@@Rachel_M_ when leaving a house its good policy to leave t bags sugar coffee and milk for the next person , they will appreciate it .. long life milk .
@@peterwilliamson5953 I worked in the removal trade for 20 years. I'd estimate a good 80% of people left some refreshments for the new owners. I only know my landlord left the kettle because there was a "welcome" card attached to it 😂
We just spent £99 on a new kettle. I keep the old one nearly just incase. Also if the power goes in your house, it could be the kettle has failed guys.
As an Australian, I don't know anyone who doesn't own a kettle, be it electric or stove top for gas stoves. I use it: coffee, tea, hot Milo (chocolate), instant soup, cooking spaghetti, I put 6 mm (1/4") of water on the boil and put fill the kettle and boil it and poor the boiling water into the sauce pan. The 1 litre in the kettle always boils before the 14" in the sauce pan.
I'm another Aussie and I've NEVER seen an Australian home without an electric kettle in the kitchen and we don't have a tea drinking culture we have an instant coffee drinking culture. When we're out that when we buy proper brewed coffee from a coffee shop. Anyway I'm having a cuppa coffee at home now and the kettle has just boiled so see ya.
I'm Canadian and I have never seen a home without an electric kettle :) Also the thing that you put on your stove and sing when the water boil is a kettle, not a tea pot :) Tea pot are where we put the hot water in to make tea.
Same here in Belgium. I use it for tea and for cooking (can’t imagine making a risotto without it, for example). On top of it, I didn’t have a microwave since 1992.
@@Emexrulsier True, and also because we use it a lot for tea, boiling water for cooking and herbal infusions like yerba mate, which is very popular here
@@jayathome3 British alcoholics put shots of booze in their tea. It's what makes them alcoholics. When they say "Tea time" it really means, "Time to get more shit-faced."
@@PhantomFilmAustraliaBrit here. Sorry, this is BS. I've known a number of heavy duty alcoholics in my time and none of them put alcohol in their tea. They missed out the tea aspect altogether and went straight to the alcohol. Where do you pick up such nonsense?
Honestly i couldn't imagine anyone in Europe not having electric ketle :d 12:50 - it depends on amount of water, but in general it takes about 1 minute
@sanitychek I guess we'd rather have our finger round a cup handle than the trigger of a gun. Sounds good to me. In American hotels do they have a pistol instead of a kettle, in the bedside drawer next to the bible.
And not only do “some of us” have an extra kettle, as Paddington Bear would have said, for “emergencies”, “some of us” may have a travel kettle in the cupboard, that they can pack it in a suitcase (together with the teabags 😉) when travelling overseas and a working electric kettle might not be present in the room where they are staying! 😧heaven forfend!
Kettles are not just a British thing. I grew up with them in South Africa, and have always had one in all the 33+ years of living in the Netherlands. An electric kettle is a very normal thing in NL and, I daresay, most of Europe. Not just to make tea (in NL (herbal) tea without milk is the norm), but also for cafetiéres, cup a soup, warming baby's bottle, anything that needs a quick bit of boiled water instead of waiting for a cooking pot with water to boil. It always feels like forever.
American living in England for 3 years now. 2 things I haven't seen mentioned: 1. Not every Brit likes tea (most do, but not all). Some of them might use the kettle for instant coffee or a French press sort of thing. 2. It's customary to offer tea or coffee to anybody when they come to your home: guests, plumbers, electricians, internet person, etc. You always offer a "hot drink". Even if you don't like tea or coffee, it's good to have a kettle to offer any guests in your home.
*NOT JUST TEA* Tyler!! Boiling a kettle (usually from one cupful to six or eight cupfuls, you choose how much water to heat according to your need) the boiled water can be used to make tea in a cup (or s teapot) or coffee, or to pour over spaghetti / pasta, or any other hot drink, like Bovril / Marmite, Cuppa Soups, (instant soups) Noodles, hot chocolate etc. *NOT JUST TEA* And kettles which whistle on the stove are _NOT_ called "tea kettles", they're just called 'kettles' ...the stoves / hobs being either gas-powered, or using electric rings, or induction plates. We can buy an electric kettle for as little as £5 from any supermarket... Naturally, expensive kettles are also available!! Electric kettles don't (usually, but apparently some do, or so I've learned from a comment on this thread) _whistle_ ...but they do prevent burned-out kettles because they switch themselves off once they've reached boiling point, which usually takes about 1 minute. (Our electric is between 220v - 240v. I _think_ American electric is only between 110v - 120v?).
I don't drink tea - but yeah of course I boil my kettle to fill my cafetiere. I don't know anybody in the UK who doesn't have a kettle. Tea drinking is certainly not universal. My kettle has a temperature control so for coffee I set it to 80oC.
Yeah i don't drink tea, drink coffee though. I've been up 3 hours and used the kettle 3 times, 2 cups of coffee and to have boiling water to wash up dishes. Will use again later for cooking dinner plus many cups of coffee I'm sure. Any time hot water is needed the kettle is used.
Very popular in Canada too. My Mom loves her new see-through blue kettle. I don’t remember how long we’ve had kettles, for at least 35 years ( since we’ve used the stove top kettle). You’re missing out. Coffee, tea, heating water for baking, cooking anything with water (adding hot water, like instant noodles). It’s a VERY QUICK method of heating water. Once you’ve actually used an electric kettle, you’ll never want to go back. Everyone I know ( in Canada ) has a kettle, it must be our British ancestors. This reminds me, I need a coffee refill, time to put the kettle back on!! be back in a jiff.
Electric kettles are used for more than making tea. Everyone needs hot water for lots of things and the speed against a stove top is non negotiable. You are definitely living in the past. We also have travel electric kettles to take on vacation which are a smaller version.
It's not just a tea culture thing either - I don't drink tea or coffee, but a kettle was still one of the first things I bought when I moved into my first flat. I can't imagine a house without one! If you don't like hot drinks then you can use it to help make ramen! Or soup in a cup! And if, like me, your hot water isn't automatic, you have to turn the water heater on to get any, you can just boil the kettle for much easier hot water to do the washing up after dinner. It's so much quicker than boiling water on a stove or a hob. And easier. Just fill it up, flick it on, and it'll click itself off once it's boiled - takes about a minute. Somebody get this man a kettle, it'll change his life.
I have never heard or seen anything so completely stupi.... oh wait - there was that reaction to kettles he did eight months ago. Second Stupidest award goes to "what is a roasted potato?" .
If your cooking pasta, you can boil the water in the kettle first, pour boiling water in the saucepan, turn on the stove, bring water back to the boil within seconds and then add your pasta….it cuts your cooking time down considerably. 😄
@@CM-ey7nq tbf thats because when they grew up they were told to always start with cold water when making food because back then the pipes were all lead and the hot water tap/pipe would leach lead into the water over time
I'm in my eighth decade and I can't recall ever not having a kettle. Tea, coffee, cocoa, Oxo, Ribena, soup, etc. can all be made by using an electric kettle. I was amazed at the figure of 95% as I don't know anyone without an electric kettle.
95% would be about right, i still visit people with a whistling kittle for the cooker in fact i have got one in the cupboard but haven't used it since my last kettle broke about 5 years ago and that was only once for my morning tea, i bought a new one on the way home from work.
You boil water in the kettle to make tea, coffee, hot chocolate, boil the water to pour into saucepan for veggies as it cuts down on the time needed to wait for the water to boil, for cooking pasta etc.
From The Netherlands here. I don't know anyone over here who doesn't own an electrical kettle. I use it every day. Tea, things like cup a soup, noodles. I could go on. How different countries can be huh. So interesting that you guys don't have them. Great video
I don't know a single South African who doesn't have a kettle. That was the first thing I bought when I was in university, can't do without one, NOT JUST FOR TEA, for other things as well
I'm from Finland. I'd say that most people here own an electric kettle. But we aren't big fans of tea. We are statistically the biggest coffee drinkers in the world, but tea is not that popular. It's just that electric kettles can be used for so much more: -I make coffee with a french press. The fastest way to boil water for it is with an electric kettle. -cocoa, instant coffee, any kind of hot drink that is sold as a powder? Electric kettle. -Instant noodles? Electric kettle. -Any kind of dehydrated soup or other food (like the stuff that Knorr makes)? Electric kettle. -Instant oatmeal? There are several ways to make it and I prefer the microwave, but one option is to put the dry flakes in a bowl and pour boiling water on them. Electric kettle. There are so many uses for it, I couldn't live without one.
We use kettles for hot beverages (tea, coffee, hot chocolate, hot malted drinks like Horlicks) and things like gravy, custard, and jelly (jello). Can't think of more things right now. We drink hot drinks at any time of day.
