Tea maker

For any of you who like a nice cup of tea, I got one of these for Christmas and I love it already. I made some Citron Green and it did a great job. Its a lot easier than making it in a cup or on the stove.

http://www.sunbeam.com/productdetail.aspx?PId=231

Looks cool but I am dedicated to my ceramic teapot and loose-leaf tea.

Coffee, on the other hand ... I am always looking for the best coffeemaker.

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Looks like a coffee maker. Me I use my Coffeemaker for both tea and coffee.

Do you not have a problem with getting coffee flavored tea?

Ofcourse he does, unless his taste buds don't work. Youd have to run it a few times with some sort of cleaner and even then I'm willing to wager that it still has some reminant.

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One thing I don't miss about the US is the electronic voltage that is too low to use a kettle on. I made tea on the stove several times a day for a year. On the other hand your money clears in the bank the day you pay it in rather than 5 days like in the UK... which is sometimes more useful

Don"t understand the problem. In my opinion,it is better to use fire anyway but if you do use electricity,there should be no problem bringing to full boil.

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OK, I only visited 4 states when I was there (based in FL) so it might not be the same and you may have electric kettles, but just in case...

In the UK we have stand free electric kettles that plug into the socket and you just press a button on and it does the business for you, no need for stove top kettles or watching them or any of that. Did you know that? (Apologies if you did.) I never saw an electric kettle in the USA and was told you don't have them as your voltage is 110 as opposed to ours at 220. If I am not making sense ignore as it is hardly very important. But electric kettles are good

T

We have 220 volt, and 440. But that amount of voltage is not needed for something as simple as an electric tea kettle, 120 is more than enough. 220 is for a range, dryers and the such. The reason we don't run 220 volts to a simple outlet is because it's been proven to have more than the neccessary amount of energy and is a safety hazard, Thus the NEC (National Electric code).

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I know nothing about USA electricity. But you don't have electric kettles, or do you? I never saw one there and USA friends in the UK are always amazed by them... (which always makes me laugh)

T

C'mon sleeping turtle, This is Am-er-ica, just cause a few of your american friends know nothing of it, does'nt mean we don't have it.

Check out the *Cordless* kettles. Thats right cordless




http://www.bizrate.com/buy/products_...-13050820.html - http://akamai-lq.bizrate.com/resize?sq=60&uid=11531320


http://www.kitchenkapers.com/elteaket.html -

http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg...._1874_29822459

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I am glad to see that you do have them. This forces me to ask (1) what sort of people I know that don't have them... and we are talking dozens of Americans, even in the UK most of my friends are American and in the States they all were and (2) why I never saw any in the shops. [Very odd .]

I have to admit I found it hard to see the USA as a civilised country when I didn't know that they had kettles. I am truly happy

T

Cordless!?! Blaspheme!!!





Actually I had an electric water-boiler thingy in college many years back. Didn't call it a kettle though. Can't remember what it was called. But it was a cheap plastic jug that plugged into the wall and boiled water in about 5 minutes.

I don't use a whole lot of electric appliances in my apt. right now as I have a total of 60 amps (3 20-amp circuits) for the whole place. Which means I can't have a clothes dryer. And anytime I'm using a high-wattage appliance (like the vacuum) I have to turn off just about everything else on that circuit. I've learned way more than I ever wanted to know about household electricity in this place...

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yeah, thats pretty bad. An average 1000 square ft. home has a 200 amp service

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Also, your apt probably violates todays NEC code, you need to have atleast 4 circuts in the kitchen alone nowadays...

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