Looking for some advice to hot water preperation/storage

[Randoom]

Hi @ all,

I'm pretty new two the teaworld and on this forum, so I hope you could give some good advice.

My situation:

For now, I am just a little experiment with all kinds of green teas. I'm testing which I do like, varies brewing methods and so on, the normal stuff I suggest.
My problem that is banging in my head is, how I could improve the way to get hot water.

Currently I am using an electric kettle, with witch I have to boil a min of 0,5L but I only need about 150ml. So its a lot of waste water and energy, because I have to reboil the water every time I want a new infusion ( to be exact, I let it cool down to about 75°C after the boiling, for my greens ).

I tried to store some water in a thermos bottle, but it tasted really flat and makes my tea kinda boring after a short amount of time, so this wasn't a good way to go for me.

So do you see where my problem is and do somebody have a solution or a little glimpse for a way to go?

I hope you understand what I mean, if not please feel free to ask

[Saifuddin]

I'm currently in the same situation with my white tea brewing. When the water boils I pour it into another vessel and let it cool down there. The water cools down a lot faster in the second vessel so I can resteep the leaves at least 3 times before the water in the kettle hits 75 degrees.

[kymidwife]

Two thumbs up for Zojirushi hot water dispensers... I had an electric kettle before, and it seemed fine, but now I don't know what I ever did without my Zoji.

Sarah

[RemedialLogic]

Two thumbs up for Zojirushi hot water dispensers... I had an electric kettle before, and it seemed fine, but now I don't know what I ever did without my Zoji.

Sarah

Wouldn't that be the same as using a thermos? without the reboiling feature. a Zoji thermo pot is quite expensive, Panasonic/Gemini/tiger has least costly thermo pots.

Oh, I use this to store hot water if i'm too lazy to reboil
http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=211742
i don't know if it will make your tea flat though.

Zoji also has one of those hybrid models so it uses less energy while maintaining water at 170ish all day but that is also $$$.

[auggy]

Two thumbs up for Zojirushi hot water dispensers... I had an electric kettle before, and it seemed fine, but now I don't know what I ever did without my Zoji.

Sarah

Ditto!

[Randoom]

The problem about Joji is that their dispensers are not available in Europe.

Would a tetsubin do a good job wirh holding the temperature up a longer time?

[10/6]

Ehh, tetsubin is a pretty cool guy. He has excellent heat retention and doesn't afraid of anything.

[iannon]

I actually just got a lower end thermo pot from fujitronic. they have them on amazon in 3 different sizes a 2.5l a 3 and a 4. runs between 55 bucks and 62 bucks depending on size.

its definately not a Zoji but for the price I had to check it out. it has 3 hold temps. 149, 185 and 203 and a reboil feature. the inside is stainless which my wife actually liked it vs. being plastic or non-stick. Its worked well for me in the week ive been using it anyway.

I took it to work with me..we have a filtered hot water dispencer so i fill it up with that so the boil time doesnt take so long..then i set the hold temp to whatever open the lid a few to help bring the temp down right and away i go

[Topmounter]

I have a 3.0L Zoji in storage... I can't wait to move in to my new place next week and fire it up

[Intuit]

When I couldn't find a very small kettle, I took a look around my kitchen for a suitable surrogate.

I use a very small lidded pot designed for melting butter; it even has a convenient pouring 'spout'.

Works like a charm for volumes under a couple hundred mL.

[10/6]

Tetsubin over a candle that is. It will stay hot for a while.

[Randoom]

Little update:

I bought a new electric kettle. Min. water amount of 0,25ml, stainless steel (no plastic parts in water range) and a temperature control.
So far I am satisfied and hope it will hold on

Thanks for all the help!