Once and for all, a 'tea pot' specifically is not a kettle, you dont put a teapot on a stove, OR YOU MAY DIE. A tea pot is typically ceramic and where you put hot water and tea into, and dispense/pour tea from at the table into each cup as needed.
My step dad loved his tea to be really really strong, so he had a metal teapot and would put this on the electric hob, with the power turned on just so slightly that the ring would not go red. He would leave the teapot there to stew for around an hour. So, there are times when you can put a teapot on the stove
Whilst living overseas I met lots of Americans. One lady who invited a few of us to her house was asking me about making tea for us Brits. She had no kettle so I offered to take mine along to help. Microwave is a big no, no. So after the event I got home and realised I had left the kettle behind. 😫 I called her to say I would be right back to collect it. She was gobsmacked that it was so important and used daily. She also learned what a fortnight was and what Fanny means in the UK. I am sure she retells this education to the amusement of her fellow Americans. 😄
@@marydavis5234 I've got a coffee maker and a kettle and kettles are much faster. I don't drink tea but they are just quicker and handy for boiling water. Especially if you are cooking.
2 types of kettle in the UK. One is electric and one boils on the gas/electric hob/stove. Teapot is what you place tea leaves in and top up with boiling water to brew your tea.
Just coincidently, I'm here in the UK, watching you, while having a cup of tea. I had no idea that you'd be talking about tea and kettles. I didn't look at the videos title, just like to see your reaction to things we Brits take for granted.
You can use a kettle to make tea, but you don't need to be a tea person to own a kettle. It's just a default UK kitchen gadget. Like a toaster, or can opener. If I had to fill a kitchen I'd pick up a kettle before I'd pick up a microwave just because it's more useful.
Agree. I NEVER drink tea - horrid stuff, IMO - but boiling water is an essential part of a kitchen. When I moved into my current flat, the first things I unpacked from my old home's kitchen were my kettle and my toaster.
Oh God has my life really come to this on a Saturday afternoon - watching an American watching an electric kettle boil. Ah to hell with it I'll stick on the kettle.😃😄
😂Same here in Canada. Watching Tyler’s reaction at seeing water boiling in an electric kettle. In the meantime I am enjoying a cup of tea made from boiling water from my electric kettle. 😂🤪
I wondered if the lack of popularity was their electrical systems. They should start to have dual electric systems installed from what I can tell, with a low and high power mains and they can take our plugs for the high power draw systems 😄
We have had them for as long as I can remember here in Norway, I'm 52. And I don't drink tea. :) But for instant coffee, instant nudels...and instant soup. I have three, used one like 10 min ago actually.
We have electric kettles in canada as well. Pretty much in every home. Most department stores have almost a whole isle for a selection of electric kettles
One of the first items I bought for my son's when they moved out of the house, here in Canada! They aren't just for tea! I put boiling water into my coffee pot because it doesn't get my coffee very hot on its own.
I had a friend in the army and he said during Desert Storm, the US Troops could always be found huddled around the UKs Challenger 2 Tanks because it was the only place the US troops could always get hot water to make coffee and heat ration packs. The UK have boiling vessels (kettles) built into their Main Battle Tanks for cooking and making tea.
@@MsKaz1000We added kettles to our tanks after WW2 after some MOD analysis showed how often British tank crews got killed whilst outside their tanks brewing tea.
I always have a spare electric kettle in the house, just in case ! I drink coffee sometimes, rarely tea. But my kettle gets used lots to boil water for cooking pasta, rice, making soups, boiled eggs etc ...
I am almost 100% sure that if you tell people that you dont have a kettle in the UK then someone will give you one as a gift beacause it is unimaginable not to have one
I think the main reason electric kettles are not common in the US is because you have 110v electric. With 240v electric, the kettle at around 3000w would be 12A, so within the capacity of our outlets. On 110v that would be 27A and more than your outlets could supply!! :) :)
Used to be metal kettles with whistles on them, that let you know as the water boiled and gave off steam. Some people still prefer these, but they really need a wood-fired hob or a gas hob / burner to work. If the house has electricity only, or both, the electric kettle is the first choice today.
I wouldn't say kettles are "popular" in Britain, I'd say that they are "Standard electrical items". You wouldn't describe your cooker or your TV, or even hot running water as "Popular". We, (and presumably the rest of Europe), have had kettles for God knows how long. I'm 59 and can't remember a time when we didn't have one. We had them millions of years before we had microwave ovens, or even personal computers. We even had electric kettles before RUclips!
I was working in a house in 1995 in UK. The couple and their 8-9 yr old daughter only drank fruit juice or water. I had never seen a house without a kettle in my life and still have not apart from this one time! I'm 60 in may!!😅😅😅
they have a right to bare arms ...... just like we did 300 years ago ..... why has one country gone so modern and the other has stayed medieval? suprised they dont use the guillitine over there
Typical house sockets in the USA only have 1500 watts. This means that you can still boil water faster with electric kettles than kettles on the stove, but the advantage of electric kettles over kettles on the stove is not as great that an electric kettle is worthwhile. While in many other countries around the world the advantage of electric kettles (e.g. with 3000 watts) over kettles on stoves is so great that the purchase of electric kettles is worthwhile. In the USA, connections with more than 1500 watts are usually only available for stoves, washing machines and dryers.
The first thing I bought for my undergraduate dorm room in Louisville, KY, back in 1993 (in order to make tea, coffee or simple ramen or hot chocolate) was an electric kettle (I think from Walmart or Target). They have always existed in the U.S. as well! The fact that you think they don‘t only means you never were aware of them. Despite owning a coffee machine (now even a fancy one making cappuccino and caffelatte etc.), I would never dream of dispensing with my trusted water kettle. I even recently upgraded to get a fancy one from KitchenAid (yes, an American company!), in order to quickly boil noodle water, add boiling water to a soup or stew etc. before putting it on the pot on the stove (I am only now getting an induction stove and my ceran cookstove took rather long to bring water to a boil). Eletric cooktops also took longer as they first heat the cookware before heating the insides of the cookware (induction is different, more like a gas cook top)…. I hereby challenge you to go to Costco, Walmart, an electronics store or Target and ask the staff for an electric kettle and I am sure, they will have them. Amazon certainly sells them in the U.S. as well! My KA electric kettle will bring a quarter gallon of water from the faucet to a boil in about three minutes, smaller amounts (like for a single cup of tea) it takes less than a minute and since you only use it for water, there is nothing to clean (apart from possible staining from hard water once in a while)….
THANK YOU!!! This was exactly what I was thinking. Anyone who thinks these didn't exist in the US just didn't bother paying attention to what we actually have here. As for kettles, I've never experienced an electric one; I have what I guess people would call the original kettle 🤣It never really occurred to me to get an electric one, but kettles are extremely versatile, so I don't see why kettles, whether original or electric ones would be a mystery.
@@MoiraiCWingus Well, as said, electric ones heat up water faster than an electric cooktop which first has to heat the cookware. And, of course you can take it to boil or heat up water anywhere where there‘s a socket. So, they can also come in handy in a craft room or upstairs or downstairs family room, in a garage or wherever you might have a need for hot water or may want to enjoy tea further away from the kitchen….
@@Attirbful Ahh. Valid point. Only thing I'd be scared of from it, honestly, would be if that thing short circuits, but that can be said for any appliance. I think I might have to look into that since in the end, I'm the only one in my house that actually uses it. No one else here uses it.
I would say that more than 95% of New Zealand homes have one. Yes, they boil! And are essential for making tea, coffee etc. But also I will boil water in the kettle, then add it to food on the stove (e.g. vegetables) because it's way quicker than boiling the water on the stove. Most kettles now are cordless, i.e. the base has a cord and is plugged into the wall, and you lift the kettle off the base when you use it.
Boils enough water for 2 mugs in less than 1 minute - didn’t realise how magical it was ( for the last 40 years of my life)until I watched this - shocking to see the amazement of someone from a country so technically advanced in military terms that it can decimate entire countries quicker than boil water🤔
I'm a strange English person & even I have a Kettle. They are BASIC. Not having a kettle would be like not having a pen. Yes we all drink tea. But I don't have a tv, so no ad breaks in corrie contributing to the very real power surges at important moments. The reason you don't have them is because your electricity is lower so it would take all day. Our kettles boil in seconds - that x 20 million times in the evening in noticeable in a small country x
He's been doing these videos for two years. He also has a Norway and a Canada channel. He knows what Celsius is, he's just too lazy to learn the conversion.
