On 2013-10-04 11:27:11 +0000, Steve Freides said:

> gtr wrote:
>> On 2013-10-03 03:04:04 +0000, Goomba said:
>>
>> [ Seems some of this topic see-saws back and forth between hot and
>> iced tea. ]
>>> In my opinion, this is something invented that itself invents more
>>> problems than it solves. How hard is it to boil water on the stove
>>> and pour into a pitcher over tea bags/leaves to make iced tea?
>>
>> A few minutes each time. I find having a hot-water dispenser takes no
>> minutes ever. That's a savings! Especially if you drink tea a few
>> times a day, as I now do.
>>
>>> Yet now you have this task specific appliance that costs money (when
>>> you already have kettles or pots that can boil water in) takes up
>>> space to store and does absolutely nothing that can't be done just
>>> as easily without it.
>>
>> It just does it in advance. They're cheap and convenient. I'm down
>> with cheap and convenient.
>
> Our espresso machine has an instant hot water dispenser - very nice,
> and we do use that to make hot tea sometimes, but we drink enough of it
> that it's usually better for us to make it by the pitcher.

A pitcher of hot tea? Or back on the see-saw.