Side by Side Comparison of: Capresso vs Lipton vs Adam

Love to make peach tea and this is the best tea maker I have ever used.

Overall we are very pleased with this product. We were seeking an alternative to the plastic iced tea maker as we often add essential oils to our teas. This stainless steel/glass combo is nice. It does still have some plastic parts. I wish the water reservoir was steel or glass. My kids love watching it bubble as the tea begins brewing. It makes great tea with adjustable strength. You will make a mess if you dont remove the lid before pouring. We will be purchasing an additional pitcher soon. Very happy with our purchase!

I love this iced tea maker. It makes tea quickly and is easy to clean. I've had about four other makers of different brands and I like this Capresso the best. The detachable water reservoir is superior to other makers where there is no way to clean any residue the water leaves behind. You do have to be careful with the carafe but I've had no problems at all.

This makes great iced tea without leaking all over my counter. I like the fact that the carafe does not rest on the counter. I also like having an extra carafe as I make iced tea daily and it's easy to throw one into the dishwasher while the other carafe serves tea. The removable water tank is a nice feature that makes this easy to fill. Making tea was never so nice! Now I just hope it holds up. When it inevitably fails after what is a hopefully long service tour of duty, I will replace with this brand.

Like many, I have gone through my share of Mr. Coffee Ice Tea makers and tired of the cracked pitchers and staining. I am happier now with the Capresso as it makes a decent pitcher of ice tea very fast. I elect to pour my ice tea into plastic pitcher and then just rinse this beaker-like glass pitcher, so I can put it back into the unit and have it ready for the next time. I am sure this will keep the pitcher which came with the unit in as-new shape for some time. The pluses are you can either pour water into the back reservoir or pull it out to carry to the sink to fill; either way the process is much easier than with a Mr. Coffee. I use 6 tea bags with the setting at full to make a rich tasting unsweetened ice tea. The biggest plus is the Capresso looks very attractive with the stainless front and white back, so I can leave it sit out. Incidentally, the label says it was made in China. The size of the unit is very nice, as it not too tall or too wide. There are fill markings for ice on the pitcher and on the water reservoir making it easy to use. I like the basket that pulls out but I find I just drop or pull tea bags while its inside. You must use the Capresso pitcher. So the bottom line it works, its attractive, and its easy to use and maintain.

I love this! Where has this been all my life? For years I have been making sun tea using a gallon jar and 16 tea bags all tied together by their strings. Now i just use one of these tea bags for a whole gallon! I did the math and discovered that by buying this and using these instead of the way I HAVE been doing it (buying the 100 count single tea bags and using 16 at a time per gallon) I am saving roughly $30!

One gallon tea bags are tough to come by. I've only found them at Sam's Club and here on Amazon for reasonable prices. Amazon beats Sam's Club pricing though, and I don't have to leave home to buy them. 48 gallon tea bags last us about 6 months on average, and the gallon bags seem to make a better jug of tea than the standard family size bags. Just be sure to boil water then lay the bags on top to steep. If you pour hot water on top of them, they come apart and tea grounds find their way into your finished product.

Great value and so much more convenient to use gallon size bags instead of 4 family size. I have a coffee pot dedicated to making my tea because I make so much of it and using a coffee pot I don't have to worry about forgetting I have it on the stove. These bags work great with it! With the smaller Lipton bags, I find the paper tags annoying to use with my method but these work perfectly.Lipton is a good brand. I'd been using store brands to try to save a little money, but buying bulk like this is cheaper. These boxes are also cellophane wrapped for freshness. I cannot at this point find anaything negative. I will definitely be reordering.

I use these mostly in my sun tea jar, setting it out on the patio when I leave for work and come home to a perfect tea. I have also fast brewed as well, use a two quart pan of boiled water to toss one bag into and let it steep for 22 minutes, then pour the hot mixture into a gallon pitcher that contains two quarts of cold filtered water to make the full gallon.Ease of use and convenience is self evident, the quality of the tea along with the pricing for the amount of tea 'bags' is just exceptional.