@@damonx6109 don't be decieved by his acting...... he's intelligent he's just playing a role to make views trust me he knows all about this , this average american is his way to thousands of views the more mockery he gets the better for his channel, he won't respond to comments to keep up the charade
Growing up in Yorkshire we only had a kettle that sat on the gas stove when needed. But when I went to university in 1966, and lived in a self-catering hall of residence (US dormitory, I think,), we had electric kettles and I've never been without one since. It isn't just for making hot drinks, anywhere you need boiling water such as for hot drinks or cooking vegetables, there it is. Bear in mind that our voltage is higher than yours, so it boils very quickly.
I've never been into a UK kitchen and not seen a kettle. Tyler, you need a kettle, I hardly ever drink tea but I have coffee 3 to 6 times a day and mine takes a minute or so to boil.
The only home I know without a Kettle in the UK is my Friend from Kansas ... she lasted about 3 years before we made her get one ... tea over at her's sucked!
in fairness most americans have a coffee maker and its instantly warm, the bizarreness of america though is they boil water in a microwave i mean wtf !!
Americans make drip / percolated coffee using a drip machines and filter papers so electric kettles wouldn’t be useful. Espresso machines/ pod machines are taking off there too. In Australia most of us have espresso machines these days, either pod machines or for ground coffee. Instant coffee is horrible and not so popular. As such I don’t use my kettle as much these days !
@@Michael-yq2ut oh we don’t touch that percolated stuff in Australia either lol. Most of us have pod espresso or grind espresso machines at home. Instant coffee was big in the 80s-90s though.
Also, in every home in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, we have kettles. Although Australia is known for its best coffee, we are also have a big tea culture. I believe it is due to the fact that these countries run on 220 watts. Therefore, our kettles boil quickly. The USA runs on 110 watts.
What always makes me laugh is that in the UK, we consider some brands as proper British tea. There's also proper Italian coffee. Neither grow is either country 😂.
I have stayed at hotels and airbnbs in the US quite a few times and have vague memories of using kettles there. I do not remember any time needing to boil water in a saucepan on a stove, or in a microwave. Maybe I just went without.
It's not just UK. Most homes in Canada also have a kettle. Tea, instant coffee, hot chocolate etc or any hot drink can be made we it and we also you when hot water is needed for other things too. Boiling in a kettle is much faster than a pot on the stove and if you get the electric ones with the automatic shut off you don't have to watch it. It is not just for tea though. Anything you need hot water in 2 to 3 minutes. You can even use foor cleaning
Electric kettles are also used in most of Europe to make coffee. I'm British living in Spain and only drink coffee so boil the water in an electric kettle to make it. It's seems to be the Americans who are unusual.
@@marydavis5234 I don't drink instant coffee either; I use boiled water from the kettle to fill my cafetière. I do have a coffee maker but I can't be arsed to wash up all the bits when it's just me in the house.
@@marydavis5234 so do alot of brits interestingly enough britain was a coffee loving nation in the 1700s before the indian invasions and the discovery of tea , but you are right instant coffee is dreadful its only ggood for on the go and a quick cafeeine fix but i tend to stick to real beans coffee despite it being far more expensive.... but a far better experience alot of brits are lost to the concept of what coffee is we've been brainwashed into thinking instant coffee is real coffee unless you've experienced it like me and others instant coffee will always be massive selling int he uk sadly
I think in Europe the electric kettles are quite normal in a normal household, either you want a cup of coffee or tea. Yes, you can choose of 100 C° or the less your a temperature in modern kettles. Celsius ? That should even an American know, that in Europe what Celsius means.
Electric kettle is not popular, but a normal kitchen appliance. I do not drink tea, as I'm a coffee drinker. We also use the kettle to heat water for cooking, hot water bottle etc. The kettle on the cooker/stove that whistles is still a kettle. The teapot does not heat up, you put tea leaves or tea bags and then the hot water is called a teapot
17:00 that's similar to the ones I've seen in Estonia, most households have one here as well. You keep it plugged in and when you want hot water, you just flick the switch that's sticking out below the handle, when it starts boiling the switch will flick itself back off and you can hear the switch flick to know that it's done.
(Sweden) Everybody has one. Its not only for tea, also instant Coffee, instant Noodles, or just for heating up water quickly for use in other uses, ie cooking pasta or rice.
The power surge thing is true, coinciding with commercial breaks. It is an essential part of the kitchen, it really surprises me that you don't have them. You need properly boiling water for tea, but this is by no means their only use. I should think almost every household and workplace has one, even those without a kitchen. Of course we don't boil more than we need, its much quicker not to do so. I drink coffee mostly and the kettle has normally boiled before I've sorted out the pre ground beans. Boiling a mugful takes well under a minute, much quicker than a microwave.
I got a new kettle a couple of weeks ago and when I used it for the first time, the base lit up blue. It was like discovering fire lol. Only a Brit can get a thrill like this from a kettle.
Electric kettles have been around a long time, much longer than say digital watches. For me this is very much like listening to someone being amazed about digital watches.
In Newfoundland, Canada, we all have kettles too. I can't believe Americans don't have them. That's wild! I can't speak for the rest of Canada although living here in Toronto, I do see a lot in friend's houses here too...
it's bizarre how origins of a new nation are different, sure in USA it was irisha nd british origins to begin with and i believe canada was French? then brits ? ........... how can 2 nations be so different from the origins hahaha and also in the Education system too
We don't just use electric kettles for drinks. Because of the speed with which the water boils its good for cuppa soups, instant noodles and sauces which need making quickly. I use my electric kettle to heat water when cooking spaghetti or vegetables rather than simply putting cold water in my pan. It speeds up the cooking time which is good with two hungry sons on a busy evening. Also we have hot water bottles which are made of rubber (usually with some sort of cover to stop you from burning yourself). We put hot water from out kettle with w little cold tap water, seal it and put it in our beds during cold winter nights to keep warm ( not sure if you have hot water bottles in America lol). So lots of uses as well as the traditional tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Sometimes I use hot water from the kettle mixed with a bit of cold for my foot bath with some Epsom salts. Basically any use you might have for boiling water and no need to wait for a pan to heat up. :)
Hi I live in the Uk... I'm 55 and had a kettle all my life. It take just 3mins to boil a whole kettle of water. We use it to boil water for tea & coffee. Also to boil water to cook vegetables faster on the hob. As a child we would also boil water in the kettle to fill up a bowl for washing in .
Who else wishes he cared enough about his viewers to spend 5 mins reading and responding to comments? But he really doesn't care, he only cares about his own opinion
It also comes down to our attitude to coffee culture. A lot of Americans a kind of surprised to see that while we have our enjoyment of Starbucks and fancy coffees on the go, most people who like a coffee at home just settle for an instant, and a kettle is fine for this. I would also blame tea for our attitude to coffee. Like what you do to make a hot drink at home is 'add water', not mess around with filiters and drip and press nonsense.
Uk coffee chains are anything but fancy coffee for the most part. Get an aeropress and try some single origin coffee. Night and day compared to instant.
@@davidroddini1512 Oh I dont trink coffee at all, and I would be an sample of 1 data point only if I did. Im judging by what you see on the shelves in mainline supermarkets, if it didnt sell, it wouldnt be like that.
I've been looking for a reply that mentions instant coffee. My own house and any house I visit has a jar of instant coffee and the kettle's for that just as much as it is for tea. In my opinion, nice instant coffee is far more palatable than any of that fancy barista stuff, that has enough caffeine in it to send your heart racing and make you feel like you're on the verge of a mental health episode. My kettle's going on in a few minutes, to make coffee for hubby and I and it will be from a jar of Kenco.
In my house we have an electric kettle for every day use and a stove top kettle for our gas hob as a back up in case there's a power cut which we sometimes get out here in the countryside, especially in winter.
it is due to the power grid. in the USA it is 110 volt so a electric kettle would be very slow. in the UK the power is 240 volt so kettles are more powerful and thus quicker.
A quick boil kettle can boil in under a minute. Tea , coffee, hot Chocolate, pot noodles and a whole host of other things can be done by boiling water quickly in a kettle .
Just to blow your mind with an unmentioned technical detail - the kettle itself generally doesn't have an electric cable attached. They're "cordless". There's a thin base unit that stays on the counter which is plugged in - and the kettle has contacts underneath and a kinda docking arrangement which lines it up and makes contact when you put it onto the base.
the first ones used to have cords you pushed in and took out but for a long time now cordless ones have replaced them and are so much better and like that Redditor said you can have up to 4 heat settings and it beeps when it switches off I have one that does that
I boil water in a kettle to make coffee with ground beans, in my cafetiere (Frech Press). It's usually quicker, stronger and initially hotter than a filter machine too due to the water temperature.
