I have a small Revere kettle with a copper bottom, and I've noticed some weird tastes in my later infusions of tea where it doesn't have as strong of a tea taste, so I did a little test. I got a glass cup and tasted tap water with it. Then I tasted the filtered water I use for tea. Obviously the filtered water tasted better. Then I heated some filtered water in the kettle to make tea. I poured some of the heated water in the cup, and I made some tea (why not?). After the water in the glass cup cooled down, i tried it, and noticed the same weird taste that I would get in tea. So that confirmed that the taste wasn't a result of the water, or a flavor the tea imparts.
I guess this didn't turn out to be asking if it was the copper that leached the flavor. Well, does anyone have any recommedations for tea kettles? I'm looking for a small stainless steel kettle that doesn't have an outragious design. The Revere kettle is the only one I've seen that doesn't have a weird design, and isn't a hassle to use.
My parents are going to think I'm crazy when I say the copper affects the taste. They aren't exactly as critical about how the tea is brewed as me (my mom still uses teabags Shocked) so they are going to think I'm tasting things. They also drink black tea with sugar, so they definately won't taste it in their tea.
After going through 2 cheapy $7 kettles I went back and got a Copco kettle from target very similar to this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002TXNNA...
comedy:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000C7BAW...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002TXNNA...
comedy:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000C7BAW...
My mom always used a pyrex glass kettle (she has had it for over 40 years). She says all the metal ones just aren't the same. I used a stainless pan for a long time because I couldn't find a glass kettle and living on a farm I kept thinking how long is a glass one really going to last me. I ended up buying the jenear water kettle after I got the clarity cup and it held up so good. I see now that you can also get the pyrex glass ones on places like ebay. I did have a metal whistling kettle fora while but it didn't hold up well and for some stupid reason I like seeing the water boil 
Feb 20th, '06, 10:38
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(Preface: ooh, boy, I hope these links work.)
Williams Sonoma sells Chantal kettles. I have the Chantal Whistling Kettle one which they're selling for $100. I got it three years ago as an anniversary present and it has thus far been excellent for me. They're also selling the Chantal Ball Kettle for $50, which is an internet special. I have no experience with the Ball Kettle.
(...Rusty teakettles. Hehe.)
Williams Sonoma sells Chantal kettles. I have the Chantal Whistling Kettle one which they're selling for $100. I got it three years ago as an anniversary present and it has thus far been excellent for me. They're also selling the Chantal Ball Kettle for $50, which is an internet special. I have no experience with the Ball Kettle.
(...Rusty teakettles. Hehe.)
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Boy, those are beautiful! This thread is ironic when I think about it as it was a revere copper kettle that my husband got me for Christmas that started my whole loose leaf tea obsession. I thought I wanted just a kettle until I looked at it and realized it wouldn't work the way I wanted. I wanted something I could actually put my teabags in also. I started looking on the internet- found adagio with the glass kettle- asked Chris some questions and got a LOT of information. Ended up buying the trinitea and a bunch of tea. I keep telling my husband it was all his fault and the best Christmas present he could have given me.
Thanks for all the posts.
That's actually the kettle I was planning on getting. I saw it at World Market last time I was there, and was the first kettle to come to mind when thinking about getting a new kettle.Kai wrote:After going through 2 cheapy $7 kettles I went back and got a Copco kettle from target very similar to this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002TXNNA...
I doubt it. It's a new kettle, and I've been taking good care of it. I never let water sit in the kettle that isn't being heated.rhpot1991 wrote:Perhaps there is rust at the bottom of your kettle?
Feb 20th, '06, 13:34
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Funny you should mention it. Red.Food.Drink.Tea has a current thread on this topic:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.drink.tea/...
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.drink.tea/...
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KitchenAid has this kettle:
http://www.kitchenaid.com/catalog/product.jsp?
src=ModelNumberLookup&productId=781
They also had a "2 Quart Brushed Stainless Steel" fully stainless.
Their others have some kind of treated interior, including the "Silver Mist" which looks like stainless.
http://www.kitchenaid.com/catalog/product.jsp?
src=ModelNumberLookup&productId=781
They also had a "2 Quart Brushed Stainless Steel" fully stainless.
Their others have some kind of treated interior, including the "Silver Mist" which looks like stainless.
Here is the Kitchen Aid Brushed Stainless Steel tea kettle in the JCPenny catalog.
Hope this is helpful.
Hope this is helpful.