You have to try Mr. Coffee ice tea!

I bet you've heard of Mr. Coffee right? That one-stop-online-shop for all you home coffee and brewing needs. It's a clever use of business name 'Mr' or 'Mrs'. It kind of gives a human and friendly feel to whatever product or service the business is into. I've seen Mr. Whippy for ice cream, Mr. Roomfinder dot com for home hunters, Mrs. Teapots for choice blends of the finest tea leaves, and Mr. Scrub for a home cleaning company. And now, when it comes to Java, all we seem to hear about is Mr. Coffee, and what a great resource for caffeine addicts they are too.

When you think of the Mr coffee brand, you probably conjure up ideas of coffee pots and coffee filters, and an assortment of other items related to coffee. After all, most of us know them for the Mr coffee coffee maker right. And while this is true that Mr coffee does specializes in coffee-related products, they have also launched a line of Mr coffee ice tea. The tea is quiet tasty, which just goes to show that even though the Mr coffee name is not usually associated with tea, both brewable products contain caffeine and can be made into delicious icy drinks for the summer and that’s all the similarity you need to make a good product line.

Personally, I love coffee and I always have. But I don’t limit my caffeine consumption to simply coffee. In fact I'm not really safe with home brewed coffee kits. I must be on my forth Mr coffee carafe so far this year. There's something about me and Mr coffee parts that just has me dropping stuff, getting burnt, or getting it wrong! This is probably why I also enjoy a nice cup of tea from time to time.

Having talked to other people about caffeinated beverage preference, it seems that most people are faithful to one or the other and usually don’t sway from their favorite. And of course there are the few freaks out there who don’t like either product, but they are few in number (and obviously insane), so we shouldn’t even include them in this discussion. Mr coffee ice tea takes advantage of the ability to market to everyone, whether they prefer coffee or tea.

With the fast pace of living and ever changing lifestyles, any business in this day and age has to continually reinvent itself if it's to stay ahead of the game. I think by introducing Mr coffee ice tea, this company is showing real diversity without straying too far away from their niche. They certainly seem to have come a long way from the introduction of their first ever automatic-drip kitchen coffee machine which made them so popular in the 1970s and 80s.

Mr coffee ice tea makers simply take the concept of coffee brewing and apply it to tea. Though it would be less confusing if they’d called their line of tea products Mr Tea, they are probably relying on the reputation they’ve built over the years as masters of the brewing process. And I think it’s a good idea for Mr coffee to extend itself beyond coffee products. After all, a quick walk through the aisles of the grocery store will show both coffee and tea sitting on the shelves close together. While the beverages are vastly different in terms of composition, they’re very similar in terms of use.

There are those who may argue that you don’t need a special appliance to brew tea, but with the prevalence of new appliances for every culinary process you can imagine, from pasta cookers and microwavable egg pans, to waffle makers and tortilla heaters, it’s not so impossible to imagine that there is a market for the Mr coffee ice tea maker. Much in the same way that you could brew coffee by the cup using individual steeping bags, you can prepare tea in large batches instead of patiently brewing a fresh cup each time you want some tea. I know that I’m looking at adding a Mr coffee ice tea maker to my kitchen appliance arsenal sometime in the near future.

So, next time you're out and about stocking up on your Mr coffee filter products, why not take a look at an ice tea drink maker and stick one in your basket. They really are quite cheap and you'll most likely find you get hooked pretty quickly on the newest drink in town.