New Electric kettle...anyone have a review?

[wallycat]

I'm debating on this but checking if anyone has tried this.

(If you know of a code for Williams-sonoma sales, feel free to share!)

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Breville Variable-Temperature Kettle
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Breville Variable-Temperature Kettle

Whether you’re making a pot of specialty tea or brewing coffee in a French press, this brushed stainless-steel kettle heats the water to the precise temperature for extracting full flavor. The base unit features a state-of-the-art electronic heating system with settings for green tea (175°F), white tea (185°F), oolong tea (195°F), French-press coffee (200°F) and black tea (212°F). It beeps when water reaches the selected temperature and can maintain that temperature for up to 20 minutes.

* Designed to quickly heat water to five precise temperatures.
* Convenient cordless, lift-away kettle.
* Removable mesh water filter to eliminate scale deposits.
* 1500W heating element.
* 60-oz. cap., 7 1/2" x 9" x 9 3/4" high.

[KristiB]

I got a couple of SLT gift cards and was thinking of one of these too. I know Alton Brown loves his.

[wallycat]

I've had electric kettles before; does AB like this one specifically?
How do you know

thanks!

[KristiB]

On his show he uses an electric kettle. I don't know if it's this model specifically. He also wrote about it in one of his books.

[bobmark226]

I understand why some might want to spend that much on this kettle, but as someone who is currently quite tea crazy, but wasn't willing to do so, I bought the $49 IngenuiTEA from Adagio tea. The difference is that it has just two settings, 180 and 212, which seems to work just fine for me, whether I do white, green, herbal, black tea or a tisane. I am totally enamored with it, can't imagine how I lived without it, and even gave one as a Christmas gift to a tea-drinking buddy who likes it as much as I do.

Throw in a small sample tea to pass the fifty bucks and you've got free shipping, too.

Bob

[Robyncz]

I bought the $49 IngenuiTEA from Adagio tea.

I'm looking for an electric kettle, and I had looked at the one from adagio, too. It's out of stock right now though.

Wallycat, what did you end up with?

[wallycat]

I ended up using the gift certificate for a KA hand mixer...
still using my old target cheapo electric kettle.

[shscharles]

I have a Braun I've had since November 2007 and has been in use daily since then that I love. It's stainless steel and was, I think, about $65.00. I've worn out a few over the years and this one just keeps perkin' along...

[leightx]

I have a white plastic one from Target that I bought 8 years ago for around $20, and it's still doing great! But that IngenuiTEA is sure tempting!

Interestingly enough, MIL had the stainless steel Braun, and it only lasted about 2 years. She drinks probably 3 cups of tea a day, so it did get heavy use, but still...