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A water kettle. Doesn't have to be any fancy one, but it really fucking rocks for anything you might think of : want hot water for tea? No problem. Need hot water to steep something? No problem.
Most mid-range ones are insanely power efficient too, often being alot better than just boiling water on a stovetop, or using a microwave. And, depending on insulation, heat can be stored for over 6! hours.
Iβm going to guess youβre in the States? Iβm from England and live in the Netherlands. Iβve never met anybody ever who didnβt own a kettle. Is it true that itβs really not that common in the States to own a kettle?
I would say 20 years ago almost no one had an electric kettle in the US. Now they are much more common, but still only in a minority of homes. Americans just don't drink nearly as much tea as the English. The UK consumes 1.94kg of tea per person annually. The US is 0.23kg. (per wikipedia). You will find a coffee maker in most homes and hotel rooms though.
what do kids have with their breakfast then?
Cold milk usually
what about in wintertime?
Cold milk usually
...water?
o.o
In Canada, but we're basically the same as the states. Of my extended family, which is 20+ people, I only know 2 who have kettles... So it's a luxury to most people who come to my house lol.
We had a stove top kettle growing up but I never heard of an electric kettle until I was an adult. First time I saw one was a pretentious dude doing pour over coffee at work.
I'm the only person I know with an electric kettle, and I don't use it much since I sopped doing pourover coffee.
What home doesn't have a kettle? I don't think I've ever been to someones house who didn't have one. Who are these degenerates that were boiling all their water in saucepans?
Depends where you live, Technology Connections did a few episodes on kettles because apparently they're not super common in his neck of the woods.
I think they mean a powered kettle.
That's what I'm talking about. Can't remember the last time I saw a stove top one.
Might depend on where you live. I rarely see them- usually only when someone is a tea fanatic
even cheap ones a great.
You can get a cheap one at walmart for like 20 bucks, and it'll boil water faster than your cooktop.