The best iced tea maker can bring lovers of the delicious, chilled beverage much daily joy. While there's a lot to be said for making iced tea the traditional way, today's busy lifestyles mean that investing a small amount in a maker makes sense as it can save you a ton of time. There are different options to carefully consider, from automatic maker machines to infusion-based solutions (via plunger method tumblers). Take a look through our tea-flavored selection to see which solution would best suit you.
Mr. Coffee TM75 iced tea maker
Simple to use, quick, and easy to clean
Somewhat ironically, our staff pick for the best iced tea maker comes from Mr. Coffee. This vastly capable machine is super-easy to use. You simply add water to the machine's reservoir, add your choice of tea — loose or bags — in the brew basket, and hit the power button. This model has an automatic shut-off so you can sit back and relax for the matter of minutes it takes to brew a couple of quarts of iced tea into the pitcher. Afterward, the brew basket is removable, making it easy to clean.
Takeya iced tea maker
Featuring patented Flash Chill Technology
This Takeya solution is another two-quart option. It's a power-free product that uses hot water, an infusion process, and then patented Flash Chill Technology to cool your tea down. You add loose tea or tea bags into the fine-mesh infuser, pour in just-off-the-boil water, and leave for a few minutes to infuse. When it's done, you remove the infuser, add your ice, replace the special lid, and shake for 30 seconds, after which you can enjoy delicious, chilled iced tea.
Nostalgia iced tea brewing system
With the ability to select strength levels
With a family-sized three-quart capacity and stylish, vintage looks, Nostalgia's iced tea brewing system is a popular choice. This machine gets a removable filter basket for loose tea or bags and a shower head water distribution system for excellent flavor extraction. Unlike other options, the Nostalgia system has a strength selector dial that goes from one to eight, so you can experiment to see which setting suits your taste. The glass carafe has a three-position lid that turns for free pouring, pouring with an ice guard, or closed.
Primula Press & Go iced tea brewer tumbler
A portable, savvy single-serve solution
This small-scale iced tea maker will yield 16 fluid ounces, or around 450 milliliters, of iced tea that you can make in your kitchen and take with you on the go. This tea tumbler fits most standard-size cup holders, so is ideal for anyone who wants to sip homemade iced tea on their commute. You simply add the loose tea, pour in hot water, leave it to steep, then use the push-down, cafetière-style plunger to trap the leaves at the base, and then add ice. The leakproof, flip-top lid offers convenient one-handed operation.
Ninja Hot and Cold Brewed System tea and coffee maker
All-in-one hot and cold, coffee and tea solution
This serious kit from Ninja is a truly high-end option, but a worthwhile investment if you enjoy both tea and coffee (and like it served both hot and cold). This comprehensive solution can make classic "over ice" cold brew and specialty tea and coffee in six different brew sizes, anything from a single cup or travel size to a half or full carafe. There are two specially designed brew baskets for ground coffee and loose-leaf or bagged tea to avoid flavor contamination. This machine is feature-rich in other ways as well, but as far as the iced tea functionality goes, this model is designed to brew over ice at double strength for a vivid, authentic flavored iced tea that’s not watered down.
Brentwood KT-2150BL iced tea maker
A simple solution with the bonus of a strength selector dial
This automatic iced tea maker brews up 2 quarts of delicious iced tea with minimum fuss and looks pretty smart doing it. It works like the Mr. Coffee option, with a removable loose or bagged tea filter, a water reservoir, and a simple on/off button. The hard plastic carafe has a three-position lid. This machine has the bonus strength selector feature with seven different settings.
Tea Forte Tea Over Ice steeping tea pitcher set
Stunning stacking pitchers ideal for entertaining
This lovely set, which would make an amazing gift, is ideal if you're entertaining as the two carafes stacking system looks seriously stylish. The smaller pitcher is the vessel you steep the infuser and hot water in, then remove it to pour over the ice in the larger chill carafe. This option comes complete with a Tea Over Ice sampler set that includes five iced tea blends: Ceylon Gold, Blood Orange, Mango Peach, Ginger Pear, and Raspberry Nectar. Using the perfectly proportioned steep pitcher, each infuser is sized to produce 24-ounces of flash-chilled iced tea.
Iced tea party
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Our overall staff pick, the Mr. Coffee TM75 iced tea maker, gets our approval thanks to its simple operation, the speed at which it can produce 2 quarts of iced tea, and how easy to clean it is.
If you're looking for a portable option, then do consider the Primula Press & Go iced tea brewer tumbler. This model works on a simple plunger system to give you iced tea that you can take with you on the go.
Anyone who doesn't have to worry about budgetary constraints would do well to look at the amazing Ninja Hot and Cold Brewed System tea and coffee maker. As well as make a mean carafe of iced tea, this option can also make hot tea, hot coffee, and cold brew.