The time an electric kettle takes to heat water from cold to boiling point depends upon how much water you are heating. It is common here in the UK with the 240v mains electricity we have to be able to heat an electric kettle full of tap temperature cold water to boiling point in the region of two minutes to three minutes.
The only way to make tea is with boiling water. Pot on the stove takes forever! A kettle takes less than three minutes. For most of my life, we boiled the kettle for washing the dishes as well.tea Pts do not boil water. They’re ceramic or porcelain, Nd you put scoops pf tea leaves in the pot then pour boiling water into the teapot. That’s how you make a pot of tea. Teapots definitely don’t boil water.
Kettles are very common in Canada. Also, Tyler, in the USA the item you put on the stove to boil water is still called a kettle, not a teapot. A teapot is what is used to make the tea by putting either loose tea or a tea bag in it and adding the boiled water from the kettle. To answer your question regarding how hot the water needs to be to make tea, it must be boiling. One heats the pot with some hot water, drains it, places the tea in the pot and then the pot is taken to the kettle (not the kettle to the teapot) and the boiling water is poured into the teapot to infuse the tea. If taking milk with your tea, the milk (absolutely never cream) must be poured into the empty cup and then the tea is added. That order prevents the milk from scalding and changing the taste of the tea. Chimo
I live in Ireland and while they love their tea just as much, our family didn't. Or coffee But we always had an electric kettle in the house for boiling hot water for cooking as well as for hot water bottles during the winter. Or to defrost the car windshield quickly on winter mornings! Or when you're cleaning and mopping floors, heat up the water quickly! Ps. Brits don't drink tea to be healthy, some drink herbal tea but most it's black tea. Caffeinated (not as much as cofee) and often with sugar and milk to sweeten it just as is done with coffee PSS. A kettle can boil water in like 1-3 minutes depending on how much is in it
Kettles are not just for tea. If you need boiling water for something ....use the kettle. I know people who boil their eggs in a kettle ! If you are cooking pasta, boil the water in the kettle first. It will cook quicker. Only 95% !? I would think it's much higher. Kettles actually BOIL the water , unlike a microwave ! Tea HAS to be made with " rolling, boiling water" . Only boil enough water that you need. No need to fill the kettle to the top. A " tea pot " is what you actually make the tea in. The kettle only boils the water to put in the tea pot with the tea leaves/bags. A kettle only takes 2 or 3 minutes to boil in the UK because of our higher 230 voltage.
I know that before they broke the news of the Queen passing away the electric companies were given advice to make sure the system could cope with people turning the kettle on to make tea for comfort. I have 2 kettles one in the kitchen one in the bedroom for after business tea 😂
I use my kettle for boiling water using a lot less electricity than using the electric stove. Saving on electricity bills I cook a lot with my kettle and microwave oven. I'm not British btw. Also reduces the energy bill when cooking pasta. (Boiling a liter of water on the stove-top uses about three times more electricity than using my kettle. So I combine it. Putting a saucepan with a little bit of water in it on the stove-top, boiling water in the kettle at the same time and then combining the two.
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The kettle is the first thing brought to a new home and the last thing to leave
When I moved into my current property I walked into the kitchen clutching my kettle to find my landlord had already put one there 😂
@@Rachel_M_ when leaving a house its good policy to leave t bags sugar coffee and milk for the next person , they will appreciate it .. long life milk .
@@peterwilliamson5953 I worked in the removal trade for 20 years. I'd estimate a good 80% of people left some refreshments for the new owners.
I only know my landlord left the kettle because there was a "welcome" card attached to it 😂
Also to give a cuppa to the removals team if you've got professionals in.
@@peterwilliamson5953 and lightbulbs and bikkies
Somebody send this man a damn kettle, it was like watching a remote tribe see lighter for the first time 😂😂
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RIGHT!?!?
The wonders of modern technology 😂😂
Like most Americans he has a stovetop kettle, saw it reflected in his tablespoon.
It's an act. It has to be.
When they said that 95% of homes had a kettle I thought that was a bit low
Agreed! I couldn't imagine any house in the UK not having a kettle.
I must own at least 2 or 3 kettles! Extra for the caravan etc. I have a OneCup too
Got to be 5% of uneducated Americans.😂😂
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We just spent £99 on a new kettle. I keep the old one nearly just incase. Also if the power goes in your house, it could be the kettle has failed guys.
Austrian here. We are not a "tea culture" country, but every household has an electric kettle.
Indeed i never drink tea. I use it for cooking and noodles
Sorry to disagree, from Sydney and I love tea. But yeah, love the electric kettle/jug.
It helps for cooking many dishes that need certain amount of boiling water one of my fav kitchen items 💜
But I bet there's a coffee culture
As an Australian, I don't know anyone who doesn't own a kettle, be it electric or stove top for gas stoves. I use it: coffee, tea, hot Milo (chocolate), instant soup, cooking spaghetti, I put 6 mm (1/4") of water on the boil and put fill the kettle and boil it and poor the boiling water into the sauce pan. The 1 litre in the kettle always boils before the 14" in the sauce pan.
I'm another Aussie and I've NEVER seen an Australian home without an electric kettle in the kitchen and we don't have a tea drinking culture we have an instant coffee drinking culture. When we're out that when we buy proper brewed coffee from a coffee shop. Anyway I'm having a cuppa coffee at home now and the kettle has just boiled so see ya.
like seriously, even in South Africa we own kettles. so they heat up water for hot chocolate with microwave?
@@AussiePom Americans prefer the capsule coffee, as a South African I do drink instant coffee
I'm Canadian and I have never seen a home without an electric kettle :)
Also the thing that you put on your stove and sing when the water boil is a kettle, not a tea pot :) Tea pot are where we put the hot water in to make tea.
same in Australia
Same in Germany.
Boiling one cup of water in the microwave is a waste of electricity.
Same and i am danish
Same here in Belgium. I use it for tea and for cooking (can’t imagine making a risotto without it, for example). On top of it, I didn’t have a microwave since 1992.
And the hot water you put in a teapot comes from a kettle lol
In Australia I would say 99 out of 100 households use a kettle to boil their water for a cuppa.
Yes of course you are a nation of tea drinker too. 🫖🇬🇧👍
thats because like the UK you have 230v supplier, so not gunna take years to boil a kettle like in the states.
Same here in South America
@Andy_0L yeah because South America also on a decent voltage
@@Emexrulsier True, and also because we use it a lot for tea, boiling water for cooking and herbal infusions like yerba mate, which is very popular here
Does it boil water? Mate, that's literally it's one job.
You forgot the microplastic poisoning. Mmmmm... microplastics tea...
@@Bryt25microplastic poising happens with everything 😂
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@@Bryt25 then buy a glass one, pleb
@@Bryt25 Unless you buy a super cheap one, the interior is usually tempered glass or metallic or ceramic, so no.
Every British home has a kettle. If you find out somebody you know doesn't have a kettle, it means they need one and you buy one for them.
It could just mean they are an alcoholic🤔
@@jayathome3 British alcoholics put shots of booze in their tea. It's what makes them alcoholics. When they say "Tea time" it really means, "Time to get more shit-faced."
If they don't have a kettle, they're not British. They're probably shape-shifting aliens.
@@PhantomFilmAustraliaBrit here. Sorry, this is BS. I've known a number of heavy duty alcoholics in my time and none of them put alcohol in their tea. They missed out the tea aspect altogether and went straight to the alcohol. Where do you pick up such nonsense?
@@davidlauder-qi5zv My comment is shadow-banned from my end for some reason, so I can't even respond regarding the grievance or misinterpretation.
Honestly i couldn't imagine anyone in Europe not having electric ketle :d 12:50 - it depends on amount of water, but in general it takes about 1 minute
You know how the US has more guns than people?
Well the UK has more kettles than people, given the number in hotels, work, etc.
Some have an old one hanging about in case something goes wrong with the current one, I’ve heard 😅
@sanitychek I guess we'd rather have our finger round a cup handle than the trigger of a gun. Sounds good to me. In American hotels do they have a pistol instead of a kettle, in the bedside drawer next to the bible.
And not only do “some of us” have an extra kettle, as Paddington Bear would have said, for “emergencies”, “some of us” may have a travel kettle in the cupboard, that they can pack it in a suitcase (together with the teabags 😉) when travelling overseas and a working electric kettle might not be present in the room where they are staying! 😧heaven forfend!
@@weedle30 forgot the travel kettle, must be in the loft or back of a cupboard 🤔
The other item that I think is Brits might have so commonly that Americans don't have is the loo brush.
Electric kettels are very popular not only in UK we use them all-over Europe ....