I recently bought a 3 quart Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker. These tea bags were listed as an item frequently bought with that product so I picked up a box to go with it. When I first started using them, the tea just turned out so cloudy and thick you could barely even see the ice cubes in the glass. And that was with the brew strength set to mild on the tea maker. However, since I had 45 of these bags left, I really wanted to figure out a way to make them work. So, I made a change. One change, and the tea made from these bags went from borderline undrinkable, to damn near picture perfect (IMHO). That change was simply how I positioned the bag in the brew basket. At first I was laying the bag horizontally on the bottom of the brew basket so the water from the shower head would fall directly onto the bag. I guess that's just too intense. All I did was instead, stand the bag upright against the wall opposite the shower head. That's it. Maybe that's obvious from the beginning to other people, but it definitely wasn't for me.TL;DR: If you're using a Mr. Coffee 3 qt. Iced Tea Maker, don't lay the bags flat on the bottom of the brew basket. Rather, lean them up against the side standing upright.

I really love this tea. I received it as a freebie sample with another order. I wish amazon would make it available, not just as an "add-on." It's not available in my local supermarket, but the Lipton website said a Target store near me sells it, so I'll check there.This is a very tasty tea with more caffeine than regular black tea. It's all natural, done through a special process; no artificial caffeine is added.I highly recommend this tea if you want good tasting black tea, along with that extra boost of energy. I hope it becomes more popular. One thing that Lipton needs to do is improve its labelling and state plainly that this tea provides more caffeine than regular tea. Just stating "natural energy" does not tell us much. Great product!

Makes excellent tea however the button is difficult to use....I have to hit it just right (which normally takes a few minutes) to get it to start.

Got my first one as a wedding gift from a relative. Loved it but it broke after 3 weeks. This product would be a 5 Star product if the button on the right hand side didn't feel like it was always on the brink of failing.

Reached out to Capresso to replace my first one and they required me to ship back the broken one before they would send me a new one. Shipping this thing back would have cost $40 so i just bought a new one. The new one has been going strong for 6 months of every other day use.

Read the manual first and follow the directions explicitly. This takes both tea scoops and tea bags. It fits about four large ice tea bags. You can go to manufacture website and download recipes. Brews tea really fast, very delicious, you should wait at least 15 minutes between brews and keep parts clean.

I really like this tea maker! Make the tea quickly. The only complaint I can mention is that the carafe is glass. I have granite counter tops so if I were to set the carafe down quickly it may break. All in all, it's great and it looks nice enough to keep on the kitchen counter rather than needing to hide it like I had to hide my previous tea maker because it was not pleasant to look at.

I have never used an iced tea brewer before this one however it seems to do a decent job. Easy to use, nice pitcher even though it is a little thin but who wants a very heavy pitcher to have to deal with anyway. Holds plenty of loose tea when you go to brew. The only thing I thought was a little weird was the power button. There isn't a light or a tactile feedback that I could see when I used it but when I did press the on button I could hear the element heating up and beginning to use the water to brew. Looks good though and I would recommend it to anyone.

Update: Still using this iced tea maker. It's going strong and making tea just about weekly. The pitcher hasn't broken on me and I even moved it into a new home with a dishwasher where it has survived many washings. Someone commented that the light turns on when the power button is pressed but I haven't seen that so maybe I got a bad bulb or LED in mine. Either way this machine has lasted and survived many brews and our move. I stand by my 4 star review. It would have a 5 star review with a working power button light and the feel of better build quality.

It didn't hit me that these are LARGE ROUND tea bags. With that said, however, 3 minutes TOPS for me in the pot is perfect for tea. Any longer and it will knock you on your feet it'll be so strong. There arent any strings as it's meant for brewers but I fish it out with a spatula.

Was recommended for the Mr Coffee Tea Maker. The carafe that comes with the Mr Coffee only makes about 1 quart of tea at a time and only holds 2.5 quarts completely full. You'd need to use each tea bag 4 times to get a gallons use out of it. The tea tastes good, as Lipton normally does, but it comes out cloudy - I'm still playing with the settings though.

I had no idea they made large tea bags for making iced tea! This was awesome and I think a good value. The only problem was that there was a lot of brown powder in the packaging of both the individual packages. I had to open it over the trashcan for fear of getting it all over my floor. A few tea bags have leaked leaves, so I'm wondering if one was broken, but odd that the brown powder was in both packages. Overall though, I'm happy with the purchase.

