Re: Whistling Tea Kettles
I got a whistling tea kettle for Christmas...haven't used it yet and probably never will. It was the thought that counts but I can't fit a thermometer inside for green/white teas and its just easier to use my old cooking pan.
Jan 13th, '10, 20:51
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Re: Whistling Tea Kettles
... and some people complain about beeping timers messing with their zen tea moment ... 
Though if it were not for electric kettles that shut off automatically, I would consider one. Otherwise I would surely run pot after pot dry as I have discovered whenever making tea at a relative's.
Though if it were not for electric kettles that shut off automatically, I would consider one. Otherwise I would surely run pot after pot dry as I have discovered whenever making tea at a relative's.
Jan 13th, '10, 21:16
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Re: Whistling Tea Kettles
I'd pay for a tetsubin that sends me an SMS or an IM just before the water boils. Until then anytime I might forget about the boiling water, I use a cheap (~$15) glass kettle with a whistling lid. However, I've used it so often that my internal timer always anticipates the boil just before the whistle.Thistledown wrote:Making a pot of tea with a quiet kettle is like playing Russian Roulette for the easily distracted. I put the water on, wander into another room, ....
Re: Whistling Tea Kettles
Anyone here own a Chantal stovetop kettle with the Hohner harmonica whistle? If so, how do they sound compared to the shrieking single whistle?
I usually take a whistling kettle along with me when visiting friends and relatives if I plan to have tea since most of them are not tea drinkers. A more pleasant sounding kettle would be appreciated by both them and myself
I usually take a whistling kettle along with me when visiting friends and relatives if I plan to have tea since most of them are not tea drinkers. A more pleasant sounding kettle would be appreciated by both them and myself
Jan 14th, '10, 23:56
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Re: Whistling Tea Kettles
I have a kettle (possibly handmade) that has a lid with a few small holes in the top. When it reaches a boil, it plays a nice, not too loud, G major chord.
Very pleasant. Unfortunately, I don't know where (or if) more can be obtained.
Very pleasant. Unfortunately, I don't know where (or if) more can be obtained.
Re: Whistling Tea Kettles
Nifty! I'll have to investigate that...Symmetry wrote:I have a kettle (possibly handmade) that has a lid with a few small holes in the top. When it reaches a boil, it plays a nice, not too loud, G major chord.
Very pleasant. Unfortunately, I don't know where (or if) more can be obtained.
Jan 18th, '10, 23:55
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Re: Whistling Tea Kettles
I have one..one of the stainless steel ones. The harmonica whistle has two tones.. it is, to me, lower and softer than a regular whistling kettle especially the first tone. the second sounds kinda like a train horn but softerVictoria wrote:Never heard of that one, but a harmonica must be better than a banshee.
