Qi Aerista 4+

Pretty beautiful device, fairly sad app. It was obvious that this app was not written by native English speakers, and that’s okay, but get someone to proofread and throughly test your English version. There are numerous text translation oddities and formatting problems and Chinese text appears in various info messages including the location access approval request. Annoying too that the app starts on the Qi web store instead of the brewing page which is the only reason I’d open it anyway.

The Qi Aerista is is an awesome tea brewing machine and the companion app is a great compliment to it. Both are simple to use, plus the brewer takes up less counter space than the the dedicated appliance I was using ONLY to boil water for steeping tea in a cup or tea pot. An additional plus is being able to set up the Aerista to have a pot of hot tea ready when I wake up in the AM. Deciding on a whim to brew a cup is effortless as well; no more hovering around waiting for water to boil and then watching over the steeping. Set it, forget it, and come back whenever for a nice hot brew cup or three of your desired tea. Very nice.

When using the app I am unable to see time and temperature. I have to scroll a blank section, confirm and see where I am then go back to make any adjustments.