Kettles are not just a British thing. I grew up with them in South Africa, and have always had one in all the 33+ years of living in the Netherlands. An electric kettle is a very normal thing in NL and, I daresay, most of Europe. Not just to make tea (in NL (herbal) tea without milk is the norm), but also for cafetiéres, cup a soup, warming baby's bottle, anything that needs a quick bit of boiled water instead of waiting for a cooking pot with water to boil. It always feels like forever.
Not only in Britain but also in Europe
Not only Europe but Africa as well
American living in England for 3 years now. 2 things I haven't seen mentioned:
1. Not every Brit likes tea (most do, but not all). Some of them might use the kettle for instant coffee or a French press sort of thing.
2. It's customary to offer tea or coffee to anybody when they come to your home: guests, plumbers, electricians, internet person, etc. You always offer a "hot drink". Even if you don't like tea or coffee, it's good to have a kettle to offer any guests in your home.
*NOT JUST TEA* Tyler!!
Boiling a kettle (usually from one cupful to six or eight cupfuls, you choose how much water to heat according to your need) the boiled water can be used to make tea in a cup (or s teapot) or coffee, or to pour over spaghetti / pasta, or any other hot drink, like Bovril / Marmite, Cuppa Soups, (instant soups) Noodles, hot chocolate etc. *NOT JUST TEA*
And kettles which whistle on the stove are _NOT_ called "tea kettles", they're just called 'kettles' ...the stoves / hobs being either gas-powered, or using electric rings, or induction plates. We can buy an electric kettle for as little as £5 from any supermarket... Naturally, expensive kettles are also available!!
Electric kettles don't (usually, but apparently some do, or so I've learned from a comment on this thread) _whistle_ ...but they do prevent burned-out kettles because they switch themselves off once they've reached boiling point, which usually takes about 1 minute. (Our electric is between 220v - 240v.
I _think_ American electric is only between 110v - 120v?).
Yes... I have two electric kettles in Thailand, and I don't even drink tea.
I don't drink tea - but yeah of course I boil my kettle to fill my cafetiere. I don't know anybody in the UK who doesn't have a kettle. Tea drinking is certainly not universal. My kettle has a temperature control so for coffee I set it to 80oC.
You're shouting into the void at this point.. i.e. the void between his ears! He now claims to not know what Celsius is also 😵🤬
Yeah i don't drink tea, drink coffee though. I've been up 3 hours and used the kettle 3 times, 2 cups of coffee and to have boiling water to wash up dishes. Will use again later for cooking dinner plus many cups of coffee I'm sure. Any time hot water is needed the kettle is used.
Tyler doesn't read the comments - ever. You're wasting your time, I'm afraid.
Very popular in Canada too. My Mom loves her new see-through blue kettle. I don’t remember how long we’ve had kettles, for at least 35 years ( since we’ve used the stove top kettle). You’re missing out. Coffee, tea, heating water for baking, cooking anything with water (adding hot water, like instant noodles). It’s a VERY QUICK method of heating water. Once you’ve actually used an electric kettle, you’ll never want to go back.
Everyone I know ( in Canada ) has a kettle, it must be our British ancestors.
This reminds me, I need a coffee refill, time to put the kettle back on!! be back in a jiff.
Yeah, you probably did get te idea for a kettle from us Brits. Canadians need to tell your neighbours down south 😉
It's not that quick on 110-120V mains!
When I lived in 🇨🇦 I actually used a stove kettle myself.
I don't know ANYONE who doesn't have a kettle 🤔🤣🤣🤣
I live in Australia and I also don't know of anyone who does not have a kettle. Most workplaces too .
Me neither, in any of the many countries I've been to. Except the US, of course.
@@nolajoy7759 As an Aussie I agree.
Nice to meet you, I do not own a kettle. Hugs from Romania. 😂😂
Electric kettles are used for more than making tea. Everyone needs hot water for lots of things and the speed against a stove top is non negotiable. You are definitely living in the past. We also have travel electric kettles to take on vacation which are a smaller version.
It's not just a tea culture thing either - I don't drink tea or coffee, but a kettle was still one of the first things I bought when I moved into my first flat. I can't imagine a house without one! If you don't like hot drinks then you can use it to help make ramen! Or soup in a cup! And if, like me, your hot water isn't automatic, you have to turn the water heater on to get any, you can just boil the kettle for much easier hot water to do the washing up after dinner. It's so much quicker than boiling water on a stove or a hob. And easier. Just fill it up, flick it on, and it'll click itself off once it's boiled - takes about a minute. Somebody get this man a kettle, it'll change his life.
I cannot imagine how you could possibly get by without a kettle. Absolutely mad. They're pretty popular across Europe, tbh.
Breaking: The only person on the planet that didn't know a kettle could boil water learns that a kettle boils water.
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I have never heard or seen anything so completely stupi.... oh wait - there was that reaction to kettles he did eight months ago. Second Stupidest award goes to "what is a roasted potato?" .
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I’m more curious what he thought they did……????
If your cooking pasta, you can boil the water in the kettle first, pour boiling water in the saucepan, turn on the stove, bring water back to the boil within seconds and then add your pasta….it cuts your cooking time down considerably. 😄
Yup, exactly what I do, same for rice
As a Norwegian, I wholeheartedly agree. I've come across a couple of Italian grandmas who where aghast by that though :)
And for green veg.
That's what I do too.
@@CM-ey7nq tbf thats because when they grew up they were told to always start with cold water when making food because back then the pipes were all lead and the hot water tap/pipe would leach lead into the water over time
Most hotels and b&bs will have a kettle in your room. There's usually a supply of t bags and instant coffee provided as well.
Always bring your own kettle! NEVER uxe the one in a hotel room!
I'm in my eighth decade and I can't recall ever not having a kettle. Tea, coffee, cocoa, Oxo, Ribena, soup, etc. can all be made by using an electric kettle. I was amazed at the figure of 95% as I don't know anyone without an electric kettle.
You have hot Ribena ? I'm Australian, I've never heard of that
95% would be about right, i still visit people with a whistling kittle for the cooker in fact i have got one in the cupboard but haven't used it since my last kettle broke about 5 years ago and that was only once for my morning tea, i bought a new one on the way home from work.
@@leetate5527 yeah, ribeana orange lemon well any squash
You boil water in the kettle to make tea, coffee, hot chocolate, boil the water to pour into saucepan for veggies as it cuts down on the time needed to wait for the water to boil, for cooking pasta etc.
Using cold water when it comes to vegetables as cold water has more oxygen than hot water abd will make it taste better
I'll give it a shot but never heard of using cold water for veggies except potatoes.
The things that go on a stove and whistle is called a kettle. A tea pot does not go anywhere near a stove.
The things that whistle are tea pots. The ones that don't are teapots. With no space.
@@paulnolan6866 I have never heard a kettle be called a tea pot. Maybe that's a southern thing but where I live it's always called a kettle.
From The Netherlands here. I don't know anyone over here who doesn't own an electrical kettle. I use it every day. Tea, things like cup a soup, noodles. I could go on.
How different countries can be huh. So interesting that you guys don't have them. Great video
South African here I've never been to a house that doesn't own one
I donˋt know a single German who doesnˋt have a kettle.
yeah, me neither! Home essentials!!! XD
I don't know a single South African who doesn't have a kettle. That was the first thing I bought when I was in university, can't do without one, NOT JUST FOR TEA, for other things as well
I'm from Finland. I'd say that most people here own an electric kettle.
But we aren't big fans of tea. We are statistically the biggest coffee drinkers in the world, but tea is not that popular.
It's just that electric kettles can be used for so much more:
-I make coffee with a french press. The fastest way to boil water for it is with an electric kettle.
-cocoa, instant coffee, any kind of hot drink that is sold as a powder? Electric kettle.
-Instant noodles? Electric kettle.
-Any kind of dehydrated soup or other food (like the stuff that Knorr makes)? Electric kettle.
-Instant oatmeal? There are several ways to make it and I prefer the microwave, but one option is to put the dry flakes in a bowl and pour boiling water on them. Electric kettle.
There are so many uses for it, I couldn't live without one.
We use kettles for hot beverages (tea, coffee, hot chocolate, hot malted drinks like Horlicks) and things like gravy, custard, and jelly (jello). Can't think of more things right now.
We drink hot drinks at any time of day.
Once and for all, a 'tea pot' specifically is not a kettle, you dont put a teapot on a stove, OR YOU MAY DIE. A tea pot is typically ceramic and where you put hot water and tea into, and dispense/pour tea from at the table into each cup as needed.
My step dad loved his tea to be really really strong, so he had a metal teapot and would put this on the electric hob, with the power turned on just so slightly that the ring would not go red. He would leave the teapot there to stew for around an hour. So, there are times when you can put a teapot on the stove
Yes, you can put a stainless steel teapot on the hob. We have done.
