I can use to make hot water to have a cup of hot tea or I can have hot water to make a cup of hot chocolate

I'm not a coffee drinker but you can put loose leafed tea in the coffee filter and make tea out of it

The mesh will not slow enough water flow to just dump tea into it for anyone thinking that might work, its also too big for that

With loose tea, if you're a sugar or honey with-your-tea kind of person, you can put them right in with the leaves in the filter

If you have loose tea, you'll need to get filters that fit the machine and do scoops according to your preference

I use this machine for tea (not coffee) because I'm a big tea drinker and lazy

The only thing is wether you have tea bags, loose tea, want it strong or weak

I wanted to be able to have hot tea without heating up water a cup at a time

I am a big tea drinker and the basket is perfect for holding loose tea or tea bags!The glass pot is well made and does not look like it would break easily

Perfect for loose tea as well since it comes with a permanent filter basket

On the heat issue, my tea is so hot that I cannot drink it immediately

Great iteam simple easy use for coffee or tea drinkers for tea put your tea bags in the glass coffee pot tags hanging out put water in the back of the machine to the amount of your likeing and turn on and tea done after it steeps for a bit

I pour it into my thermos, add my creamer and enjoy it as I drive to work.

I figured if the white one still works as as it did the black

Not as hot as I'd like though