Okay, I want to get a tea kettle, but I drink much more green and white than I do black tea. I have seen one electric kettle that lets u select the temperature, but its uber expensive...I want to know if anyone has tired to use a teakettle with tea that does not take boiling water....the only way to do it would be to find out how long it takes ur stove to heat up the water to 180degrees (F) so it would be a trial and error type thing...are most tea kettles consistent enough to where it takes the same time heat up, or I guess an electric kettle would be more consistent than a stove top one?
So basically I am tired of looking at the thermometer and waiting for it to hit a 180 degrees and would just like to be able to use a timer, has anyone had any success with something like this?
Using a teakettle for Green and White tea?
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Welcome to the forum ACard.
Have you looked into our host Adagio's kettle?
http://www.adagio.com/teaware/utiliTEA_kettle.html
Have you looked into our host Adagio's kettle?
http://www.adagio.com/teaware/utiliTEA_kettle.html
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Interesting, although I'd like the convince of it being able to do both black and green tea; it sounds like this one only goes up to 180 Chooksie wrote:Welcome to the forum ACard.
Have you looked into our host Adagio's kettle?
http://www.adagio.com/teaware/utiliTEA_kettle.html
180 C is a bit above boiling. 
The Adagio kettle, if you read the description thoroughly, can do both boiling water and water around 180 F for greens and whites.
The Adagio kettle, if you read the description thoroughly, can do both boiling water and water around 180 F for greens and whites.
UtiliTEA Kettle Description wrote:Green tea lovers no longer have to struggle to achieve the optimal steeping temperature, while darker tea drinkers can still expect impeccably boiling water. With an innovative temperature control system, this versatile device can heat to your preference-180 for green, white, light colored oolong teas, or boiling for black, dark oolong, and herbal teas. At last, an all-inclusive kettle for heating water for the perfect pot of tea. This durable stainless steel kettle is a must-have for tea lovers of all kinds. Made in China. 30 oz (1L).
Ooppps...see I am a lazy reader, I was hoping to see something that said 100C or 212F...thanks guysCinnamon Kitty wrote:180 C is a bit above boiling.
The Adagio kettle, if you read the description thoroughly, can do both boiling water and water around 180 F for greens and whites.
UtiliTEA Kettle Description wrote:Green tea lovers no longer have to struggle to achieve the optimal steeping temperature, while darker tea drinkers can still expect impeccably boiling water. With an innovative temperature control system, this versatile device can heat to your preference-180 for green, white, light colored oolong teas, or boiling for black, dark oolong, and herbal teas. At last, an all-inclusive kettle for heating water for the perfect pot of tea. This durable stainless steel kettle is a must-have for tea lovers of all kinds. Made in China. 30 oz (1L).
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You could bring your kettle to a boil and then time how long it takes to go down to 195, 175 and 155. Use that info to set your timer after the kettle boils.
Boiling and 180 really don't cover enough temperature range to be much of an advantage over using a thermometer on the way up (or down) or doing a timing estimate on the way down. But some people like it, so....
Boiling and 180 really don't cover enough temperature range to be much of an advantage over using a thermometer on the way up (or down) or doing a timing estimate on the way down. But some people like it, so....
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I got tired of using a thermometer (apparently, I have a different interpretation of "instant read"), but the following article was a lifesaver for me: http://ncmagteawithfriends.blogspot.com ... r-tea.html
Different kettles seem to give off different signals. Simply boil some water and note the changes in each of the following: steam, sound, water. Once you've identified the different stages, it's a piece of cake to simply use those cues to bring your water to the desired temperature range.
Different kettles seem to give off different signals. Simply boil some water and note the changes in each of the following: steam, sound, water. Once you've identified the different stages, it's a piece of cake to simply use those cues to bring your water to the desired temperature range.
Thank you. This thread is exactly what I was looking for. I kept wondering - do people just stand there with a thermometer waiting for the correct temp?
After reading this.. What I am going to do is this:
Get a thermometer (or borrow one if I can). I have an electric water heater thingy and it boils my water within a few mins. So what I am going to do is time it from the moment I turn it on (putting in same amount of cold water each time) and see how long it takes to cool to the temp I want.
Mine does not whistle or anything, it just turns off when it boils. So, for me, with how absent minded I am.. it is better for me to time it from when I turn it on to the time it cools to the temp I need. And then what I will do is just set the timer when I turn it on.
After reading this.. What I am going to do is this:
Get a thermometer (or borrow one if I can). I have an electric water heater thingy and it boils my water within a few mins. So what I am going to do is time it from the moment I turn it on (putting in same amount of cold water each time) and see how long it takes to cool to the temp I want.
Mine does not whistle or anything, it just turns off when it boils. So, for me, with how absent minded I am.. it is better for me to time it from when I turn it on to the time it cools to the temp I need. And then what I will do is just set the timer when I turn it on.
I have this great thermometer that makes life very easy. I bring the water to a boil and then I stick in the taylor thermometer. It has adjustable settings so that it beeps when it reaches the temperature that you programed. Then it has a timer as well for perfect steeping.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ZI ... B000ZI56JC
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ZI ... B000ZI56JC