On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:58:49 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 10/5/2013 4:28 PM, sf wrote:
>
> > I was talking explicitly about iced tea. You can brew it ahead of
> > time in the coffee maker, transfer it to a water pitcher, then brew
> > your coffee. You certainly don't need to brew tea one glass at a time
> > in some specialized contraption.
> >
>
> The brew basket has to be spotless or it will impart an off taste.

It needs to be rinsed, I guess - but I've never made coffee flavored
tea in the coffee maker, so I think you have to be pretty darned
careless (sloppy) to make weird tasting tea in an automatic drip.

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