Dxniel said

Near perfect electric kettle for tea? What do you think?

Some time ago I posted a thread titled “Boiling too much water. I need a new electric kettle! Preferably with temperature settings.”. I only needed to boil 150-200ml of water at a time, preferably only boiling the water once (boiling water multiple times somewhat changes the outcome of the brewed tea).
I got a reply saying that you can often safely boil small amounts of water in an electric kettle, as long as the heating element is hidden at the bottom of the kettle itself, and not a coil that needs to be covered by water. After having posted this thread and having read the replies, I decided to buy the Bestron DDK2200: http://oi44.tinypic.com/2hhk6ye.jpg
The manual said that it required a minimum of 600ml to be turned on. I tried boiling about 200ml of water, which boiled within 10 seconds even when I put the temperature at 80 degrees Celsius or lower. It would boil faster than the thermometer could keep up with.
After the first day of having used this kettle I noticed the top would not shut properly, eventually not even shutting at all. I sent it back to the company I ordered it from.

I browsed the internet a bit to look for a good replacement, hoping to find something better. Shortly after, I found a kettle that seemed do to exactly what I wanted it to do, and more. So I purchased it from an online store.

This kettle can safely boil as little as 200ml of water. It has a safety feature that prevents it from being switched on when there is no water in it, so perhaps it would even be possible to boil smaller amounts of water.
One of my favorite features is that this kettle has a reservoir that can hold 1.5 liters of water and a separate chamber in which the water is boiled. The kettle has this large button on the top which you can press and hold, it somehow pushes water into the boiling chamber (I think there is some sort of vacuum) and you can let go of the button once you reach the desired amount of water you want to boil. I love this feature, seeing that this way I don’t have to either constantly walk over to the sink to get fresh water, or reboil water, which is something I don’t like to do.
It has temperature settings, 80 degrees Celsius, 90 degrees Celsius and boiling point, 100 degrees Celsius.

I paid 28 euros for this kettle (about 38 dollars). I live in the Netherlands, but I ordered this kettle from Germany, because the few webshops located in the Netherlands were selling it for very high prices, like 60 euros. I ordered it from Germany (from this website: http://goo.gl/gFvXFM), paying about 5 euros for shipping, so 33 euros total.
I am not sure if this kettle would be available in countries outside of Europe.

This kettle is supposed to be more economic by not boiling water that won’t even be used, or heating water to a temperature lower than boiling point (80, 90 degrees Celsius). I did not buy the kettle for this reason at all. I bought it because it seemed perfect to use as my tea kettle.

Here is a video of the kettle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sniNPb4k2Mc

PS, I am in no way affiliated with the company that sells these kettles. I am just very happy to have found this kettle and wanted to share it.

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From your description it sounds very interesting. Unfortunately, I can’t read German.

K S said

I used Google translate. The trouble with this kettle is it runs on 230v. The small Kamjoves are the same way. Here in the land of supersize we don’t stand a chance.

Ah, too bad.

There’s also an English website, but apparently they are presently sold out. Too bad it looks great.

http://www.ecokettle.com/ecokettle-buy-now.php

And also versions of it by Wahl are available on Amazon UK, although with shipping it gets to be expensive and there are a number of reviews which dissuade me from ordering.

My kettle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diguo-Temperature-Gooseneck-Stainless-DG-18/dp/B01A0RZJL2/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1535227722&sr=8-16&keywords=kettle+gooseneck

I love it. I bought one and the element broke after 6 months. The kettle was out of stock so I got a refund. I even tried to get it fixed by an electrician; however, the element was ‘glued’ to prevent tampering. In the end I found another retailer. I’ve had the new one for about two months. No problem so far. It can hold a given temperature. It is cool. The wooden bits are made of real wood. No plastic inside the kettle. The minimum fill, I would say, is approximately 150ml. Temperature controlled to within 1 degree celsius. Goosneck. Superb pourer. Only downside is that it will beep when it reaches its temperature. This can be annoying. You cannot turn off the beep. It also has an energy-saving beep every hour, to let you know to switch it off. Maximum capacity is only 700ml. Oh, and it has no auto switch-off to stop the element from overheating.

It’s also £50 cheaper than the Brewista: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brewista-SmartPour-Variable-Temperature-Gooseneck/dp/B01M18D77W

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