Teavana Stainless Steel Insulated Tumbler

If you intend on drinking your tea right away open the push top and wait a good 30 minutes, this (as promised) keeps tea VERY hot for at least a few hours and drinkable warm-hot for many after that. For heat retention this is one of the best travel mugs I have ever used. It is easy to use and delivers in flavour and performance.

It's really well-insulated and will keep your tea super hor or super cold for hours. I've left iced tea in it overnight and still had ice in the morning. I bought it months ago and have had no problems, so I'd say that the people who had trouble with it closing just happened to get a bad one, which happens sometimes in manufacturing.

I saw a review where someone complained about it burning them. If you burn yourself, you can't really blame the cup because it's just a cup with a lid. If you can't use it without spilling it or burning yourself you should probably just not use cups.

Teavana's customer service is pretty awesome, and I would totally recommend that anybody who had a problem with it try it out. I had trouble with another tumbler and they refunded me with no hassle. But if you can get a replacement, I'd go for it because it's a really nice thermos.

At the end of the day, it's a cup with an infuser and a lid. It's really well-insulated, though a bit small. It does everything I've needed it to do and it's survived months of abuse from me.

I have had this tumbler for about 8 months now and it is still in good shape!!! The tea is always steaming hot, therefore the lid doesn't lose suction. It is very convenient and easy to clean. I just wish they had a bigger version of this tumbler.

This tea thermos works great for about a month- and then the open-shut function wears out and it no longer closes. The poor plastic construction inevitably wears out the internal closing mechanism, and then the only way to open and shut it is by unscrewing the top, defeating the purpose of this thermos.

If you ARE foolish enough to buy this, keep your receipt handy so you can return it for a new one in 4 weeks.

I get plenty of use out of this tumbler by brewing some tea in it every night before bed, keeping it on my bedside table, and then drinking some warm tea first thing in the morning. If I heat the tumbler up with hot water before actually making the tea, it's still warm when I wake up 8 hours later, although not as STEAMING hot as it was (which is just as well, since you're going to burn your mouth if you try drinking it like that, believe me).

I also use it a lot around the house when I'm brewing myself some tea, because I can distribute the sweetness from any added sugar by shaking the leak-resistant tumbler around. Very convenient.

That said, I bought this tumbler hoping to always have tea with me on the go, but it only carries enough for 2 small china cups, or just a little over 1 mug. This is good for waking me up in the morning before getting out of bed, or possibly even for packing a lunch for work or a picnic, but honestly not worth the effort if I'm out running errands or sharing my tea with someone else. My trusty 25 oz. glass water bottle is much better for keeping me hydrated.

In short, the product is good quality and has its uses, but would be much better and more versatile if it actually held more tea.

I bought this tumbler and used it just how the salesman at Teavana taught me. I put hot water in the tumbler and let it sit with my tea inside for a short amount of time. When I took the lid off, the pressure from the hot water caused boiling water to spill over and burnt me extremely bad. At this point I don't trust the tumbler.

I actually bought this tumbler for my mom for Christmas and I'm loving it as much as she is! The product itself is extremely sleek and comfortable to hold. The outside is never hot to the touch, even if the tea inside is boiling. After I brew the tea and let it steep for a few minutes in the tumbler, I take the strainer out so I won't get any bits of the loose tea in my mouth when I drink it. My favorite thing is that it actually stays hot-almost for longer than you want it to! I left it in the freezing car for a coupe hours and when I came back, it was still hot. This is amazing, and I can't wait to have one for myself to take to college next year!

I received this tumbler as a Christmas present. My tea stayed hot/warm for over 6 hours in a 30-35 degree garage where I was working. The only knock on it is that it should be able to hold 2 full cups ( min. 16oz.) instead if its 14oz size. Other than that it is the best I have found to keep my tea hot. I brewed my tea, then put it into the tumbler instead of using the attached basket. I can see the usefullness of the basket for brewing, but would not leave it intact while drinking, as the steeping would be excessive, and messy as leaf pieces would come thru the top while trying to drink from it. As a device for keeping drinks hot, it can't be beat!

This is a great tumbler. I love the removable basket. I have one for work and one for home. It's easy to use and my tea stays hot way longer than other tumblers I have tried.

I've been bragging about this tumbler to all my friends. When it was on sale I wish I had bought more as Christmas gifts. I've tried many different travel mugs and they don't keep my tea hot. I start early, around 6am, so the tea has to stay hot all morning. I take it with me into the cold Canadian weather and I have to sip it because sometimes it is too hot. I only use tea in the tumbler because it will pick up coffee flavours. The little basket is convenient. I fill it with tea and lower it into the hot water and wait. Pouring water into the tea basket makes the leaves lift and they come out where I drink and I don't much like that. Picking leaves off my lip isn't nice. It's stainless steel and I've already dropped it and it has a dint; which is fine because now I can tell the difference between mine and my daughter's. Even when I dropped it it didn't spill. It's coming with me when I go to trade shows so I can enjoy hot tea without paying the huge prices at those venues.