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>Why hasn’t it ever become standard for luxury kitchens to have a European-style outlet for use with a European kettle? I know the US already has a different 24
by shiroiuma 7mo ago
>Why hasn’t it ever become standard for luxury kitchens to have a European-style outlet for use with a European kettle? I know the US already has a different 240V plug shape, so it might have to be an unlicensed installation, but surely someone wanted hot tea faster and did that calculus before?
I've heard of Americans getting EU plugs for things like this, but it's extremely uncommon. The simple answer is: Americans just don't drink tea very much, and the ones who do aren't going to go to this much trouble and expense just to be able to boil water for their tea twice as quickly.
- fragmede 7mo agoIf speed is the issue, Japanese water boilers keep water at or near boiling so there's less of a wait, and they operate on 110v.
- shiroiuma 7mo agoThese make absolutely no sense and are extremely wasteful if you're only making 1 or 2 cups of tea per day. They make a lot of sense if you're in an office full of tea-drinkers though. Home users are more likely to be in the first group.