Can you make lose leaf tea in a coffee maker?

Yes, you can, but I don't recommend it. The coffee maker doesn't control the temperature of the water or the steeping time, and the paper filter absorbs some of the flavor, color and natural oils of the tea while adding its own flavor of wood pulp and beaching agents. You should research the steeping time and temp for the kind of tea you're using, and use a brewing process with filtered water and non-reactive equipment such as glass and/or stainless steel, for best results. A teapot with a stainless steel tea ball works well, or a glass and stainless steel french press is equally good. I buy loose tea in bulk by the pound. I have 10 pounds of loose tea in my current stock. I recommend the bulk teas sold by Coffee Bean Direct:

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I use a large french press. It's better for coffee and tea, and you'll never have to use paper filters again if you use one. I'm not a fan of "wood pulp" flavored coffee and tea. To see what I mean, brew a pot of water with the paper filter but no coffee or tea. Taste it. That wood pulp flavor from the filter is what you are unintentionally adding to every pot. Coffee makers also tend to build up mineral sediments, which you can't see, that harden the water and also reduces the flavor of the coffee or tea. Use filtered water that has any chlorine removed, either by buying bottled water or by using an activated charcoal filter system (like a Pur filter). Boil the water in a stainless steel pot that you can easily inspect for mineral build up and easily clean with white vinegar. Hard water minerals and chlorine are bad for the taste coffee and tea.

Sure you can. I've used a Mr. Espresso to make tea for the last twenty years. Every person proposal that I used to be crazy, however to me it's the very identical factor - put in a filter, add the tea, plug in and presto, you could have acquired a large pot of brewed tea. Have a lovely rest of the evening....Experience your tea!

Sure you can, but you will need to use more tea for a whole pot of the coffee pot..try it out and use a filter with it too.