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It boils water. And it looks red. Yay

Update: the tea filter broke and thus the auto shutoff as well (fix this with a towel on the top of the kettle). There’s a fragile plastic rod that attaches to either a string or a spring that controls the tea filter’s mounting. It broke for me and just flopped downwards instead of shutting the kettle. Managed to get a replacement, but I wouldn’t get this exact model.

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[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 30 points 6 months ago

I recently picked up the same kind at a thrift store. Probably an older version. It's great, but I don't like that it beeps... ;-;

[-] PaupersSerenade@startrek.website 22 points 6 months ago

We’ve had an electric kettle for a while, and when it’s done it just clicks off. It’s the perfect amount of noise that I now have a Pavlovian response to haha

[-] DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org 5 points 6 months ago

We have a Bosch that beeps. First I hated it. Now I love it. I can do other things and still register that it is finished.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Same, but sometimes the other thing I'm doing is waiting for it to boil so I don't chance waking up my flatmate.

[-] DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, that's the thing with ours. If you lift it off it's base while heating it also beeps.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 6 months ago

I have one that looks just like this but black plastic not red. It just clicks.

[-] 51dusty@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

I have an older version, without that snazzy red handle.

9+ years old, absolute workhorse.

[-] rouxdoo@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

I got a really good one years ago, my wife used it to heat up chicken stock to make gumbo. Never again.

[-] Saapas@piefed.zip 9 points 6 months ago

Sorry about the divorce but you had to do it, no other options

[-] silver@das-eck.haus 3 points 6 months ago

This has me fucked up. Did your coffee the next day taste like chicken?

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[-] tuckerm@feddit.online 10 points 6 months ago

Well done, sir. And I would also say it looks red, although I don't want to jump to conclusions.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

1.7L

That's a lot of tea

[-] seathru@quokk.au 7 points 6 months ago

Unless it's dirty south sweet tea. Then that's barely a glass.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

High five. You midwest. No ice means more room in the Rt. 44 cup.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Happy cake day! There's no such thing as too much tea, tho.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

With all of the stainless steel kettles offered by "Big Kettle" it's nice to finally see some transparency. /s

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[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 6 months ago

What advantage does this have over boiling water in the microwave?

[-] cravl@slrpnk.net 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

More energy efficient and sometimes faster, quieter (or at least a more pleasant sound imo), and just feels nicer to pour. I have a gooseneck one that can target a specific temperature that is an absolute treat to use. It's by far our most used kitchen gadget. It's one of those "little things" that make life better in not entirely tangible ways.

[-] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For anyone that eats instant noodles regularly, or drinks coffee made using an Aeropress or a pour-over, or making Jello, or any other application where the water must already be boiling hot before adding, the electric kettle is king.

It also avoids the quandary with having to carefully move a potentially-open top cup full of boiling water from the microwave to wherever it is needed. Some Japanese electric kettles are even fully thermally insulated and proofed against tip-over. These units require a positive actuation of a trigger in order to dispense; tilting the kettle isn't enough.

And finally, using an electric kettle does not temporarily cause radio interference in the 2.4 GHz spectrum, with attendant WiFi and Bluetooth signal reductions.

[-] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Although it's perhaps a little slower and energy inefficient, I can't see spending money on a fragile-seeming electric kettle. With little kitchen space and disliking having something else to clean I am happy to continue using my 2 quart Revereware stainless steel pot. It's been boiling water as well as cooking meals on one electric range top or another without fail for almost 40 years, a tiny fraction of it's expected working life.

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I can't remember ever cleaning an electric kettle, other than maybe wiping the outside if I spilled something on it or if I left the apartment for two months. The kettle has the notable property of regularly being full of boiling water, which kills any germs and washes what little dust might've gotten into it in the meantime. And I'm regularly grabbing the handle, which is the outside part of which I could be vaguely concerned.

[-] Candice_the_elephant@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

If you have 230v power like a vast majority of the world, it's faster. Especially if heating over a couple of cups.

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 6 months ago

Ah, fair. I'm not plugging it into the same plug as my dryer or whatever, my home's norm is 110-120v @ 60Hz on AC. I do have the 230-240v @ 60Hz option, but, honestly? I'm mostly on 5v/1-2A DC (I run a lot off of USB batteries).

[-] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Boiling it in a kettle or even a pot doesn’t have that weird metallic-ish taste that it gets if you microwave it.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

I don't have a microwave, and my kettle has different modes

I thought you weren't supposed to microwave water because it can superheat or something

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

It's possible but iirc any imperfection in the surface will prevent this.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

So would always be moot with a tea bag I guess?

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

It seems so

Exploding water? In a nutshell, yes, water can "explode" in the fashion described above. However, it takes near perfect conditions to bring this about, thus "exploding water" is not something the average hot beverage drinker who would otherwise now be eyeing his microwave with trepidation need fear. Odds are, you'll go through life without ever viewing this phenomenon first-hand, and if you're one of the rare few who does get to see it, you will likely not be harmed by the experience (that would take your standing right over the cup at the instant it happened, and the liquid's bolting up and hitting your skin).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised consumers:

This type of phenomenon occurs if water is heated in a clean cup. If foreign materials such as instant coffee or sugar are added before heating, the risk is greatly reduced. If superheating has occurred, a slight disturbance or movement such as picking up the cup, or pouring in a spoon full of instant coffee, may result in a violent eruption with the boiling water exploding out of the cup.

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 6 months ago

I always give it a stir with a long spoon before and after putting it in the microwave, when it won't be in contact with my skin.

[-] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 months ago

I love that mine has a grid of different temperatures that I can chose with a single button press. 70 for the kid’s cocoa, 80 for green tea, 95 for my French press and boiling for black tea.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

The moment I understood that I belonged here is when I look at a post about a kettle and immediately go

"oooh...that is friggin' nice!" with no one else in the room with me.

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[-] carton_of_lions@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

I went to a store to look at kettles the other day, didn't find any I liked, need to go to another store and look at more kettles

[-] panicnow@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I just got this excellent cephalopod kettle that additionally heats water to specific temperatures. Saves me from having to add one medium size ice cube to my coffee.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 6 months ago

These glass Cosori ones are pretty good in my experience

[-] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

3000 watts? Yes please ;(

[-] hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 months ago

Request denied 🇺🇸

[-] foggianism@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

They invented a water powered kettle a long time ago, but Big Conventional Kettle is hiding the technology

[-] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Don’t buy SMEG. I was hoping its build different but its built the same with other electronics, to maximize profit. Won’t last 7 years, dont expect it to pass on to your kids.

[-] anugeshtu@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

What would be really cool, is a kettle which has an alarm if the water is cooking. Some really high pitched noise so that everybody hears it. But the battery would probably die on that pretty soon. Hmm.

[-] Masamune@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I don't think water is supposed to look red when you boil it.

[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It's also such a nice gift for just about anyone who doesn't already own one

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Got that same model in black. If it isn’t obv to anyone else, there’s a ring of blue LEDs around the bottom. They’re quite bright. Kettle works well, though.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 6 months ago

Mine has the exact same bottom but a completely different top portion.

[-] pelican476@discuss.online 2 points 6 months ago

Sweet.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

But does it need an app?

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