Your tea kettle

[Chip]

...take a chill pill with your cup of tea, folks.

Let's move on, or I will "help us move on."

[kraan]

Hi.

I have to get that tea kettle pictured in Scruff McGruff's post. The electric Chinese thingy.

Can any of you guys tell me where I can order one from?

Tea is serious business...thanks!

[Ed]

I have the same Proctor Silex kettle as Mary and Eastree. Glad to know I'm not the only one that uses it.

[Eastree]

The kettle I use (I got rid of the Proctor Silex kettle), the same as one Scruff posted, does not have an exposed heating coil. I thought you guys would at least like to know that. The rings are simply the contacts made in such a way that no matter how the kettle is oriented on the base, the element can still receive power. The actual heating element is completely enclosed.

kraan: Several sites sell that exact kettle or a version thereof. I purchased mine from ... Well, I was sure it was HouDe but I just went back to check and there's a different model there now. But many sites that sell Chinese kettles sell one much like that one.

[scruffmcgruff]

kraan: I got mine at imperial tea court.

[Eastree]

Gahh ... how could I have forgotten where i bought tea ware D: I looked, the page loaded and I was reminded of the truth! D:

[skywarrior]

I use the Utilitea kettle. Best investment I have ever made.

[fencerdenoctum]

*throws in hat*

I too (as well) are a member of the Proctor-Silex Kettle Club.

I agree though, the pour is,,,,,well,,,its poor.

The Tea Sipping Swordsman,
Fencerdenoctum

[Wesli]

I use a ZOJIRUSHI.

Oh, did I say that already?

*Gloat Gloat*

[Chip]

I have an Upton version and a Utilitea. They are both quite functional, but I definately like the Utilitea more in style and I think it is a little faster too. I have one at home and and one at work.

I used to have a cheap plastic rendition complete with the exposed coils. What a mess that was, but I used that about a million times, now I think how I was exposed to toxins in the plastic that was exposed to the boiling water. Not to mention adding vinegar to it to clean it. The acid had to release some toxins into the water.

Well, I cannot change that, but I will NEVER go back to a plastic kettle.

I also have a Sunbeam Hotshot, great for a single cup of water fast.

[Ed]

Isn't the HotShot mostly plastic too?

[Chip]

E.D.,

I knew someone would pick up on that. The shell is plastic, including the lid. The resevoir is metal, perhaps teflon lined, not sure. Teflon lining is a whole other issue. Since I never rub it, I figure it is safe.

I have also recently started to drain it completely right away since hot steam hits the plastic lid and condences...dripping back into the water.

Well...does this sound like I think about this stuff too much?

[bambooforest]

haha.....

Chip, do you also do a little dance after every time you use your kettle?

[Ed]

I replaced my teflon frying pan with a cast iron one because I could actually see the teflon coming off, slowly but surely. But you're right, the inside of that thing isn't getting as much friction as a frying pan does. I really don't know - with every material there's a different worry. I'm keeping an eye out for something made of cast iron.

[Mary R]

A kettle made of cast iron? Artistic Nippon has a couple true cast iron Iwachu kettles--no glaze!