This seems to be the best iced tea maker that I found. It does have a few issues. A stop drip capability so that you can pull the pitcher while it still brews would be nice, like a coffee maker. Also, the tea bin should be a good bit larger so that sugar can be put in with the tea. Putting the sugar in the pitcher with the ice doesn't allow it to be completely absorbed by the tea. There should also be a model offered with a plastic pitcher that can be used to brew 2 quarts of tea, without the need for ice. Having to use ice to prevent the glass pitcher from breaking has me going through a lot of ice. I prefer to brew with 2 quarts of water into a pitcher and put it in the refrigerator. I then drink it straight or over ice by the glass. Finally, why did they design the unit to make 2.5 quarts of tea when large tea bags are set up for 1 quart (2 bags for a 2-quart pitcher)?
I just bought another unit with another pitcher for a friend. It does a good job at a good price and makes brewing tea easy.
I love this Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker. The iced tea is perfect every time and as we know drinking tea has so many health benefits. You can set the brewing to be mild or stronger to meet you own taste buds. I always set it to the stronger setting and it is never too strong. I feel with this setting I am getting the most benefit for my health purposes.

I initially tried using my Mr. Coffee coffee maker to do iced tea, however, no matter how good you clean your coffee maker, the taste of coffee comes thru into the iced tea.

I also go by the instructions in making the first caf&eacute; of iced tea only rather than adding the ice as directed, after the first decanter is done, I now add more water to the fill line on the unit itself and turn it on and get the added benefit of more tea into the decanter--once it cools down, I put it into the refrigerator and leave it there. This way I get the benefit of more iced tea in the initial making and it doesn't get diluted with the ice.

These also make fantastic gifts!
This seems to be the best iced tea maker that I found. It does have a few issues. A stop drip capability so that you can pull the pitcher while it still brews would be nice, like a coffee maker. Also, the tea bin should be a good bit larger so that sugar can be put in with the tea. Putting the sugar in the pitcher with the ice doesn't allow it to be completely absorbed by the tea. There should also be a model offered with a plastic pitcher that can be used to brew 2 quarts of tea, without the need for ice. Having to use ice to prevent the glass pitcher from breaking has me going through a lot of ice. I prefer to brew with 2 quarts of water into a pitcher and put it in the refrigerator. I then drink it straight or over ice by the glass. Finally, why did they design the unit to make 2. 5 quarts of tea when large tea bags are set up for 1 quart (2 bags for a 2-quart pitcher)? I just bought another unit with another pitcher for a friend. It does a good job at a good price and makes brewing tea easy. I love this Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker. The iced tea is perfect every time and as we know drinking tea has so many health benefits. You can set the brewing to be mild or stronger to meet you own taste buds. I always set it to the stronger setting and it is never too strong. I feel with this setting I am getting the most benefit for my health purposes. I initially tried using my Mr. Coffee coffee maker to do iced tea, however, no matter how good you clean your coffee maker, the taste of coffee comes thru into the iced tea. I also go by the instructions in making the first caf&eacute; of iced tea only rather than adding the ice as directed, after the first decanter is done, I now add more water to the fill line on the unit itself and turn it on and get the added benefit of more tea into the decanter--once it cools down, I put it into the refrigerator and leave it there. This way I get the benefit of more iced tea in the initial making and it doesn't get diluted with the ice. These also make fantastic gifts!