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[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 66 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I've owned an electric kettle for over a decade.

They aren't ubiquitous here, but go into any Walmart or Target and you'll find them there.

The real reason they aren't ubiquitous in America is the majority of Americans aren't daily tea drinkers and most (notice pedants I said most and not all) American coffee drinker use drip coffee machines or Keurigs instead of a French press, so for most Americans there simply isn't a regularly enough need for hot water so as to justify an electric kettle.

That's it. That's the whole reason.

[-] graeghos_714@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Yep, I'm a tea drinker and even take my kettle when I travel. But we also use it to boil water that will go on the stove because it gets it to boiling so much faster when making pasta or something. My son also drinks French press so it gets a lot of use

[-] IamtheMorgz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

True. I'm American, but I lived a couple years in the UK and got into drinking (hot) tea while I lived there. I'd never seen an electric kettle before, but I'm back in the US now and you bet I have one!

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[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 33 points 5 months ago

Spoiler, its because we dont drink as much tea. Tea drinkers do own kettles in the US.

[-] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

It’s true. I drink a lot of tea, and I’ve owned an electric kettle for the last 20 years. I like the ones that allow me to select the temperature depending on what I’m making.

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Why bother when I have a coffee machine for coffee, a microwave for everything else, and a nearby harbor for tea?

[-] Serpent@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago

What is a nearby harbour? I googled it but nothing came up.

[-] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 15 points 5 months ago

joke/reference to boston tea party?

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago
[-] Malek061@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

It is right next to freedom, egalitarianism, and just beside american exeptionalism. If you have hit monarchy, you have gone too far.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Mostly i just hate tea and taxes tbh.

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[-] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yes but that tea is extra salty...like the people who made it.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

I had a kettle for over a decade before I moved to the UK and got a fancier one. It might be faster here, but I never timed it and it wasn't a big factor for me.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

Regular tea drinkers do. Otherwise, they aren't useful.

Light tea drinkers don't have a use for them because for single cups now and then, you're better off nuking the water to temp.

Hell, I have a cup almost every day, and that's still not worth having another thing on the counter for.

The U.S. is more into coffee than tea overall. But I know plenty of people that drink tea often enough to merit having one and using it.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

It's also faster than boiling a pot of water on the stove so you can save time if you run it through the kettle and then poor it into a pot on the stove to boil whatever you were making.

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[-] GildorInglorion@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

We have one because of the tea drinkers in the house. But I use it a lot more than I would have imagined. Oatmeal, making stock from soup base, etc. I have an induction stove, but the kettle is easier to pour than a pot.

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[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I drink tea a couple times a week. These are way way better than microwaving a cup of water and nearly as quick. The biggest thing for me is getting the water temp right where I want it for whatever I'm drinking. Also, they don't take up much space, and you can put them in a cabinet when you aren't using them.

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[-] core@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I use one to make coffee in my French press.

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Because our power is 110 volts and it takes forever.

[-] AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

You didn't watch the video, did you?

[-] Landmammals@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

He commented without even watching the 25 minute long video? The nerve of this guy.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Honestly, that's a short video for this guy.

[-] huginn@feddit.it 2 points 5 months ago

Faster than a gas stove.

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[-] capital@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Been using mine every day lately for my Aeropress.

[-] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I use mine to pre boil water sometimes. It's also great for making coffee as well as tea.

[-] kindenough@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago

I have an hotwater dispenser for tea, it always heats up the exact amount of water, cup of tea in less than 30 sec.

[-] AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Hot water dispenser is very useful. I also use it to fill up the rice cooker, and it cuts the cooking time from from 30 to 20 minutes. And it's great for instant noodles.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

We do, though. Every morning.

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