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Here (in the Netherlands) I see more and more kitchens with built-in instant hot water dispensers (like a Quooker[1]) instead. It's been a long time since I've

• obitoo 11y ago
  Quookers are fantastic, but they're still hugely expensive - hundreds of Euro - compared to a kettle which can be picked up for a tenner
  • IkmoIkmo 11y ago
    > hundreds of Euro Definitely! Starts a little under ±1000. What I did find interesting is that it's not actually environmentally unfriendly, because the hot energy is stored in a very well insulated manner, and because it's near 100% efficient in the amount of water heated/used (whereas in a regular kettle you tend to overboil and boil too much water, and in an electric kettle there's often even a minimum fill that's larger than the needed water). At least that's the story I've been reading on unaffiliated websites.
• IkmoIkmo 11y ago
  Haha you must hang with the right crowd, I've literally never seen one of 'm in the Netherlands (except when my gf was babysitting in a fancy place and I came over to hang out a few years back).