Sipdown 155/397
The first tea made with my new temperature-variable kettle! I don’t know how I made it this long without one. I raised the temperature, not to boiling but higher than typical for the way I brew green teas, and left it steeping much longer this time and got a lot more flavour out of it this way. Still indistinctly ‘fruity’ but far less underwhelming. Upping my rating a little from 59 to reflect this.
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Getting a variable temp kettle was a game changer for me. I’ll never go back!
Same, Dustin! I’ve upgraded a few times since then too, and given my old models as gifts, which were always greatly appreciated.
Right?! I can’t believe it’s taken me 5 years!
Treat yo’self.
Vtemp kettle is a great idea!
I got it in the sales too, so I’m feeling extra justified, haha.
I got a variable temp kettle that was worth $100 for $60 because it had a big discount and was super pleased with myself at the time. But the model I had before that was really great and only $40 and I tend to recommend it to lots of folks. Really is convenient and ups the tea game!
Ooh what was the $40 model?
I’ve seen a few different brands that are more or less the same pop up on the Amazons; the first one I got was the Epica 6 temperature variable kettle, the one I found just like it that I got for work was by Aicok. After I upgraded to the Bonavita, I descaled them really well and passed them onto friends as housewarming gifts.
Thanks! I’m looking at getting a Bonavita eventually,
I upgraded from a cheapo $10 plastic kettle to a stainless variable temp, and it was amazing. I admittedly don’t use the variable temp part too much; what I LOVE is the fact that it tells me the temp of the water digitally, even as it is cooling, so no guesswork for greens. Mine’s a Black and Decker one that I’m quite happy with; it was reasonably expensive ($60? $80?) but my workplace got a stainless variable temp one at Costco that seems to be pretty decent and is more budget-friendly (I believe it’s close to $40?). Mine looks nicer though.
Mine is a goose-neck kettle design, which I love, but apart from that I think the digital temperature reading is my favourite part of it, too! Mostly I’m just curious (did you know my tap water comes out at 22 degrees?) but I’ve been planning my drinking order around the temperature readings so I don’t have to boil the kettle a bunch of times (moving from black to green to white for example). Definitely a worthwhile investment already!
Getting a variable temp kettle was a game changer for me. I’ll never go back!
Same, Dustin! I’ve upgraded a few times since then too, and given my old models as gifts, which were always greatly appreciated.
Right?! I can’t believe it’s taken me 5 years!
Treat yo’self.
Vtemp kettle is a great idea!
I got it in the sales too, so I’m feeling extra justified, haha.
I got a variable temp kettle that was worth $100 for $60 because it had a big discount and was super pleased with myself at the time. But the model I had before that was really great and only $40 and I tend to recommend it to lots of folks. Really is convenient and ups the tea game!
Ooh what was the $40 model?
I’ve seen a few different brands that are more or less the same pop up on the Amazons; the first one I got was the Epica 6 temperature variable kettle, the one I found just like it that I got for work was by Aicok. After I upgraded to the Bonavita, I descaled them really well and passed them onto friends as housewarming gifts.
Thanks! I’m looking at getting a Bonavita eventually,
I upgraded from a cheapo $10 plastic kettle to a stainless variable temp, and it was amazing. I admittedly don’t use the variable temp part too much; what I LOVE is the fact that it tells me the temp of the water digitally, even as it is cooling, so no guesswork for greens. Mine’s a Black and Decker one that I’m quite happy with; it was reasonably expensive ($60? $80?) but my workplace got a stainless variable temp one at Costco that seems to be pretty decent and is more budget-friendly (I believe it’s close to $40?). Mine looks nicer though.
Mine is a goose-neck kettle design, which I love, but apart from that I think the digital temperature reading is my favourite part of it, too! Mostly I’m just curious (did you know my tap water comes out at 22 degrees?) but I’ve been planning my drinking order around the temperature readings so I don’t have to boil the kettle a bunch of times (moving from black to green to white for example). Definitely a worthwhile investment already!