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Tefal Quick Cup

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PigeonPie · 28/05/2008 21:43

Just been looking at a new kettle as ours is obsolete only because we can't get a new filter bit for it and we were wondering about the Tefal Quick Cup.

Does anyone have any experience of it, both pros and cons?

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PersonalClown · 28/05/2008 21:46

I sooo want this. The amount of tea I drink in a day, I would save a fortune on my electric!!

kid · 28/05/2008 21:50

I have one and I love it.
Its a bit noisy but so quick and effortless. Just push the button, go and get the milk from the fridge and by the time you have it, your tea/coffee is ready.

I have even trained my kids how to use it!

isaidno · 28/05/2008 21:51

We have this. I wasn't keen but DH really wanted it. I have to say he was right. I love just pressing the button for a cuppa!

The water is not as hot as water from a kettle - it is not bubbling in your cup. We don't find this matters.

I still get the kettle out occasionally - when we have visitors and I'm making a pot of tea for example.

It has 2 buttons - one for hot, one cold. We never use the cold button because although the water is filtered it is obviously room temp and not great to drink.

dyzzidi · 28/05/2008 21:53

can you pour cup after cup?

kid · 28/05/2008 21:55

yes you can pour cup after cup, just have to make sure you fill the machine up.

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PigeonPie · 28/05/2008 21:57

Looks like we'd still need a kettle though - can't see it filling a caffetierre, a tea pot or a saucepan and what happens when you have oversized or undersized cups?

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kid · 28/05/2008 22:09

When you press the red button for hot water, it pours a certain amount. If you need to top the cup up, you press the red button again and to stop it, you press it again.

I also have a kettle plugged in for filling saucepans, its much quicker!

lizziemun · 28/05/2008 22:47

Ours does 9oz's each mug full (don't do tea cups).

As you can prob guess i use it to do dd2 bottles.

Orinoco · 28/05/2008 22:49

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kid · 28/05/2008 23:18

i think that happens when the filter is new. I remember seeing that on mine when we first got it, but 4 months worth of use and its all clear now. We have changed the filter once.

isaidno · 29/05/2008 06:56

Yes pigeon pie, I think you would still need a kettle, but you could just get a cheapy one as it would be for occasional use.

kayzisexpecting · 29/05/2008 07:02

My MIL has one and its great. I want one so much. Its quite noisy but its great.

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PigeonPie · 29/05/2008 07:47

Thanks folks - have to see if I've got space for one as well as a kettle then!

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MrsBadger · 29/05/2008 08:51

my 80-something grandma has one to save her having to heft a heavy kettle around - it is fab

great present for hard-to-buy-for elderly relatives

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