First let me explain how I make tea.
In the morning I take a pot of boiling water and pour it into a carafe.
I let the the water sit for a minute. I then pour the tea into an old pot from a coffee maker, put the tea bags in the original carafe and pour the water over the tea, let steep.
Pour into another large pot to dilute with water. Over the day I either nuke the tea or I pour it over ice when I want some.
For more then ten years I had a nice pitcher ( from Ikea ) for this.till one morning it shattered. Now a second pitcher shattered after about two months.
So I need another pot. I would prefer for obvious reasons that it did not shatter. I do not want to use a stainless steel pot because I notice stainless steel leaves a taste when I boil water in it. The initial amount of tea I make is approximately one quart, and I have not found a measuring cup that large.
Can anyone make a suggestion?
Best Answer
Heat-resistant glass is called for, which will be much better suited to withstand the thermal shock of boiling water than regular glass.
I'd use a Pyrex measuring cup -- which are available in one quart (4 cup) sizes, my mother owns one. (I generally just stick with two 2 cups if I need that much liquid, but that won't work for your tea steeping process.) This may require hunting through a few stores (large places dedicated to kitchen goods generally have them) or buying online. I even found a 2 quart measuring cup on Amazon, which I've never seen in a store.
You could also get a second old coffee pot, which is similarly designed to cope with hot liquid, or do the steeping in your existing old coffee pot before diluting.