Whistling Tea Kettles

[Victoria]

This week I have had my first experience with a whistling tea kettle. I have long admired them, and thought it might be nice to own one some day. They seem to make a kitchen so welcoming, sitting there on the stove. And knowing when the water is ready, seemed like a good idea ... until ... the screaming pot from the underworld!!! OMG, this kettle is soooo obnoxious, I thought my head would explode. So new tea lesson learned: If you are not a morning person,I strongly advise against any kettle that shrieks like a banshee at o'dark thirty in the morning.

[GreenwoodStudio]

LOL....GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!

[Jasmin]

Ha, that's funny. Mine was annoying too at first. But I'm not only used to it, but it doesn't feel like tea time if I didn't hear the whistling kettle first. I'll never get another one

[geeber1]

[beecrofter]

Oh aye! but you'll nae burn down the cottage lass!

[Geekgirl]

Yeah, no joke. Mine would be all quiet and making near-to-boiling water noises, then all of a sudden it would start hissing, at which point I knew I had about 4 seconds to grab it off the burner before it started shrieking. That is NOT relaxing when you have to LEAP from your chair and DASH to the kitchen, leaping the doggie gate and plummeting headlong with your arms outstretched to grab up the pot, all in an attempt to keep head from exploding when that unholy sound erupted from the innocent looking little spout.

Good GAWD.

One-way-trip to the Goodwill, TYVM.

Currently, I'm thinking of getting the Utilitea, or maybe the SmartKettle from Chef's Choice. I have my zoji at home, but my office is now hot-water-less, and I am sad.

[Jayaratna]

My sister keeps one on her stove: they use wood fire for heating (and cooking during winter), and need to keep water in the kettle on the stove top to keep the room from drying too much. She simply removed the whistle.

[IPT]

Yeah, no joke. Mine would be all quiet and making near-to-boiling water noises, then all of a sudden it would start hissing, at which point I knew I had about 4 seconds to grab it off the burner before it started shrieking. That is NOT relaxing when you have to LEAP from your chair and DASH to the kitchen, leaping the doggie gate and plummeting headlong with your arms outstretched to grab up the pot, all in an attempt to keep head from exploding when that unholy sound erupted from the innocent looking little spout.

Haha! I can totally relate!

[tenuki]

I have bamboo charcoal in my kettle, makes a very nice rattling sound when it's ready.

[subdude1]

ROFL! Last month when my Kamjove kettle died, I had to dig out "ole foul-mouth", as I call it, for a few days. Funny, when I bought it the box said it had " a pleasant whistle". Pleasant? Tell my cat that. He still runs and hides every time he sees it. It is louder and more obnoxious than the fire alarm in my building. Luckily, I got another Kamjove and my cat can sleep in peace again.

[rdl]

This week I have had my first experience with a whistling tea kettle. I have long admired them, and thought it might be nice to own one some day. They seem to make a kitchen so welcoming, sitting there on the stove. And knowing when the water is ready, seemed like a good idea ... until ... the screaming pot from the underworld!!! OMG, this kettle is soooo obnoxious, I thought my head would explode. So new tea lesson learned: If you are not a morning person,I strongly advise against any kettle that shrieks like a banshee at o'dark thirty in the morning.

victoria,
look into the Simplex Tea Kettles. they whistle from the lid, not the spout. very pleasant i find.

[Victoria]

Actually this is just the one I'm using while vacationing, I don't own it. And now I never will own one. I have removed the shriek maker, so it's ok now. I'll be glad to get back to my UtiliTEA. And all my teaware actually.

That's pretty funny Geek & subdude1. It would freak out my cat for sure.

[rdl]

I'll be glad to get back to my UtiliTEA. And all my teaware actually.

you're right. one's own is best.
for those who cannot drink electrically boiled water - the simplex is a nice stove-top kettle.
safe and happy travels.

[Thistledown]

I agree with Beecrof - that whistle has saved me a bizillion dollars ( cipherin': cost of house x 365 x 3 pots per day x my age = bizillion ).
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, .... and 'flit', my mind is on to something else. I just have to take the chance that I will 'flit' back into the kitchen before the meltdown, or perhaps .. have a hankerin' for a cup of tea ...OH NO!! ( now there's a tense situation! )

[Thistledown]

Every tea drinker should be issued a whistling kettle along with their first pair of bi-focals.