Your tea kettle

[xuancheng]

When will somebody show off some real nice tetsubins, silver kettles or ceramic kettles, some old stoves, something authentic, great looking that makes excelent water.

New House Down Payment.

I need to get a better job. I thought I only need one tesubin or a silver kettle. Now I know I need at least six.

[coloradopu]

All I use is cast iron cookware, the best is the ones made by Le Creuset or Staub. However the Lodge Logic pre-seasoned cook wear is great, just don't EVER use soap to clean them.

i have an old cast iron with a star and an 8 in the middle on the top of the swing lid
its old and it rusted i cleaned it in and out well and seasoned the outside
how many times do i need to boil water before it stops turning my tea purple?
it has a god taste but loks real bad

[Tead Off]

When will somebody show off some real nice tetsubins, silver kettles or ceramic kettles, some old stoves, something authentic, great looking that makes excelent water.

Not that I know for sure, but I just find it hard to believe that a kettle can improve the quality of water for tea. I really think you have to start off with excellent water to make good tea.

Not any kettle. Has to have high iron content and made in a certain way. Tetsubin are known for their water changing properties. But, like you say, it helps to have good water to begin with. It doesn't purify. The water here in Bangkok is not so good. I must filter. The iron in tetsubin is changed using a reduction firing. Water coming in contact with it will change. But, you need to see it (taste it) for yourself so you will actually know.

[Oni]

I have acces to very good water from the carpatians, there are a lot of soft water springs and mineral water springs, but if you use the best water possible and put it in a plastic kettle it will smell like plastic and the water is ruined, but on the other hand if you put in in one of those kettle shown by our experts it will be much better, fresh sweet, more oxigenated, better tasting tea, more infusions from the same leaves...
Those silver kettles are made in tokyo, by famous tokyo silversmiths? Generally those are old too... and those relief tetsubins, they are kyoto style, hopefully made in kyoto, they are old, I read that they do not make such kettle anymore, those were made with wax mold, so that is how the relief is made, and the lids are from bronze, yamagata casting keeps this tradition of bronze lids with silver knobs, and those tetsubin are very expencieve in the collectors market, and those silver ones are above 1500 $ each, so I need a better job too.

[iannon]

and here i've been using my plain old chantal tea kettle...oh well..its worked for me!

[hop_goblin]

[yangshuoren]

Kamjove Induction Cooker

[Odinsfury]

Not any kettle. Has to have high iron content and made in a certain way. Tetsubin are known for their water changing properties. But, like you say, it helps to have good water to begin with. It doesn't purify. The water here in Bangkok is not so good. I must filter. The iron in tetsubin is changed using a reduction firing. Water coming in contact with it will change. But, you need to see it (taste it) for yourself so you will actually know.

That makes sense. I wish I could use a better kettle but all the nicer ones are 1500 watts and I can't use one that powerful. I suppose I could use a stovetop kettle but the stove takes forrrreverrrr.

[teadrake]

I use an Oster electric that you can get at target. It has a little "keep warm" button which, though it only keeps it to about 70C, makes it really easy to reboil in 10+ minutes when I go back for a second infusion. It also seems to keep the water from cooling down too quick.

Prior to that I had (still do, but it gives a burnt plastic smell after boiling... that's why I bought steel this time) a cheap $9 Narita from newegg which was essentially identical to the Bodum Ibis but with a little clear plastic to see through on the side and a lot cheaper. I haven't seen one on sale in a looooong time though.

Personally, to get my temperatures, I just bring it to boiling and then cool it down by pre-heating my pot & pouring it into a sharing pitcher (takes it to about 175F instantly between the two) or some variation therein. Tea is so much more fun now that I don't have to stare at a thermometer, only to look away and realize it's cooled down to much and I have to start over XD

[Luthier]

i would love to have that but i seem to be facing scarcity of space on my desk nor on the floor

this is the smallest set i can find. measuring 5" in diameter and 8 1/4" in height. holds around 500cc at max.



this is my first time using zisha kettle and im just amazed with the taste. the water somehow different. haha

[brandon]

[Luthier]

wAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

i like that color

oooh yeah cute arrangement too

hahaha

[brose]

The best I have used is the Pino Digital Kettle Pro. Its easty to use and control. Just dial in the temp (in F) and hit start and it brings the water to that temperature and keeps it within 3%. It has worked flawlessly for me.