maya finally met the world

she's bloody earned this

That dress is absolutely stunning! Damn she looks good!

she is stunning! i’m so proud of her. i’ve been following her since girl meets world and i feel like a big sister in a way (parasocial whatevef). man’s best friend is brilliant and i’m just so happy to see that she’s finally being appreciated after being around for such a long time.

it’s been so wild watching her since her disney days 😭 i feel like a proud mom (she’s older than me lol)

Love the fit!

Bonavita kettles are great. Had ours for years. Used 5 times a day.

Cosori family here. Surprisingly durable - no mesh filter, we fill with filtered water.

I use electric kettle high power fast heat up kitchen tea coffee best appliance high wattage boil water. It was $27

Same. Filter/screen broke but still using the kettle without it years on. Kettle is a Salton from costco and has nice temp settings

Can’t beat Dualit:

https://www.dualit.com/products/classic-kettle

Replaceable element and 3kw so boils in no time.

We normally just use ours without a mesh filter. We tend to fill through the spout, not the lift off lid. In a house of 4 tea and coffee drinkers, we would use the kettle 6-8 times a day on average.

To summarise, just use without mesh filter.

Love my 1L bonavita variable temp kettle, going on eight years strong

Fellow kettles seems quite praised.

I only have regular one but ergonomics is spot on. And design(as in industrial design) is smart too, it has no seams on the bottom so it’s virtually leak and corrosion resistant.

I'm in the market for a second gooseneck kettle and wanted to upgrade to the Stagg, but the amazon deal for the Bonavita is too hard to pass up.

I paid $85 for mine 6 months ago. two years ago.

For the actual brewing, the slow controlled pour of the EKG is unbeaten in my experience. I prefer the feel of the Bona’s handle and its larger capacity though. The electronic interface of the EKG makes up for it, much better than the Bona.

Stagd EKG for sure. The 600ml unless you regularly brew over that, it's much more controllable.

The Bonavita has a lot of silly quirks that the Stagg fixes. The most annoying of which is the hold turning off every time the kettle leaves the base, where hold stays on for the Stagg. The temperature wheel is also much much better for large swings in temperature. Great for going from 140 to start Turkish, 210 for most coffees, and 180-200 for teas.

My 1.7L Bonavita kettle just died yesterday. It's only 2 years old max. So anyway, I'll be watching this thread.

Do you live in a hard water area? If you do, but don't descale your kettles, that might go some way to explaining why the kettles keep breaking

Zojirushi all the way

Our cuisinart has been going strong for nearly 15 years.

Dualit. It’s serviceable (the classic)

Any of them. I would skip the kettle and go for one that just dispenses hot water.

I bought this one from Krups 7 years ago, and it has been the greatest. I use it every day. I've never used the tea infuser part, I just use it to heat water to the desired temperature.

I bought this a month ago,so far I love it here

I am using the Bonavita variable temperature gooseneck kettle. It has preset temps but you can change any preset in one degree increments. The gooseneck can take some getting used to So I recommend pouring into your tea ware using cold water a few times. I it .9L capacity which works for me but some like a larger capacity. I am still working on my set up but I hear some people don’t like the cord length because it is quite short, little more than 12” I think.

The hold temp button is convenient for a person like me because I have to heat my water in the kitchen. I tend to sip and savor so I use a small gaiwan and cup so my tea doesn’t get cold. I use a double walled travel mug/container/whatever the word is, I can’t think of it right now, (lol) and pour from that during my tea sessions. The Bonavita’s temp hold function makes it easy to refill without waiting for the water to come to temp again. That said, it’s just as easy to give a couple seconds and save on electricity. Currently my sessions are a party of one, and it just occurred to me that I can use the variable temp function for that.. That’s probably exactly what it is used for... so there’s that.

I don’t like that the kettle is not insulated so it gets hot to the touch, but such is life, my spout preference, and my budget. I use the “Zero” brand water filter and haven’t had any problem. Buuuuuuuutttt the opening is small at the top so you likely will need a bottle washer to get down in it.

This not an advertisement for Bonavita. Lol!

I have this Cosori brand electric kettle that I got from Amazon for like around $70-$80.

