Electric kettles are far more popular in the UK and Canada than the US. But, once I learned of them, I wanted one.
Had never seen any in a store, but one day a local Dollar General had appliances on clearance. There was just 1 kettle, so I grabbed it. If I remember correctly it was between $2 and $4. Really cheap.
Brought it home and put it away. Occasionally I’d think about using it, but I don’t drink enough tea to justify heating up 1.5 liters. So it gathered dust.
A week or so ago my glass top cracked on my stove. Oven had died a while before. We eat a lot of instant ramen bowls or cups, so I dug the kettle out. Works great for anything that just needs hot water.
My husband uses one every day for pour over coffee. Hes had this one for a while and hes looking at getting a new one. He cant decide which one though.
Many do. Some use teapots. They microwave the water in a cup and then dip a teabag into the cup for a few minutes. I do it. The tea I have is good. It’s herbal. But now I usually use my electric kettle for the water
It is also worth mentioning not to run your electric kettle while having a washing machine running with alongside an oven or otherwise you run a chance of making an electrical fusing
Yeah we use ours constantly. Tea, coffee. Depending on the kettle you can still heat up water as long as you cover the element. It’s surprising they haven’t caught on over there!
We don’t microwave water into tea. At least no one I know does. We put a mug with water in the microwave, heat it, then steep the tea outside of the microwave.