups are very nice, with some heft, and do not have handles, which I like. But, they are made of the same stoneware material and become VERY hot to the ... Read More
Rating: - A great machine if only it would continue to decant!
The Pros:
I bought the Zarafina Tea Maker Suite from another company since I found a great deal on it. I switched over to loose tea a year ago and the machine really worked wonders for me. I was always forgetting to remove the tea strainer from my cup before the tea went bitter when I used a teapot to heat water. The Zarafina Tea Maker Suite brewed my tea for me and decanted into a little pot and I never had to worry about bitter tea. And while there are 5 different tea settings on the machine I typically use the herbal/medium setting for my green tea (which is all I drink). That setting gets the ... Read More
Rating: - Purchased for my office
This item works well and makes great tea. I keep it in my office to brew tea daily while I'm working and it makes tea making easy and enjoyable. I love that it has settings for various types of loose teas, which allows me to put some silver needles in the loose tea container, move the dial to white tea, and forget about until later when I come back to pour a cup of perfect tasting tea.
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