Your tea kettle

[Space Samurai]

as far as I am concerned, ignorance is bliss. The world is full of a thousand and one things that can kill me. If I spend to much time thinking about it, it kind of takes the fun out of life.

[go green]

We actaully have a Keurig single serve coffee maker...it makes coffee or tea (using their signature Kcups). You can also get a cup, various sizes, of hot water, at 2 different temps in about 30 seconds.

It is actaully a very cool machine...excellent for a quick cup of tea in the morning when I don't have time to brew a pot of loose. Also good because I'm a tea drinker while the hubby is a coffee drinker and it will make both with no clean up inbetween. Check them out...the best purchase we ever made! Great for parties, too...everyone can have a different coffee/tea/hot cocoa!!

www.keurig.com

[Chip]

Chajin has non lined cast iron testsubin "kettles" also and they are not cheap, but man, I want one.

[bambooforest]

Ed, I stopped using teflon coating cookware...

I have a stainless steel saute pan, but as you can imagine..... Things stick...

Do you find things don't stick too badly with your cast iron cookware?

[kraan]

Imperial Tea Court... great! There's one nearby in Chinatown. Thanks for the help McGruff!

[Wesli]

Imp is a chain?

[Chip]

Maybe kraan lives near San Fran.......

[scruffmcgruff]

Kraan-- if you're going to go there, I'd go soon. Their Chinatown shop is closing down at the end of this year! Their Ferry Building and Berkeley shops will still be open, though. Are you a San Fran native? I live in the South Bay (when I'm not at school). It's nice being near the unofficial tea capital of the U.S.!

[Ed]

Ryan: I haven't had a problem with anything sticking too bad. It's not as slick as teflon of course. But I think I'll get more cast iron. Everything seems to taste better than it did in a teflon skillet.

[Mary R]

Hm. This whole cast iron kettle thing has got me thinking...

In order to be sold as a teapot in the US, tetsubins have to be lined with some sort of glaze. As some of you know, I somehow found an unlined tetsubin at Tuesday Morning ages ago. I figured it was some fluke, but I stopped by there last week and they had a whole bunch of similar, unlined tetsubins for about $20 each. So this time I read the label. Apparently Tuesday Morning's tetsubins were originally meant to be sold in Canada.

Do they have any restrictions? If not, it might just be easier and cheaper to get a stove-worthy tetsubin there.

[Ed]

Ooh nice score, Mary. That's the sort of thing I'm thinking of. I'm going to look around...

[The WW1 Flying Ace]

I got a very nice spherical metallic red electric kettle from Black & Decker. I admit it - I was charmed by its aesthetics. But it boils water nice and fast, and the "minimum" fill line is just right to fill an IngenuiTEA.

[Space Samurai]

That sounds exactly like the one I just had to return, 'cos it imparted a funky taste to my tea. I liked it, like an oversized Christmas ornament.

[hop_goblin]

I have the same kettle Eastree is getting. I also have a Bodum mini-ibis, which is probably the fastest water boiler I've ever seen, and a variable temp. kettle (similar to the utiliTEA) from Upton. I bought the chinese kettle for the same reason as Eastree: it has a more controlled pour. Plus it looks so cool!

Scruff and Easttree, If i could make a suggestion. I use the same type of kettle although from the Kamove Company. Now, I am not sayin this will happend to your pot, but the pressure switch (off and on) has broken. If I were you, I would leave the pot on the "automatic" setting and pull the plug to turn it off. This may help with the longevity of the pot!

[The WW1 Flying Ace]

That sounds exactly like the one I just had to return, 'cos it imparted a funky taste to my tea.

From your picture in another thread, it was the same kettle. I haven't had any problems with funky flavors (knock on wood.)