heating water for tea

We use an electric tea kettle so many times each day: probably 10-12 clicks of the switch. We use it to heat water for both tea and coffee. So it’s a critical part of my kitchen!

This is my newest and latest tea kettle love:

Chef’s Choice 681

The capacity of this baby is 1.7 liters….that is many, many cups of tea or coffee. One fill up lasts us almost an entire day.

Blue light comes on when it’s heating up; it takes just five minutes with a totally full kettle. It does NOT have any beep or signal when it comes to a boil: the blue light just goes off.

Our last kettle held maybe three full cups. So yes, this is heavier when you pour the first cup but the convenience far outweighs (no pun intended!) the extra muscle power needed..

A few years ago I tried the so-very-cute Bodum kettle. 

If you read the link to my post you will see why it’s “thumbs down”on this one.

Next I tried this one, […]