Any suggestions for an electric kettle?

I think every electric kettle I've ever seen has plastic coming into contact with the water at some point.

I know that Bodum is releasing a stainless steel version later this year, but was curious to see if there were any other out there.

Adagio Tea's "Utilitea" is very good. It even allows you to set the temperature you want the water to reach, depending on the tea you are drinking. Just a satisfied customer, not affiliated with the vendor.....

L> I know that Bodum is releasing a stainless steel version later this

I've got one, too. I was a little disappointed to learn that the dial doesn't indicate an absolute temperature setting ... when the auto-shutoff kicks in, 24oz is significantly cooler than 12oz at the same dial position. I'm currently working with a thermometer and making a chart for temperature/volume settings. Otherwise, I'm happy with it.

stePH "I'll brew another pot of ambiguity"

-- Adrian Belew, King Crimson

If Russell Hobbs still makes theirs, it might be stainless. The outside was anyhow. I also found these at Target, I don't have any info on them.

385431 Again, I don't know if one can assume that if the outside is metal the inside would be too...best thing to do would be to go and see in person or write them an email. Hope this helps.

No affiliation etc.

Melinda

I just got the melita one from target. Seems to do what it is supposed to. Up to 1.7 L of boiling water in around 5 minutes. For the OP though, it is all plastic, inside and out. Haven't noticed any off flavors from it.

One word "Zojirushi" the very best on the market today though little known in the West.

Huh? Zojirushi rice cookers started showing up here several years ago, and their other items are now common. That link to the Target online store had several Zojirushis on the second page.

Overkill, really. I'd buy one for a semi-busy office that had a lot of tea-heads in it.

At home I have an older 1-quart Toastess with no styling (don't know if I like the curvy newer ones), no switch, one "on" light, and an

1100-watt heater that will boil water for a 12-oz infusion in under 3 minutes. Cost me like twelve bucks retail. Works perfect. Perfectly handy for French-pressed coffee (which I'm madly into this month, which is why I haven't been talking tea, much). However, it's all plastic, except the heating element, but I don't understand why anyone should be concerned about that. Metals and glass can have impurities just like plastics can...

--Blair

I absolutely love my "Zoji", if it ever breaks I will buy another post haste. The quality is superior to most others I have seen on the market.

My only complaint is that I wish you could dial in you own desired temp instead of being forced to pick from the three they offer.

-- Mike Petro

I have a Chef's Choice International electric kettle that I love. The inside is entirely stainless steel, except for a plastic post which sticks down to indicate the maximum fill point. So if you don't overfill it, the water doesn't touch plastic.

It heats very quickly. No temperature settings though, so if you like greens you'll have to experiment with a thermometer to know what a specific temperature 'sounds' like. If you drink black teas then thats not an issue.

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Mine was a gift and I'm sure it was bought in a store locally, but I don't know what store. I got it for Christmas 2004 and have not had a lick of problem with it. Our water is softened, so I haven't had any lime build up. If you have harder water you might have to delime it once in a while to avoid flakes (have to do that with my kettle at work where the water is not softened).

Thanks Gregory! That looks pretty darn close to what I was looking for. In a perfect world, I would like the temp controls as well, but I've gotten pretty good at judging temps just by how the water sounds.

Has anyone tried out this guy (Sunbeam HT5)?

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Linda

"Linda" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

This is more or less a drip coffee maker with a funny basket swapped in. The gimmick is that you brew your tea in the basket and by adjusting the rate of flow out of hot water out of the basket, you can adjust how strong or weak your tea is going to be. You can't make any other adjustments. The manual more or less admits that this machine isn't for black tea because the water never gets hot enough, which isn't surprising. I also thought the plastic was had an unusually strong odor.

[Linda, taken out of context here, regarding kettles]

I think you've hit it square. That's the point. Besides, if you have a temperature controlled super-fine electric kettle, you miss the beautiful sounds of the water heating. Cool, or in this case, hot.

BTW, if you put some mineral rocks at the bottom of your electric heated glass kettle, you also get to hear the sounds of the rocks dancing.

Michael

The Hobbs kettles are now made in China and are much more cheaply built. Upton's may still have stock on some of the old ones, but if they are out, you're probably out of luck. They are certainly the best ones I have used.

--scott

I have the 3 liter pot I purchased on Amazon delivered for ~$115USD.

This is by the far the best "hotpot" I have ever used. It is superior to everything I have personally seen or used. And yes, their rice cookers are tops too! That Induction Heating rice cooker really works better then the others based on my use. ;-)

Though we are unable to to taste the different between Stainless Steel and Plastic, There are minor difference. There are alot of Stainless Steel Electric Kettle. I mean may be in my country is not hassle to get one. may be, you all can try check it out in the web. recommend to you

where you can try searching there. Stainless Steel or you can get a bigger ceramic pot and boil it under a Alchohol Burner. It is getting more and more popular in my country as the mobility is better.

Happy Drinking

YL SOH