Electric kettles have been available at every American
supermarketsuperstore for literal decades.Yes they aren’t ubiquitous here in the way they are in the UK and elsewhere, but they’re absolutely not a rarity at all.
Sincerely, somebody who has been using an electric kettle for almost two decades.
edit: wrong word. I meant places like Walmart, not places like Safeway.
Curious if you have any insight as to why Americans in movies always boil water on the stove top? Australian here and we use electric Kettles. I assumed it was a 120 vs 240V thing.
Again, ubiquity. Especially since the vast majority of Americans who make coffee at home do so in drip coffee machines, there just isn’t a lot the typical American is needs to heat up hot water for, so to most people an electric kettle is a non-mandatory item. Even most American tea drinkers honestly aren’t daily tea drinkers (myself included), so for many the benefit of having extra counter space beats out the benefit of having convenient hot water, and a stovetop kettle can most easily be put away in the back of a cabinet somewhere.
Interesting, I like this take. Where as we boil water multiple times a day. Americans use that bench space for their dripulator.
Britain, do you really want to compare appliances?
I could put most of your fridges in my fridge.
I could put the whole bayuex tapestry in my washing machine.
I don’t even know if y’all can fit scrooge’s Christmas bird in your ovens.
I’m kidding around but the one thing y’all definitely have is better kettles that’s for damn sure.
I’m British and was shocked to learn that other countries don’t even have 3000W electric kettles.
240V Masterrace
I have an electric kettle, AND I season my food, lol
I have an electric kettle and actually go out of my way to get good tea thank you.
Erm, the microwave is faster and more efficient at heating water.
American outlet electricity, I recall, is such that it is actually some kind of weak. You guys need the microwave because your kettles aren’t getting enough to eat, so they can’t lift.
There was a technology connections video of that I think…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_yMMTVVJI4c
Here’s that video btw.
TL:DW Even in the US with its 120V electrical system the kettle is faster than gas or electric stove kettle (he didn’t test microwave) but most people just don’t drink tea often enough to warrant a separate appliance for it. He does go into the whole microwaving water in a follow up video here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RpoXFk-ixZc
Have an electric kettle. It’s slower than kettles in the UK and Ireland as it maxes out at a lower wattage.
I only make tea with water from Boston Harbor.
If you’re british and lacking a tank, you can always use a gatling gun to heat the water instead
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If I have a little extra time I’ll run water through the coffee maker without any grounds if that’s somehow better?
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