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by slvv 3976 days ago
I'm a big tea drinker and would love to see more high quality loose teas available for grab & go. However, I would not be as likely to use TeaBOT if I couldn't use my own reusable cup. Do you have any plans to produce and/or market reusable cups to work with the machine, with the (seemingly) popular filter lid?

(I'd also rather be able to control the steeping time, but I get that that's hard to manage in a to go situation.)

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Tea bags on strings make steeping time really controllable.

There are pack-your-own tea bag systems too here in the UK but I think most people would rather just have something good/familiar rather than blend their own weird tea.

Amazing feedback! We hope to allow reusable travel mugs (not yet though). We've been debating this internally, but it's great to hear it from a customer. Would you (or do you) carry a travel mug?
Yes, I do carry a travel mug - specifically one with a removable filter for loose tea. (I actually also have a model where the internal loose-tea-holding-pod can be retracted from the water with a little lever! I think that one's made by Aladdin.)

The university campus where I work, and the city I live in, are both extremely pro-reusable cup, and most places give you a small discount when you use one too.

(ETA Ugh it looks like this thread got killed, annoying.)

Great feedback; thanks. May I ask what city you'd suggest this for?
Canadian west coast! Vancouver & Victoria.
Perfect. We love it there. We've already been scoping it out if you check our Twitter feed :)