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I don’t have a stove at the place I currently rent, so I content myself with a microwave. However, it makes extra steps because of the walk back and forth and the generally poor temp control. It’s also very difficult to make more than about 300ml at a time. At the office there’s a simple water boiler – the kind with the tubes inside – but it brews tea to taste awful no matter what’s going on with it. Guessing the underside of the tubes are scaled.
Now I’m looking at these two:https://www.amazon.com/Adagio-Teas-UtiliTEA-Variable-Temperature-30-Ounce/dp/B001A5NFQA/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1GOPINL49999J&coliid=ITUDEQ760CCH6
And I was curious as to what you guys used to heat your tea water.
M.
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For individual use, the electric kettle is perhaps the most sensible solution for heating water for tea. As Amadeus pointed out, ergonomics is a primary consideration for selection. The way water comes into contact with the tealeaves has great impact on infusion quality. How well one is able to manipulate the pouring action is therefore the concern for a tea-maker. And of course, a better designed kettle is also more comfortable to use and minimizes small accidents.
The speed with which the water is heated up is another concern. The faster the better 😉We’ll talk more about that later.Material safety is another. Besides the obvious ones that one sees, there is also the quality of glue and fillers between joints that are hidden but may release questionable substances when heated. Check for gaps inside and you may understand.White Westinghouse once made a fantastic model with a long swan-neck spout esp for tea making but somehow it is vanished in the market. Although I manage to use any generic designs quite satisfactorily, I am also looking for a good one too.Please share if you have any good suggestions. -
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Leo,
I found this:https://www.amazon.com/Bonavita-1-0L-Electric-Kettle-BV3825B/dp/B005YR0GDA/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp
There’s also a few non-electric ones if you want to use an induction range.
Unfortunately, that and another “all stainless” kettles had at least two people mentioning rust on the interior. Not certain what’s going on there.
M.
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I have the Adagio UtiliTEA that you linked to in the first post and I would definitely recommend it. It’s very easy to pour and heats up quickly. The only complaint I have is that the temperature control is not labelled. I just used a thermometer a few times to figure out the scale and it’s very consistent.
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I have been using traditional thermometers and think that they are too slow, so the temperature may not be accurate. I am thinking that this may be better:
Anyone with experience with such thing?I’ve found it at this link: -
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