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> while waiting for the way-too-slow kettle to boil the water How is it Americans still don't use electric water kettles? Everyone else on the planet that has
by peterwwillis 8y ago
> while waiting for the way-too-slow kettle to boil the water
How is it Americans still don't use electric water kettles? Everyone else on the planet that has electricity has one. It's faster, more convenient, kinda-sorta safer. And you can find ones with digital temperature control on Amazon for like $25.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=goose+neck+electric+water+kettle+temperature+control&ref=nb_sb_noss https://www.amazon.com/s?k=goose+neck+electric+water+kettle+...
Look at these things, there's hundreds of 'em. I picked the cheapest one and it works great. I can set the temperature to exactly 205F and the gooseneck works for pourover, or I can bring the temp down to 170 for green tea. (If you make big batches of tea, a non-gooseneck pours much faster)
- rland 8y agoMains voltage is typically 120V here, instead of 240, so it takes a while to boil water with an electric kettle.
- peterwwillis 8y agoUh, you don't need 240V at all. With 120VAC an electric kettle takes half the time of a traditional kettle to boil water. It also shuts off automatically, so no annoying whistling. [1] https://slate.com/human-interest/2005/11/forget-your-stove-top-kettle-go-electric.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2005/11/forget-your-stove-t...