The same iced tea blend I've gotten in the grocery store in the past. Due to the gallon size, I brew in half gallon mason jar, then pour half into a second jar, fill both up with filtered water, and have one gallon off delicious iced tea on hand, all the time. Love it!

I live in AZ. I don't like the pre-made iced tea sold in convenience or grocery stores. I prefer iced tea made with a real tea bag. For my pitcher of iced tea at home I use the Lipton Cold Brew and the Luzianne Family Iced Tea bags in equal amounts. For road trips, I was looking for something I could take with me and decided to try this. I buy or bring in my cooler cold water. Poured about 12 oz into my thermal cup and added one of these tea bags. The tea is fine and what I expected from my experiences with their family size bags. My only disappointment is that one tea bag did not make a strong enough iced tea. I did not try pushing the tea bag into the water bottle and my travel cup is 12 oz. I will need to obtain a 16 oz cup and use 2 teabags or stop more often to make more tea as I travel. It seems the smaller bags did not make as strong a tea as quickly as the larger bags do. So, it wasn't perfect, but it is workable and a hundred percent better than drinking the bottled stuff from the store.

I had to replace coffee with tea, and i 'grew up' on Lipton Tea. I love it for Iced Tea in the summertime. I love the new packaging so each bag is kept 'under wraps' in the foil. I wish I could drink coffee, but with tea I avoid the amount of sugar and cream that made my coffee a delight in the mornings. This is a good substitute and am getting used to it now. I add fresh lemon juice with honey and sip it slowly. I don't get the sugar and/or caffeine high now that I'm used to it.

Regardless of how full we fill the water reservoir and the ice - it never makes a full pot of tea. Frequently when changing the tea bags, they are standing in water since it doesn't drain completely.

Product stopped working after only 60 days. It was only used 3 to 5 times a week. I was able to replace it through manufacturer but I had to pay shipping back and it took almost a month to get it taken care of. I would not recommend this brand to anyone.

switch broke and we had to send it back for replacement. I hope the replacement has a different switch, it was a bad design.

It makes great tea but I was washing the pitcher and barely hit the bottom and it broke.I have only had it 3 months

makes it a lot easier to make tea. I have two pitchers and have made several gallons of tea since buying it. I like the fact that the pitcher is made of glass. I wish more of the unit was glass and metal instead of plastic. Sometimes after tea is made it takes a while for all the water in the system to condense so when setting up for the next batch of tea a lot of water from the lasts run may dribble out when the pitcher is placed in the unit.

The pitchers are thin and while making tea using ice in the pitcher the pitcher broke. I would suggest not using ice while making the tea.
I would not purchase this item again.

Good strong flavor but it's ground too much for my taste. First time I've bought loose leaf tea that was ground at all, but I have only been buying my tea this way for about 6 months. Some may find this a plus since it would make it easy to put in a tea ball. I personally use a coffee press.

Been drinking Lipton tea for many years. The ones we received from Amazon tasted a bit odd. The ones we get from local stores (like Target) come in foil sleeves. These come individually packed in paper packets like they used to be. Not sure if I'd get them again as one receives so many in an order. Maybe a bad batch.

Comes as two boxes of 24, no damage visible to boxes, but EVERY tea bag leaked, badly. Had to scoop tea out of box, put into coffee filters, tie them shut to make tea. Way to big a hassle for such a simple thing. The long side of the bags weren't sealed. Best to check them all before you use them. Tea tastes fine, just the poorly made bags.

I would have given it a 5 star rating but Lipton changed the packaging. No longer are the tea bags individually wrapped! DISLIKE your new cold brew packaging! I travel a lot and for years carried individually wrapped cold brew tea bags in my briefcase, purse, car and my motorcycle. Sometimes good ice tea is hard to find! My new supply from amazon just arrived (I order in bulk cause it's tough to find cold brew tea bags in Utah -few ice tea drinkers) and I'm so disappointed that they aren't individually wrapped! Lipton you shouldn't have changed! Now I will always have to have my tea bags in another plastic bag. Not as convenient! I've been buying these for years and I loved the individually wrapped tea bags.

