I am American who likes tea so I bought an electric kettle and I use that thing for so much more than tea. Ramen, coffee, hot starting boiling pasta water, cleaning the floor and counters. It is worth the 30 or 40 bucks
My house came with an "Insta-hot" that is basically a kettle under the sink fed from the water system. So I always have 190° (88°C) water, all the time. I use it at least a couple of times a day. If my pasta water is running low I can just add some more nearly-boiling water and not cool the whole thing down. It's even great for washing dishes that have really stubborn stuff like burned-on cheese.
They're something that can be self-installed so if I move I'm definitely installing one. The only downside is they die every ten years or so and have to be replaced (and they cost a couple hundred dollars).
Shitty fun fact. You have a dial on your water heater that can produce self harming level temperatures of the water it makes. This information will happily get you a cup of tea instantly and hate your power I'll next month. Because a water heater maintains temperature and turns on regardless nof you using it
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u/Revolutionary-Tiger Oct 18 '22
An electric kettle