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He has been told this SO MANY sodding times!
@@brentwoodbay Yet you can put a teapot on the hob so there's no real problem.
Whilst living overseas I met lots of Americans. One lady who invited a few of us to her house was asking me about making tea for us Brits. She had no kettle so I offered to take mine along to help. Microwave is a big no, no. So after the event I got home and realised I had left the kettle behind. 😫 I called her to say I would be right back to collect it. She was gobsmacked that it was so important and used daily. She also learned what a fortnight was and what Fanny means in the UK. I am sure she retells this education to the amusement of her fellow Americans. 😄
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Hopefully the average American has an attention span greater than yours you keep repeating the same things over and over .
The correct usage of the word fanny is especially important
@@CollectiveWest1 They have a DA in Georgia called Fani who is in the news at the moment funny to hear them insulting her using their meaning.
Just slip across the border into Canada, and you can take advantage of this newfangled technology.
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WE do have electric kettles in the US, no one buys them, as we use our coffee makers to make hot water for tea, ramen.etc
@@marydavis5234I don’t think that coffee makers heat the water to boiling point.
@@kirsteneasdale5707 yes they do, they have a HOT water option that heat the water hotter than for the coffee.
@@marydavis5234 I've got a coffee maker and a kettle and kettles are much faster. I don't drink tea but they are just quicker and handy for boiling water. Especially if you are cooking.
2 types of kettle in the UK. One is electric and one boils on the gas/electric hob/stove. Teapot is what you place tea leaves in and top up with boiling water to brew your tea.
Just coincidently, I'm here in the UK, watching you, while having a cup of tea. I had no idea that you'd be talking about tea and kettles. I didn't look at the videos title, just like to see your reaction to things we Brits take for granted.
You can use a kettle to make tea, but you don't need to be a tea person to own a kettle. It's just a default UK kitchen gadget. Like a toaster, or can opener. If I had to fill a kitchen I'd pick up a kettle before I'd pick up a microwave just because it's more useful.
Not many Americans have toasters either
Agree. I NEVER drink tea - horrid stuff, IMO - but boiling water is an essential part of a kitchen. When I moved into my current flat, the first things I unpacked from my old home's kitchen were my kettle and my toaster.
Oh God has my life really come to this on a Saturday afternoon - watching an American watching an electric kettle boil. Ah to hell with it I'll stick on the kettle.😃😄
😂Same here in Canada. Watching Tyler’s reaction at seeing water boiling in an electric kettle. In the meantime I am enjoying a cup of tea made from boiling water from my electric kettle. 😂🤪
Its paint drying next week.
Reading comments about an American watching an American boiling a kettle
Kettle usually takes about 1 minute depending how much waters put in.
Two cups worth of water in around a minute or so is pretty standard I'd agree.
Take about a week on their electric.
@@vallejomach6721 True. I took a travel kettle to the US and just three cupfulls took about 5 minutes to boil.
Well depends on the voltage USA is only 110v so it takes for ever to boil. Also water never has S in this context.
I wondered if the lack of popularity was their electrical systems. They should start to have dual electric systems installed from what I can tell, with a low and high power mains and they can take our plugs for the high power draw systems 😄
We have had them for as long as I can remember here in Norway, I'm 52. And I don't drink tea. :) But for instant coffee, instant nudels...and instant soup. I have three, used one like 10 min ago actually.
We have electric kettles in canada as well. Pretty much in every home. Most department stores have almost a whole isle for a selection of electric kettles
I just used mine to make my morning coffee. I am Canadian. We use them here all the time too.
One of the first items I bought for my son's when they moved out of the house, here in Canada! They aren't just for tea! I put boiling water into my coffee pot because it doesn't get my coffee very hot on its own.
I had a friend in the army and he said during Desert Storm, the US Troops could always be found huddled around the UKs Challenger 2 Tanks because it was the only place the US troops could always get hot water to make coffee and heat ration packs. The UK have boiling vessels (kettles) built into their Main Battle Tanks for cooking and making tea.
see it's always the little things that matter at times like that
@@MsKaz1000We added kettles to our tanks after WW2 after some MOD analysis showed how often British tank crews got killed whilst outside their tanks brewing tea.
Every home has at least one electric kettle and possibly an older one as a stand by.
Yeah the old one that probably needs a good descale, especially down here in the south
I always have a spare electric kettle in the house, just in case ! I drink coffee sometimes, rarely tea. But my kettle gets used lots to boil water for cooking pasta, rice, making soups, boiled eggs etc ...
It's a survival thing, two is one, one is none 👍
Yep of course we have to have back up. Tea doesn’t taste the same if the water is boiled in a pan.😂
Im 50 and I've never been in anyones house that doesn't have a kettle!
I am almost 100% sure that if you tell people that you dont have a kettle in the UK then someone will give you one as a gift beacause it is unimaginable not to have one
In the UK most homes have 2 kettles, in case one breaks 😂
I'm from Australia, and probably about 99% of households have an electric kettle, even people like me who don't drink tea or coffee have them.
I think the main reason electric kettles are not common in the US is because you have 110v electric. With 240v electric, the kettle at around 3000w would be 12A, so within the capacity of our outlets. On 110v that would be 27A and more than your outlets could supply!! :) :)
Well that doesn’t explain why Canadian homes have electric kettles as they are also on 110/120 volts.
Used to be metal kettles with whistles on them, that let you know as the water boiled and gave off steam.
Some people still prefer these, but they really need a wood-fired hob or a gas hob / burner to work.
If the house has electricity only, or both, the electric kettle is the first choice today.
I wouldn't say kettles are "popular" in Britain, I'd say that they are "Standard electrical items". You wouldn't describe your cooker or your TV, or even hot running water as "Popular".
We, (and presumably the rest of Europe), have had kettles for God knows how long. I'm 59 and can't remember a time when we didn't have one. We had them millions of years before we had microwave ovens, or even personal computers. We even had electric kettles before RUclips!
I'm 61 there have always been electric kettles or jugs
I was working in a house in 1995 in UK. The couple and their 8-9 yr old daughter only drank fruit juice or water. I had never seen a house without a kettle in my life and still have not apart from this one time! I'm 60 in may!!😅😅😅
I don’t drink tea or coffee, and mostly drink fruit juice and water (and wine). But I use our kettle all the time.
Hope you've recovered from the shock now...
Yes i would say more like 100% of british households have an electric kettle never seen anyone without one
'We heat our water on the stove'.
Just like we did 300 years ago.
they have a right to bare arms ...... just like we did 300 years ago ..... why has one country gone so modern and the other has stayed medieval? suprised they dont use the guillitine over there
@@paulmilner8452 everyone has a right to have bare arms.
@@sambest8011 Unless they have offensive tattoos.
@@CollectiveWest1 i`m sorry.. no idea.. ??
teasmade..tattoos ??
Kettle is used to speedily boil water when you need it; for veg cooking, noodles, various drinks. Much faster than a pan on the stove.
Typical house sockets in the USA only have 1500 watts. This means that you can still boil water faster with electric kettles than kettles on the stove, but the advantage of electric kettles over kettles on the stove is not as great that an electric kettle is worthwhile. While in many other countries around the world the advantage of electric kettles (e.g. with 3000 watts) over kettles on stoves is so great that the purchase of electric kettles is worthwhile. In the USA, connections with more than 1500 watts are usually only available for stoves, washing machines and dryers.
The first thing I bought for my undergraduate dorm room in Louisville, KY, back in 1993 (in order to make tea, coffee or simple ramen or hot chocolate) was an electric kettle (I think from Walmart or Target). They have always existed in the U.S. as well! The fact that you think they don‘t only means you never were aware of them. Despite owning a coffee machine (now even a fancy one making cappuccino and caffelatte etc.), I would never dream of dispensing with my trusted water kettle. I even recently upgraded to get a fancy one from KitchenAid (yes, an American company!), in order to quickly boil noodle water, add boiling water to a soup or stew etc. before putting it on the pot on the stove (I am only now getting an induction stove and my ceran cookstove took rather long to bring water to a boil). Eletric cooktops also took longer as they first heat the cookware before heating the insides of the cookware (induction is different, more like a gas cook top)…. I hereby challenge you to go to Costco, Walmart, an electronics store or Target and ask the staff for an electric kettle and I am sure, they will have them. Amazon certainly sells them in the U.S. as well! My KA electric kettle will bring a quarter gallon of water from the faucet to a boil in about three minutes, smaller amounts (like for a single cup of tea) it takes less than a minute and since you only use it for water, there is nothing to clean (apart from possible staining from hard water once in a while)….
glad you have them it is so short-sighted just to dismiss them as for making only tea
THANK YOU!!! This was exactly what I was thinking. Anyone who thinks these didn't exist in the US just didn't bother paying attention to what we actually have here.