A long-time Lipton teabag user, I thought the loose tea would be a more economical alternative. I was a little disappointed. Upon opening the cardboard box there is an inner aluminumized paper bag containing the tea. Although it was sealed completely, there were some tea leaves outside the inner bag. When I opened the bag I expected a whiff of the tea aroma I get when I open a fresh box of teabags. Alas, I didn't get that initial smell I expected.You need to transfer this to an airtight container soon after opening to preserve freshness. I don't have much confidence in the inner bag keeping it fresh.It brews up well, however. I use a spring mesh ball tea strainer, filling it about half way to make a very strong 12 oz mug of tea.I am only rating this 3-stars because I am concerned about the freshness of the product and the dissatisfaction with the packaging.

I bought these to avoid having to open a half dozen or more teabags every time I made iced tea. Whether from looking at the packaging, or misreading the description, I thought each bag made a half-gallon. It turns out that requires two bags. Each bag is designed to produce a single quart. Even after using two bags, my family thought the tea was a little weak (after 6 hours in the sun brewing) so I'll probably use three, which means I'm opening only half as many bags. I'd have to run the numbers to see if I'm spending more or less for these but if you are buying to simplify your tea-making, you might reconsider. As a side note, I also purchased Stash peach-black tea and found that adding 3 of those bags per quart produced a nice, light peach flavor without overwhelming the senses.

This is my first product review. This machine makes great ice tea, however, after about 3-4 months it just quit working. Steam would be coming out of the top but it would not pump water to brew the tea.

The face has a black and stainless steel design but the backing and to the extent it wraps around the sides, is white. My understanding from a friend is that it's functional, or it works perfectly but the white sides and backing - looks ugly.

This makes great ice tea however, the glass carafe is super thin and broke while I was stirring and spilled ice tea all over the kitchen. I dont know if i will buy a new carafe since the glass is so thin. I dont think it is worth buying a new one.

I can't say how well this ice tea maker works because I have not been able to use it. I should have listened to the reviews. I read about how fragile the glass picture was. And I wash everything before I use it. So I placed the pitcher in the dishwasher and making sure that it was not near anything. I ran the dishwasher through an automatic wash and guess what, when I opened the dishwasher and took the pitcher out it was broken. I paid on $60 for this. For Capresso to make such a cheap glass picture that they knew would break, and nothing else on the market that we could find that would work with this machine is just wrong. Now I had to order another pitcher. People listen to the reviews. I'm sure Capresso probably makes a lot of their money from people having to buy an Pitcher.

The part where you put the water is not big enough to fill the canister. You have to refill it while its brewing. And if you don't do it while its brewing it will shut off and you have to wait 5 min before you can turn it back on.

I drink a lot of iced tea. This is my favorite for making iced tea. I use my electric kettle to boil my water. I take about 7 or 8 tea bags, toss them in my pitcher or a pot, and add a couple of Celestial Seasonings True Blueberry tea bags, and pour in my boiling water. Best iced tea ever.Update 06/17/2017:I just purchased this again (this time in family sized bags). Not real impressed. The boxes were covered in tea dust inside the cellophane wrapping. Ditto inside the box. Lots of tea dust. Bags look powdery, too. I have not made iced tea with them yet, but I am expecting lots of silty stuff in my tea.Won't be buying this again.

perhaps perfect for making sun tea, not worth a darn in the Mr. Tea brewers. I tried other users suggestions regarding how to place the bag in the basket, but no matter what... cloudy ugly tea which never cleared and quickly went bad. Went back to the normal lipton bags, 6 per basket and not a single bad batch of tea yet. I'll use these for sun tea, or when I brew a big pot of tea and then steep one of these. Do not recommend anything that sprays hot water onto the bag.

Tea tastes great, and we love the gallon size. The bags, however, are pretty weak and we commonly have to throw a freshly made pitcher of tea out because these bags break VERY easily. I wish they made stronger bags. Even the force of pouring the hot water over the bags sometimes breaks them. We now pour the water in first and then gently place the bag in. Even then, we sometimes have a broken bag when scooping the bag out after steeping. They are ridiculously weak.