Pros:

-It was cheapish compared to some other options. -I've had it for months and it still works fine. -Heats water fast, isn't noisy -Gooseneck design makes the smoothest pour ever, seriously the gooseneck design is amazing

Cons:

-No variable temperature settings, all temps are preset -I am constantly battling limescale. It doesn't matter if I use Brita water, or if I always make sure this thing is dry. There is always limescale trying to form. I haven't tried using distilled water yet.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/BQrnNMSxeAU7yzfa9

I don't know about temps but mine is a glass kettle with a blue LED light in the bottom. I thought the light would be stupid, but it is actually seriously beautiful to look at on a Monday morning, in the dark, while you wait those torturous minutes for your tea.

Dancing blue bubbles are a good way to start the day.

You are welcome!,William Sonoma also has it if you live in the US

Cheapie electric kettle gang!

My clearance Target one is still going strong after 4 years! 

I suggest Cosori. Nice gooseneck with temperature settings. It's my daily driver and I drink around 2.6-3 liters of tea a day and it's been holding strong for over a year. $70 compared that that $165 one.

I've had the middle one (Corvo) for a few months now; love it.

But I also loved my previous kettles so ask me again in a few years..

Late to the convo but yeah I have the one on the far left and I love it. It doesn’t hold a ton of water (no more than 2-3 cups worth of tea, max) but it heats up quickly and has granular temperature control and the gooseneck allows for you to have to barely tip it over for it to pour, if you’re into that sort of thing. Had it for 3 years and other than my need to descale it (which is normal for all kettles) it’s worked fantastic.

I don’t own these but I considered the one on the left. I’d have totally bought it if not for the price, having a gooseneck is invaluable for flow control especially when making pourover coffee

I have a Stagg and a Corvo. I gave the Stagg to my wife to use for her pour over coffee because it poured waaaaaay too slow.

I've had this Cuisinart for a few years and I'm pretty happy with it. It has a good number of pre-set temperatures for different kinds of tea, it heats up quickly and accurately, and it has a "keep warm" option that maintains the chosen temperature for half an hour. It's $100 right now, and every now and then it gets discounted to $85.

Mr. Moneybags over here 😉

(I covet the Fellow Stagg. Is it as good as the hype suggests?)

I ended up getting a Zojirushi water boiler for my set-up. Having hot water on demand has been great for me, so I don't have to constantly get a kettle going if I want a cup or a pot. I have a whole tea/coffee/ramen station behind my working area, which has been beautiful for my remote IT studies. You don't get complete control over the temperature, but the presets are close enough in my opinion and I can always play with steep time to compensate. That being said, sometimes the size of your pot/brewing vessel can be an issue, wide pots in particular.

I have a lot of miles on my Bonavita gooseneck and it has yet to fail me.

Getting one where you can see the individual temperature would be nice, and I don't like the thin spouts much. I don't want to wait 30 seconds for it to pour out.

My rule for food is to avoid Amazon off-brands that aren't accountable to anyone. I'd recommend getting something like the farberware variable temperature gooseneck from Walmart for $30. It's what I use and it has presets for 160, 175, 185, 200, and 212

if you use the 170 setting for green, 180 for light oolongs, 205 for black, it covers most tea but there are no options for lighter green teas if that's a problem

Glass>metal>plastic

Gooseneck kettles are for pour-over coffee. You need something with a much bigger spout.

I've been using the utiliTEA kettle from Adagio for years, and it's served me well. You don't get a lot of precision for the water temperature (it's just a rotary knob) but it works. I'm close to needing to finally replace it, though, as it's started to leak, so I will be following this thread with interest!

If you also enjoy coffee I would recommend the bonavita electric kettle with the gooseneck spout.

I really like the goose neck Bonavita kettle with temperature control. The water heats up really quickly to whatever temperature you want, and it seems sturdily built.

I've found kettle buying to be a bit of a hit and miss game really. I've seen cheap plastic kettles that have lasted forever, pricey metal kettles that break after a year, and everything in between.

My general advice would be to buy a mid-price, stainless steel kettle. Plastic kettles make me wary of leeching chemicals into the water and often have a coil type element which generally get gunky quicker and often have a higher 'minimum volume', meaning you can't just boil enough for one cup.

Avoid twee styled kettles and go for your basic jug style. If you can handle one in person, check to see how durable the switch is - this seems to be a common point of failure.

I have had a Krups electric kettle for 10+ years. Works perfect every time, heating element is not in the kettle, which helps keep the scale to a minimum and makes for easy cleaning.