As for kettles, I've never experienced an electric one; I have what I guess people would call the original kettle 🤣It never really occurred to me to get an electric one, but kettles are extremely versatile, so I don't see why kettles, whether original or electric ones would be a mystery.
@@MoiraiCWingus Well, as said, electric ones heat up water faster than an electric cooktop which first has to heat the cookware. And, of course you can take it to boil or heat up water anywhere where there‘s a socket. So, they can also come in handy in a craft room or upstairs or downstairs family room, in a garage or wherever you might have a need for hot water or may want to enjoy tea further away from the kitchen….
@@Attirbful Ahh. Valid point. Only thing I'd be scared of from it, honestly, would be if that thing short circuits, but that can be said for any appliance. I think I might have to look into that since in the end, I'm the only one in my house that actually uses it. No one else here uses it.
I would say that more than 95% of New Zealand homes have one. Yes, they boil! And are essential for making tea, coffee etc. But also I will boil water in the kettle, then add it to food on the stove (e.g. vegetables) because it's way quicker than boiling the water on the stove. Most kettles now are cordless, i.e. the base has a cord and is plugged into the wall, and you lift the kettle off the base when you use it.
Only 95% I would have thought it would be minimum 99.99% of brits that own a kettle.
Boils enough water for 2 mugs in less than 1 minute - didn’t realise how magical it was ( for the last 40 years of my life)until I watched this - shocking to see the amazement of someone from a country so technically advanced in military terms that it can decimate entire countries quicker than boil water🤔
I'm a strange English person & even I have a Kettle. They are BASIC. Not having a kettle would be like not having a pen. Yes we all drink tea. But I don't have a tv, so no ad breaks in corrie contributing to the very real power surges at important moments.
The reason you don't have them is because your electricity is lower so it would take all day. Our kettles boil in seconds - that x 20 million times in the evening in noticeable in a small country x
Here we go again ...... Tyler has no idea what a teapot is !
15:58 :
Tyler:
"Celsius - what ever that means..."
Me:
"Americans"
😂
He's been doing these videos for two years. He also has a Norway and a Canada channel. He knows what Celsius is, he's just too lazy to learn the conversion.
@@damonx6109 don't be decieved by his acting...... he's intelligent he's just playing a role to make views trust me he knows all about this , this average american is his way to thousands of views the more mockery he gets the better for his channel, he won't respond to comments to keep up the charade
I have been suspicious about this character for so long. He is laughing at us and making money at the same time. Don't believe a word he says
We only heat water in pans on a gas stove when there’s a power cut…
If you have gas!!!
@@helenag.9386 dosen't everyone have a primus stove in the shed just in case?
@@helenag.9386 camper stove for emergencies...
Or when camping
A kettle is not just for hot drinks.
I use it for cooking pasta, noodles, eggs, or making soup for instance.
Growing up in Yorkshire we only had a kettle that sat on the gas stove when needed. But when I went to university in 1966, and lived in a self-catering hall of residence (US dormitory, I think,), we had electric kettles and I've never been without one since. It isn't just for making hot drinks, anywhere you need boiling water such as for hot drinks or cooking vegetables, there it is. Bear in mind that our voltage is higher than yours, so it boils very quickly.
I've never been into a UK kitchen and not seen a kettle.
Tyler, you need a kettle, I hardly ever drink tea but I have coffee 3 to 6 times a day and mine takes a minute or so to boil.
The only home I know without a Kettle in the UK is my Friend from Kansas ... she lasted about 3 years before we made her get one ... tea over at her's sucked!
in fairness most americans have a coffee maker and its instantly warm, the bizarreness of america though is they boil water in a microwave i mean wtf !!
Americans make drip / percolated coffee using a drip machines and filter papers so electric kettles wouldn’t be useful. Espresso machines/ pod machines are taking off there too. In Australia most of us have espresso machines these days, either pod machines or for ground coffee. Instant coffee is horrible and not so popular. As such I don’t use my kettle as much these days !
@@Dr_KAP yeah I got a percolator when they were big but I found them a faff and I don't really care about the taste, it was more for my wife
@@Michael-yq2ut oh we don’t touch that percolated stuff in Australia either lol. Most of us have pod espresso or grind espresso machines at home. Instant coffee was big in the 80s-90s though.
We also use the kettle for other things too. It's used for hot water for cooking, hot water bottles and other hot drinks.
Also, in every home in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, we have kettles. Although Australia is known for its best coffee, we are also have a big tea culture. I believe it is due to the fact that these countries run on 220 watts. Therefore, our kettles boil quickly. The USA runs on 110 watts.
Just a wee correction if I may, it's 220-240 Volts and Not Watts. Most electric Kettles are 1500 Watts.
Volts, not watts.
What always makes me laugh is that in the UK, we consider some brands as proper British tea. There's also proper Italian coffee.
Neither grow is either country 😂.
It was a happy day in my life when an Australian opened a coffee shop near my work.
So 240Volts x 13Amps = 3120Watts. Kettles in the UK go up to 3kW.
I have stayed at hotels and airbnbs in the US quite a few times and have vague memories of using kettles there. I do not remember any time needing to boil water in a saucepan on a stove, or in a microwave. Maybe I just went without.
It's not just UK. Most homes in Canada also have a kettle. Tea, instant coffee, hot chocolate etc or any hot drink can be made we it and we also you when hot water is needed for other things too. Boiling in a kettle is much faster than a pot on the stove and if you get the electric ones with the automatic shut off you don't have to watch it. It is not just for tea though. Anything you need hot water in 2 to 3 minutes. You can even use foor cleaning
Not just UK, Canada, but most (not all, most) people in the world
British tanks have a dedicated tea making station inside - tea is that important
They originally didn't, but so many soldiers improvised it that they had to be installed to prevent accidents
@@MrGBH In WW2, they had to get out of the tank and start a fire to brew up - which made them vulnerable.
It's called a BV (boiling vessel) and they're not just in tanks. They heat water - so are used to heat food as well as water for drinks, shaving, etc.
You got all that engine heat, why let it go to waste
If the B.V. in a British armoured vehicle isn't working then the entire thing is classed as out of service...
Electric kettles are also used in most of Europe to make coffee. I'm British living in Spain and only drink coffee so boil the water in an electric kettle to make it. It's seems to be the Americans who are unusual.
American DO NOT drink INSTANT COFFEE, we have coffee makers for real coffee.
@@marydavis5234 I don't drink instant coffee either; I use boiled water from the kettle to fill my cafetière. I do have a coffee maker but I can't be arsed to wash up all the bits when it's just me in the house.
@@marydavis5234 so do alot of brits interestingly enough britain was a coffee loving nation in the 1700s before the indian invasions and the discovery of tea , but you are right instant coffee is dreadful its only ggood for on the go and a quick cafeeine fix but i tend to stick to real beans coffee despite it being far more expensive.... but a far better experience alot of brits are lost to the concept of what coffee is we've been brainwashed into thinking instant coffee is real coffee unless you've experienced it like me and others instant coffee will always be massive selling int he uk sadly
I think in Europe the electric kettles are quite normal in a normal household, either you want a cup of coffee or tea.
Yes, you can choose of 100 C° or the less your a temperature in modern kettles.
Celsius ? That should even an American know, that in Europe what Celsius means.
Of course they do, but it's not as popular. I drank it in America.@@marydavis5234
Electric kettle is not popular, but a normal kitchen appliance. I do not drink tea, as I'm a coffee drinker. We also use the kettle to heat water for cooking, hot water bottle etc. The kettle on the cooker/stove that whistles is still a kettle. The teapot does not heat up, you put tea leaves or tea bags and then the hot water is called a teapot
Instant coffee, ramen, pot noodles, tea, cleaning, filling a mop bucket with hot water, rapidly heating water to save time before putting on the stove
17:00 that's similar to the ones I've seen in Estonia, most households have one here as well. You keep it plugged in and when you want hot water, you just flick the switch that's sticking out below the handle, when it starts boiling the switch will flick itself back off and you can hear the switch flick to know that it's done.
Canada uses kettles, many, many choices in stores. Kettles are not just for tea.
I've never seen someone look soo surprised at water boiling in a kettle.😂
(Sweden) Everybody has one. Its not only for tea, also instant Coffee, instant Noodles, or just for heating up water quickly for use in other uses, ie cooking pasta or rice.
and hot water bottles
The power surge thing is true, coinciding with commercial breaks. It is an essential part of the kitchen, it really surprises me that you don't have them. You need properly boiling water for tea, but this is by no means their only use. I should think almost every household and workplace has one, even those without a kitchen. Of course we don't boil more than we need, its much quicker not to do so. I drink coffee mostly and the kettle has normally boiled before I've sorted out the pre ground beans. Boiling a mugful takes well under a minute, much quicker than a microwave.