I'm not sure bu the tea just did not have the same fresh tase as the one I purchase from local markets. I tried brewing new paches several times and it had the same tase old flavor (kind of old and stale tase) I should know I have been using this tea daily and brewing it for last 46 years . This one I received just does not tase right to me .

Lipton refuses in America to own up to the fact that they have changed the flavor profile of their tea bags--at least the single-serve size meant for hot tea users (I've not check the other varieties). They have dozens of complaints on their website, but keep brazenly saying it's the same tea. They are lying, as I'll prove in a moment.To see if you've got a box of the "new" Lipton, look in the upper right corner for a green square with a picture of a tea leaf and the words "Made with fresh-pressed tea leaves." This new process is the culprit and is briefly described on the back of the box, but NOT HOW IT CHANGES THE FLAVOR. This process, according to Unilever's website (parent company of Lipton) in describing the impact of this new process on their Yellow Label tea sold in the rest of the world, "delivers a satisfying flavor and a LIGHT, fresh taste with REDUCED BITTERNESS AND ASTRINGENCY." For a tea company to change a blend is a rare thing, especially in popular blends that have been unchanged for generations, but Lipton has done it worldwide.In other words, Lipton's "fresh-pressed tea leaves" reduce the bitterness and astringency that has always been a part of Lipton's taste profile. These attributes contribute to the actual taste and strength, so YES, LIPTON TEA NOW TASTES DIFFERENT. The blend may be the same, but the processing of it has changed, with a resulting LIGHTER and SMOOTHER tasting tea than previously. Companies always try to put a positive spin on things, and they do describe what has been done on their packages, but they don't tell you it's new, and they don't tell you that it has changed the flavor. This spin is purposely a half-truth, and their refusal to acknowledge the flavor change on their website is nothing more than a lie! I hope consumers across America will hold Lipton's feet to the fire on this one.

I have bought this product before in the grocery store. Was great. I am unsure if this product was old or something wrong with??? as did not make tea in cold water as was supposed to, as the other cold brew ta I bought at store did. This did not make tea in cold water at all, I even let tea bag sit for over an hour, still had plain water, not tea.

This product nearly caught on fire when plugged in for the first time. It then smelled like melted plastic. Seller refunded money without a problem.

Tea maker started itself . Started smoking and burn smell in the house! It worked great for 3 or 4 times then returned home a week after we had it and found the tea maker smoking in kitchen.

Super disappointed. The glass pitcher broke while taking it out of the box.

Returned after initial use, the tea maker only makes 2/3 of a pitcher even when using the exact amount of ice recommended.

Bought this in August, it only worked 4 months. We were making ice tea in December and it kept shutting off and wouldn't put the water in the pitcher. This is waaaaay too much to pay for something that only works 4 months. I looked at the return policy and it was only guaranteed for 1 month. Dont waste your money. I was worried about the great glass pitcher breaking, never thought the unit would stop working.

Lipton Tea used to be a quality tea almost comparable to Bigelow,Stash or Tetley Tea brands now their quality isn't even up to store brand not buying Lipton anymore

Arrived with not one bag sealed. Received 2 boxes of grounds. Item not eligible for return. Wonderful! Contacting Lipton, since this would appear to be a manufacturer problem.

I like the taste but it has a misleading title. If you are looking for loose leaf tea, this isnt for you as it will not work with most of your tea pots. I recommend using tea bags or a coffee filter with it which completely destroys the purpose of loose leaf tea.

Description is confusing. Loose Black tea to me means "tea leaves" not the powdery stuff I received.

This's so not loose leaf. Its a ground-up powder that goes right thru metal filters and tea balls. Flavor and usability both suffer when leaves are turned into powder. I will be going back to the Davidson brand. I'm sure there are other good brands out there, but Davidson is the one I'm most familiar with. The leaves are rolled into little balls that unroll when put in hot water. That is much better than this useless powder from Lipton.

This box of tea was very poor quality. The tea was so dry it was practically gray in color and it made really bitter, sad tea. I made one pitcher and threw it away. I can pick this tea up at Walmart and it is always fresh. I am in the process of aiming at getting as much as possible delivered to me since Amazon prime is such a great service but this was not good.