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New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby Mike I » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:06 pm

Crisis at Ingram Towers! Mrs I decided to de-scale the kettle and dissolved the little plastic window through which you could see how full it was. She swears she only used vinegar, but my stash of triple-distilled Calvados has definitely been depleted :evil: . Strong stuff!

Anyway, in view of the response to Snoop's new toaster thread, I thought 'There's only one place to investigate the market'. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything I liked on the Comet web-site, so here I am canvassing for opinions. I've seen you all in the cafe on a Saturday morning and know you take your cuppas very seriously.

So, what's it to be - Italian steel, carbon fibre? Watt whatage is best?

Nothing endorsed by 'celebrity' chefs please - especially not the mumsy one, the lithpy one or the plumptious fruity one.
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby Snoop Doug » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:35 pm

plumptious and fruity eh wot - fantastic 8)

And so to the humble kettle. Keepin it real here at Snoopington Manor when Jeeves is on a day orf we get out the Morphy Richards 43058. Don't just take my word for it, even poor folk without butlers find it a jolly wheeze [url]http://www.ciao.co.uk/Morphy_Richards_43058__6322110[/url]

Of course one should never be without a simple Bialetti (sp) espresso stove top - strictly speaking the kettle is for wusses who drink tea and such like.

Calvados.....mmmmm.

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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby Grahame » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:33 pm

We were breaking kettles about every six months after we moved to Lahnden (gosh, the water tastes AWFUL down here. All that yucky calcium carbonate. Even after filtering, you still get a scum on the tea. End of rant). After about 3 of them, we gave up on electric kettles and went for the [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creuset-Graded-Traditional-Whistle-92000863/dp/B000T871Y6/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1205965928&sr=1-12]classic stove-top Le Creuset[/url]. Lovely thing it is, and nothing to go wrong.
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby mlocke » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:59 am

3 second kettle
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby adrian » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:19 am

Another vote for the Le Creuset.
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:30 pm

When our last electric water heating appliance went wrong about a year ago, I bought one in Tescos for (I think) £4.99 and thought that would make do until we decide which one to get, and the damn thing is still working perfectly :roll:
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby Mike I » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:06 pm

Good stuff, chaps, keep them coming.

So far, I quite like the Le Creuset - the Colnago Master of kettles 8) .
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby Jon H » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:58 pm

Don't get one of these...
[img]http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/58-4229818A68UC409309M.jpg[/img]
...unless you want the pots calling the kettle black. :roll:
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby the other Steve Dennis » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:16 pm

I miss kettles.

USA is a kettle wilderness - notice that if you see one in a Hollywood movie it's in some rich apartment and used to make tea or its a glass jug used on a gas cooker.

So like I said I miss kettles and my drip coffee machine sucks - when we move house in August and actually have a home I'm buying a Cafetierre again if I can find one - Cafetierres are kinda new over here and called 'presses' - really this country is so far behind the rest of civilisation - you would cry if given a US cellphone..
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby Andrew G » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:27 pm

[quote="the other Steve Dennis"]...my drip coffee machine sucks...

:? A technical fault?
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby mlocke » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:21 pm

3 second kettle!!!!

No more waiting :)
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby Del » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:38 pm

Kettle?

I think you're aiming too low. Have you considered what you'd do if the Club Run visited your house? You're better off with a Tea Urn from,er.....Tea Urns UK!

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- Stainless steel & aluminium body
- Use butane or propane bottled gas
- Height 56 cm Diameter 34cm Empty weight 7.5g
- Portable tea urn, connects directly to gas cylinder via regulator & hose.
- Standard Tea Urn £199 ref 359280
- Deluxe Tea Urn with simmer control £249.99 ref 359281

- New 36ltr catering tea urns have 215 cups boiling capacity in 75 mins
- Stainless steel & aluminium body
- Use butane or propane bottled gas
- Portable tea urn, connects directly to gas cylinder via regulator & hose.
- 36 Litre Urn ref 359282 £411.99
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby Jon H » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:27 pm

[size=200]"Tea, Ern?"[/size]
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Re: New kettle needed - any recommendations?

Postby George » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:36 pm

[size=150]"T Earn"[/size]
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