Hot tea options

[Nonna T]

I am cruising on Allure of the Seas in a few weeks.  I like to bring my own tea bags - can I easily get hot water for tea onboard? Where?

[Riley]

Good question. Allure should have a few coffee and snack bars and you can ask for hot water there. Also the Windjammer has hot water available at the coffee kiosks, and the main dining room or any of the other restaurants can provide hot water as part of meal service.

Another suggestion is suites often provide an in-room tea service - an electric pot to plug in that heats water as well as an assortment of bags. I'm a big hot tea fan and have in the past requested one for our (non-suite) room. If they have an extra pot the room attendant will often provide one. Side note: yes, the tap water in the bathroom is fine to drink, so if you can secure a pot you can fill it in the bathroom.

Have fun!

[foxrunner]

We also tea proudly and bring tea onboard. The ship tea isn't bad though, not Tetley for sure. Welcome to the boards! We are a gently bunch, so don't be afraid to ask questions. 

[Ampurp85]

Most places that serve drinks will have hot water tanks by the coffee to do teas. So the WJ, Cafe promenade, park Cafe and Sorrento's.

[FSUFAN]

Mrs Fan is a huge tea drinker of English Breakfast Tea and brings her own. I brought a small double wall steel thermos at Goodwill (enough for 2 cups) and would head down and get hot water for her in the morning from a coffee station near our room. 

[MJ_]

If you like honey with your tea, that might be hard to find. I've only sailed one ship, but was told the only place to get it was Windjammer (but still didn't see it there).

I figured out that you can request hot water with honey from the coffee shop for free, so that was my hack for the trip.

[MoonMan81]

If the coffee in the Promenade Cafe is Starbucks, is the hot tea served there also the Starbucks kind (Teavana I believe?)

 

[MJ_]

Cafe Lattetudes served Tazo, Tazo was available in the room, and Bigelow was available at dining locations (Windjammer/Park Cafe) for my last sailing. My ship didn't have a Promenade Cafe so I'm not sure about that location, and I'm also not sure if the offerings differ from ship to ship. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can chime in.

[Ampurp85]

8 hours ago, MoonMan81 said:

If the coffee in the Promenade Cafe is Starbucks, is the hot tea served there also the Starbucks kind (Teavana I believe?)

 

This will be ship dependent. 

[Sushitex]

Back in October, when we were on the Liberty, all Diamond and up levels were issued, via their Seapass cards, daily vouchers because the Diamond Lounge's Espresso machine was still broken. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I did try Teavana, which was available at the Cafe Promenade. Hubby chose Starbuck's cafe latte. I didn't care for Teavana - I much prefer the Bigelow tea, which is also at Cafe Promenade, the Diamond Lounge, Windjammer, and MDR and it's free. I believe that you can also purchase Tazo tea bags in the Cafe Promenade. 

The Promenade Cafe, like the Windjammer, also has large machines that dispense free coffee. The hot water dispensers on the machines are yours to use if you want to brew tea.  

On the Adventure, it's pretty much the same offerings, with maybe less selections of tea and coffee at Cafe Promenade. I believe the premium coffee is still Starbucks and I'm fairly certain that I saw Teavana , and perhaps Tazo, offered there as well. 

[Nonna T]

Thank you for the answers , very helpful. We are on the Allure now, having a lovely day. You are all right, there is hot water everywhere there is coffee.