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Tea, Myself and I: Introducing the Breville Smart Tea Infuser

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Note: The following giveaway is open to Canadians only.

I don’t just “pop in for a quick spot of tea.”

Growing up, I observed tea to be a ritual – never rushed. Tea leaves were selected by the season, the temperature, and sometimes, even the time of day. Aromatic spices were added for fragrance and flavour; the blends customized with cooling herbs or spicy roots. The focus was never on tea as a beverage – rather, a cup of tea was a means of achieving nourishment, comfort, and most of all, balance.

If you’re reading this, nodding your head, you may be a serious tea drinker – and you may need to be turned onto the Breville Smart Tea Infuser.
The raison d’être for this small appliance is quite simple: different teas need different degrees. The Breville Smart Tea Infuser knows the right temperature and steep time to bring out the best in your favourite teas – whether you brew green, white, oolong, herbal, black – or any combination in between. 

The best part? Anyone can use it. Operation of the Smart Tea Infuser is so refreshingly simple, you’ll shrug off the archaic kettle-and-tea bag routine for good. Just set the timer to tell you when steeping is complete, and the Smart Tea Infuser automatically keeps warm until you are ready to drink. Result: never over-steep your tea again.

Here are three simple steps to brewing the perfect cup of tea.

Step One: Get familiar with the Breville Smart Tea Infuser. Brewing an ideal cup of tea requires carefully steeping loose tea leaves in fresh water that’s heated correctly. The stainless steel base of the Smart Tea Infuser features an easy to read display with temperature selection for your tea type, as well as a steeping timer which beeps when the ideal steeping time elapses.
Step Two: Fill the unit with fresh water. For proper operation, you must steep a minimum of two cups (500ml). Select the corresponding temperature to the type of tea you’ll be steeping, and away you go – the water will heat, quickly.

Step Three: Add tea leaves. The stainless steel tea basket holds tea leaves to steep tea with rich flavour. The unit will beep when the optimal temperature has been reached, signalling it’s time to add the tea basket. Conveniently, the top of the Smart Tea Infuser and tea basket come together with magnetic force, making it easy to grab and submerge the leaves in the water.
When the Smart Tea Infuser has steeped the tea leaves for the desired amount of time, the unit will once again beep, signalling the brewing process is complete. You can enjoy your cup of tea right away, or come back up to 30 minutes later. Either way, the result will be a perfectly flavourful, comforting cup of tea.
The Breville Smart Tea Infuser retails for $249.99 and is a great gift for birthdays, bridal showers, friends who love entertaining and of course, that special tea lover in your life.

Courtesy of my friends at Breville Canada, one lucky Listen to Lena reader will WIN a Breville Smart Tea Infuser! To enter, simply fill the form below with your qualifying entries. Good luck!

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This post is sponsored by Breville Canada. The opinions on this blog, as always, are my own. 

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  2. jill

    Oh neat. I have the older version and just love it. Nothing like knowing you are not going to over heat your water or over steep your tea. Plust the keep warm feature is nice.

  11. Karen Scott

    Myself and my co-workers love tea. This would be a fantastic option for our kitchen at work!

  12. kristen visser

    My best friend is the biggest tea lover I know! She quit coffee and is a straight up tea girl now

  16. Melissa Hoffmann

    I love tea. This looks beautiful and would be a welcome addition to my kitchen.

  25. Amanda masters

    My husband! I used to be a huge coffee drinker until I went to England for 6 months. He converted me. We drink at least 6 cups of tea daily!

  34. Pat Battles

    That would be me!!! (but also my daughter). We both have tea ‘collections’….and can’t wait for new releases from our fave tea shops.

  37. Alixandria Ashbaugh

    I LOVE tea and so does my daughter. But oddly enough… SO does my husband. He used to hate it but I we haven’t been buying coffee beans as of late and so he’s been drinking teas and he is in heaven!

  41. Cyrille

    I am! Once a month a friend and I go to high tea, this would be great if we could do it at home! Less expensive.

  45. Sarah

    That would be me and my in laws :) this looks like the perfect way to brew some up! Thanks

  46. Cindy Solski

    That would be me and my 2 daughter-in-laws. Occationally, the granddaughters want to try a cup of tea also.

  60. Linda Leroux

    I would be the tea lover in my house usually have one before I go to bed at night!

  63. Linda Watters

    I am called a Tea-Jenny. Not sure why? Maybe sounds better than Tea-Linda? Haha But I sure do ❤️ Tea. Any tea…..all day :) Great machine..????????

  69. sarah alexis

    I am a lover of tea for sure and I’ve had my eye on the breville smart tea infuser – would LOVE to win one!

  70. Lisa T.

    I am the tea enthusiast but have cast my web and now the family enjoys tea together :) Thanks for the chance!

  72. Tara Betterley

    I am the tea lover in my house.. It is the go to drink here with at least 5-10 cups per day.

  78. Alayne Langford

    My Nanny from England introduced me to the art of the perfect tea, and so I can proudly say that I am the tea lover in my family! :)

  82. Kareem slick

    How can you go wrong with Tea? Tea is good for you and I’ve always preferred it over coffee. That’s an awesome set thank you for the opportunity much appreciated.

  98. Deborah Peever

    The whole house is mad about teas! My best friend & I used to call ourselves tea grannies in our teens for the many pots we shared. Loose leaf is my favorite way but I enjoy tea iced hot, brewed, steeped, with honey and lemon, milk or black.

  101. Debbie F

    Both my husband and I are tea lovers. We have coffee in the morning and after that we drink tea. We especially enjoy our evening tea.

  105. Luzviminda Gunter-Smith

    We’re a family who are tea drinkers, the first cup is always tea, we collect teas from around the world to try, so this is perfect for us, thank you for the chance

  108. John P.

    My wife and I like to try different blends and brands to drink in our tea exclusive mugs.

  112. Jenny

    I would love to relax with a lovely cup of tea from this Breville Smart Tea Infuser!! Thanks for the chance to enter this contest.

  118. Christine D

    So the tea lover is my son which takes after my mother in law but I love my tea as well!

  119. Michelle C

    My daughter and I love drinking Jasmine Dragonball tea….so lovely to see the balls unfurl!! and the aroma!!!!…beautiful!

  120. Susie N.

    This is the perfect gift for the tea lover in our lives, sometimes that’s ourselves. : )

  131. Cheryl K

    I am the tea lover in my life. As well as my mom, sister and all the members of the tea group that I am in. Winning this would be a dream come true. Thank you for the chance ????????????

  134. Krista M

    My daughter is the tea lover! She prepares a travel mug of tea for her morning classes & then usually has a cup in the evening when we’re watching Netflix! She enjoys so many different flavors.

  158. Maritess Schrauwen

    My daughter and I are partners-in-crime when it comes to tea drinking and we both love exploring flavours.

  159. Miriam Wilton

    I’m the tea lover in my life! I even took the tea program at George Brown College because i love tea so much lol

  162. Jay M

    This is a great gift idea for my mom….she drinks A LOT of tea and also loves anything that Breville makes!