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I'd buy one if I could

I suspect most people who've been obsessed with tea for a while have wished for some item of teaware that doesn't exist. I know I have.

Anyone who's spent much time in the diners, delis, and luncheonettes of New York, historically often owned and run by Greek immigrants, will recognize the Greek-themed paper cups they use:

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Those who've never been to New York probably won't understand why I find the idea of the one on the left, in the form of a gaiwan, so compelling. Porcelain for me, by the way, not paper.

/Lew

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Lewis Perin
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Hey Lew. If I could, I'd buy an electric kettle that heats to a specified temperature. Of course, I don't even know if they make them!

Ian

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Ian Rastall

Ian - (another ASPer here!) the problem is that all of the temperature specific kettles I have found are all for chemistry labs! they're several hundred dollars each! Not for just my morning tea. I was working on a design a few years ago, but the thermocouples and thermistors are just too freaking expensive. Maybe in my "copius free time" (tm - Tom Lehrer) this summer...

Joshua Sasmor

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Joshua C Sasmor

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Apprentice

FWIW, here's a thermometer I came across while searching for a kettle that heats to a set temp (like you mentioned) this thermometer has an alarm that goes off when it reaches a specific temp. Could be useful for heating water for greens. There HAS to be an easier way then mixing hot and cool water in my pyrex measuring cup til it matches what I want...::sigh::

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Melinda

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Melinda

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Every time I see these Zhojirushis I am puzzled by the temperature settings. Many of them has 175 F as the lowest setting, which is way too hot for green teas. Some others can also heat it to 145 F, which can be too low for many greens. I prefer to make my greens with water which is about 160 F (sometimes slightly cooler, down to 150 F, depending on the tea), but I still have to find an electric kettle with presets that are close enough to these temperatures.

Any ideas why these strange settings?

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Gyorgy Sajo

No Coke.

Pepsi.

--Blair "Cheebourgi cheebourgi cheebourgi..."

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Blair P. Houghton

Uh, tea for me, please.

/Lew

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Lewis Perin

this was funny...i bought recently a very cheap plastic water boiler kettle thing at walgrens....$9. it has a thermostat control which, when left at the half-way point, keeps the water at a dead-even 160f.

which happens to be my default for green.

happy days are here again......p*

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pilo_

Hey Pilo is that the one that (or one of them) that has the dial on the front that you just turn for the heat? I saw one of those too and am seriously considering it since it's cheap and since, as I say, I'm getting weary of mixing different temp waters til they hit the right spot. Does it have a problem with plastic-y taste?

Melinda

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Melinda

it did until i mixed water, vinigar, and salt and boiled the hell out of it. after, i boiled just plain water in it for about an hour and then let the water sit over night in it. tastes fine. and yeah, it sounds like the same one.....p*

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pilo_

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