I got a new kettle a couple of weeks ago and when I used it for the first time, the base lit up blue. It was like discovering fire lol. Only a Brit can get a thrill like this from a kettle.
Electric kettles have been around a long time, much longer than say digital watches. For me this is very much like listening to someone being amazed about digital watches.
I agree, they also haven't mentioned offices and other workspaces.
I'd say getting excited about the wheel. Tyler really is a dope.
@@Lily_The_Pink972 I'm surprised he ever discovered RUclips. Perhaps he isn't as dumb as he makes out. Maybe he deserves and Oscar for great acting.
In Newfoundland, Canada, we all have kettles too. I can't believe Americans don't have them. That's wild! I can't speak for the rest of Canada although living here in Toronto, I do see a lot in friend's houses here too...
They're all over Canada. I don't know anyone without one.
I'm in Vancouver and we all have kettles.
it's bizarre how origins of a new nation are different, sure in USA it was irisha nd british origins to begin with and i believe canada was French? then brits ? ........... how can 2 nations be so different from the origins hahaha and also in the Education system too
We don't just use electric kettles for drinks. Because of the speed with which the water boils its good for cuppa soups, instant noodles and sauces which need making quickly. I use my electric kettle to heat water when cooking spaghetti or vegetables rather than simply putting cold water in my pan. It speeds up the cooking time which is good with two hungry sons on a busy evening. Also we have hot water bottles which are made of rubber (usually with some sort of cover to stop you from burning yourself). We put hot water from out kettle with w little cold tap water, seal it and put it in our beds during cold winter nights to keep warm ( not sure if you have hot water bottles in America lol). So lots of uses as well as the traditional tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Sometimes I use hot water from the kettle mixed with a bit of cold for my foot bath with some Epsom salts. Basically any use you might have for boiling water and no need to wait for a pan to heat up. :)
Hi I live in the Uk... I'm 55 and had a kettle all my life. It take just 3mins to boil a whole kettle of water. We use it to boil water for tea & coffee. Also to boil water to cook vegetables faster on the hob. As a child we would also boil water in the kettle to fill up a bowl for washing in .
Who else wishes he cared enough about his viewers to spend 5 mins reading and responding to comments? But he really doesn't care, he only cares about his own opinion
It also comes down to our attitude to coffee culture. A lot of Americans a kind of surprised to see that while we have our enjoyment of Starbucks and fancy coffees on the go, most people who like a coffee at home just settle for an instant, and a kettle is fine for this. I would also blame tea for our attitude to coffee. Like what you do to make a hot drink at home is 'add water', not mess around with filiters and drip and press nonsense.
I prefer fresh coffee but still need the kettle to boil water for my cafetiere. Can't be bothered with those fancy coffee machines.
“…settle for an instant…”
I’ve tried instant coffee before. If you have to settle for *that* when you want coffee at home, I feel bad for you. 😮
Uk coffee chains are anything but fancy coffee for the most part. Get an aeropress and try some single origin coffee. Night and day compared to instant.
@@davidroddini1512 Oh I dont trink coffee at all, and I would be an sample of 1 data point only if I did. Im judging by what you see on the shelves in mainline supermarkets, if it didnt sell, it wouldnt be like that.
I've been looking for a reply that mentions instant coffee. My own house and any house I visit has a jar of instant coffee and the kettle's for that just as much as it is for tea. In my opinion, nice instant coffee is far more palatable than any of that fancy barista stuff, that has enough caffeine in it to send your heart racing and make you feel like you're on the verge of a mental health episode. My kettle's going on in a few minutes, to make coffee for hubby and I and it will be from a jar of Kenco.
In my house we have an electric kettle for every day use and a stove top kettle for our gas hob as a back up in case there's a power cut which we sometimes get out here in the countryside, especially in winter.
Kettles are not just for tea , also for coffee, soup or anything you need hot water for .
it is due to the power grid. in the USA it is 110 volt so a electric kettle would be very slow. in the UK the power is 240 volt so kettles are more powerful and thus quicker.
A quick boil kettle can boil in under a minute.
Tea , coffee, hot Chocolate, pot noodles and a whole host of other things can be done by boiling water quickly in a kettle .
Just to blow your mind with an unmentioned technical detail - the kettle itself generally doesn't have an electric cable attached. They're "cordless". There's a thin base unit that stays on the counter which is plugged in - and the kettle has contacts underneath and a kinda docking arrangement which lines it up and makes contact when you put it onto the base.
the first ones used to have cords you pushed in and took out but for a long time now cordless ones have replaced them and are so much better and like that Redditor said you can have up to 4 heat settings and it beeps when it switches off I have one that does that
As a guy from Czech Republic who likes coffee, I must say I want one now. Good thing we have the electric kettles here :)
I boil water in a kettle to make coffee with ground beans, in my cafetiere (Frech Press). It's usually quicker, stronger and initially hotter than a filter machine too due to the water temperature.
The time an electric kettle takes to heat water from cold to boiling point depends upon how much water you are heating.
It is common here in the UK with the 240v mains electricity we have to be able to heat an electric kettle full of tap temperature cold water to boiling point in the region of two minutes to three minutes.
The only way to make tea is with boiling water. Pot on the stove takes forever! A kettle takes less than three minutes.
For most of my life, we boiled the kettle for washing the dishes as well.tea
Pts do not boil water. They’re ceramic or porcelain, Nd you put scoops pf tea leaves in the pot then pour boiling water into the teapot. That’s how you make a pot of tea. Teapots definitely don’t boil water.
Kettles are very common in Canada. Also, Tyler, in the USA the item you put on the stove to boil water is still called a kettle, not a teapot. A teapot is what is used to make the tea by putting either loose tea or a tea bag in it and adding the boiled water from the kettle. To answer your question regarding how hot the water needs to be to make tea, it must be boiling. One heats the pot with some hot water, drains it, places the tea in the pot and then the pot is taken to the kettle (not the kettle to the teapot) and the boiling water is poured into the teapot to infuse the tea. If taking milk with your tea, the milk (absolutely never cream) must be poured into the empty cup and then the tea is added. That order prevents the milk from scalding and changing the taste of the tea. Chimo
Thanks for taking the time to read my comment and giving it a 'like'. Chimo
I live in Ireland and while they love their tea just as much, our family didn't. Or coffee
But we always had an electric kettle in the house for boiling hot water for cooking as well as for hot water bottles during the winter.
Or to defrost the car windshield quickly on winter mornings!
Or when you're cleaning and mopping floors, heat up the water quickly!
Ps. Brits don't drink tea to be healthy, some drink herbal tea but most it's black tea. Caffeinated (not as much as cofee) and often with sugar and milk to sweeten it just as is done with coffee
PSS. A kettle can boil water in like 1-3 minutes depending on how much is in it
I'm Canadian, we use our kettle multiple times daily, mostly for instant coffee, often for tea, and sometimes hot chocolate and instant oatmeal.
Cup 'O Noodles.
Kettles are not just for tea. If you need boiling water for something ....use the kettle.
I know people who boil their eggs in a kettle !
If you are cooking pasta, boil the water in the kettle first. It will cook quicker.
Only 95% !? I would think it's much higher.
Kettles actually BOIL the water , unlike a microwave !
Tea HAS to be made with " rolling, boiling water" .
Only boil enough water that you need. No need to fill the kettle to the top.
A " tea pot " is what you actually make the tea in. The kettle only boils the water to put in the tea pot with the tea leaves/bags.
A kettle only takes 2 or 3 minutes to boil in the UK because of our higher 230 voltage.
I know that before they broke the news of the Queen passing away the electric companies were given advice to make sure the system could cope with people turning the kettle on to make tea for comfort. I have 2 kettles one in the kitchen one in the bedroom for after business tea 😂
I use my kettle for boiling water using a lot less electricity than using the electric stove. Saving on electricity bills I cook a lot with my kettle and microwave oven. I'm not British btw. Also reduces the energy bill when cooking pasta. (Boiling a liter of water on the stove-top uses about three times more electricity than using my kettle. So I combine it. Putting a saucepan with a little bit of water in it on the stove-top, boiling water in the kettle at the same time and then combining the two.
Yes...I do the same..boil the kettle for pasta, noodles, soft boiled eggs, etc
FYI the base of the kettle plugs in to the wall socket - the kettle itself is removable for filling poring etc.