I'm thinking of getting one of those electric kettles for hot water for coffee and tea. Any advice or reccomendations? TIA.
Electric kettle help
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Ruthie is sold on this. She would dump me before she'd ditch it.
I’ve seen a lot of them lately in Home Goods and other stores. Seem average price is around $25. But of course my wife wanted one made in Italy for $160 ….. it’s pink …. Brand name SMEG. But I gotta admit it’s very well made all stainless interior and heats the water quickly. Don’t ask why I know what’s in Home Goods lol……
I don't get it. Is this something that keeps water hot all day. Well maybe if I had gotten the latest Home Goods mag
, I would be up on this.
I am having tea right now. Tea Bag goes in cup, honey, and water. Mug goes in microwave, hot tea comes out in 90 seconds. What could be better?
, I would be up on this.I am having tea right now. Tea Bag goes in cup, honey, and water. Mug goes in microwave, hot tea comes out in 90 seconds. What could be better?
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Living/working in Asia, electric kettles are as common as rice and chopsticks. Mine is a Cuisinart. Very handy. You can also get by with a drip coffee/tea maker too, but you asked about electric kettles.
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I have this crazy thing, a tea kettle. I put water in it and put it on the stove. The water gets really hot. It never lets me down.
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Ruthie is sold on this. She would dump me before she'd ditch it.
wife had an electric 1 for years. liked it. she bought 1 before Xmas,
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Son bought his grandmother one a couple Christmases ago, she didn't want it and it found a useful spot on my countertop. Plenty of uses for boiling water besides tea and noodles. Bit of vinegar or citric acid for the scale and a rub down with a drop of olive oil keeps it purty.
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We have had the earlier version of this cheap Hamilton Beach for about 10 years now and it still heats up quickly.
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The one here gets a lot of use from a certain Scot. Microwave!? That’s just blasphemy [emoji23]
We've had a Hamilton Beach for a number of years. Heats up faster than I can boil water on the gas stove. A bit less than $30 off Amazon.
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If you're only doing one cup of water, for your cup of tea, microwave is the way to go.I don't get it. Is this something that keeps water how all day. Well maybe if I had gotten the latest Home Goods mag
I am having tea right now. Tea Bag goes in cup, honey, and water. Mug goes in microwave, hot tea comes out in 90 seconds. What could be better?
But if you need several cups - you're making a French press of coffee, for example - this thing is quite handy.
And you can use it to water the plants! (not when it’s hot [emoji41])
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Do they still make electric immersion heaters? Used one all through college to make instant coffee. You just need to learn to unplug it after use or bad things can happen. I would have used a microwave except they hadn't been invented yet.
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I've been using a cheap Rival for many years. I'm sure the model has been replaced several times. Actually it looks like they may have been recalled. Well mine has worked well.
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I have one of these. Works great.
Chefman 1.7 Liter Electric Glass Tea Kettle with One Touch Easy Operation, Swivel Base, Black - Walmart.com
Chefman 1.7 Liter Electric Glass Tea Kettle with One Touch Easy Operation, Swivel Base, Black - Walmart.com
JMHO but I always liked to hear the whistle of a stove top kettle. Took me back in time.
Wife used a tea kettle for years (since before we were married) to make her morning tea. About 4 years ago she got an electronic kettle from Faberware and the tea kettle has been put away. Best endorsement I can think of.
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Same here. But it cost Gale Boetticher his life.
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Thanks for the advice. I went with one of these:
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I'm old fashioned and a lot of my tea is "Loose"
and it needs to seap for 3-5 minutes in hot water to be any good.
I don't see how tea in a coffee maker would work out ?
However, I do still need to get hot water to my small tea pots,
unless I do one cup at a time in the micro wave.
and it needs to seap for 3-5 minutes in hot water to be any good.
I don't see how tea in a coffee maker would work out ?
However, I do still need to get hot water to my small tea pots,
unless I do one cup at a time in the micro wave.
Regardless of agua heating methods the secret is in the steep.
The Mrs. had to a have a Chantal tea kettle decades ago. It was expensive even back then and sounds like a Hohner harmonica when the water boils. 
It was stashed in the basement when she got one of these a few years ago. It brings a pot of water to a boil in 1/3rd of the time.
If it makes her happy, I'm happy!
It was stashed in the basement when she got one of these a few years ago. It brings a pot of water to a boil in 1/3rd of the time.
If it makes her happy, I'm happy!
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Yep, I remember those. As a first semester freshman in a dorm room, I had one of those, an electric skillet, and used the window ledge outside the window for my refrigerator. Did not pay for cafeteria access, so the set up was used constantly. Lotta canned food.
(By my second semester, I was feeling flush — as at the time I spent a whole lot more time working than I did attending classes or studying — I had moved into a furnished apartment let by my employer.)
I kept an immersion heater in my gig bag during my early road years for soup and coffee and a flat iron for grilled cheese.
I've been a tea drinker for 50 years and most of my tea is from China and all require different brew temperatures to get them "just right to taste". I use the OXO adjustable temperature hot water kettle.
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I ‘get’ to go to Home Goods as well. Best part: the men’s room’s cleanliness. I suspect that’s because of few male customers.
WE had a Breville for the longest time. When it died missie bought some cutsie think with a goose neck. As a tea snob, the water must be heated to the appropriate temperature for the type of tea, boiled for black tea, so get one that has different settings. And, it must steep for 4 minutes or more. I don't care for Keurig for tea. Too often, if people use it for coffee, the tea ends up with a hint of coffee.
