My experience
Having a temperate controlled kettle has greatly improved my tea enjoyment. Not just for more sensitive tea types, such as greens, but for all tea types.
When I started my journey with tea, I primarily drank black tea. I believed that I just didn’t enjoy green tea and even many of the black teas that I was trying. It turns out that I was not only over-steeping them, but also negatively affecting the balance of the profile by only using boiling water. I have since learned that some teas need a lower temperature to be in balance. Temperature control has enabled me to experience all tea types at varying temps, tweaking the balance and profile to get that perfect cup. I have found more complex and enjoyable profiles in teas that I thought were simple and harsh.
I know that temperate control is not for everyone, either due to differing preparation methods making it not necessary or maybe you are better than me at getting the temperature right on your own. For me, my kettle is my most important teaware. I’d gladly give up all other teaware to keep it.
My kettle
I have the kettle shown as the image of this post. You can find it by searching “temperate controlled goose-neck kettle” on Amazon. It must be a generic, as it has gone by multiple manufacturer names. I have 2 of these, one at home and one at work. After a few years with them, I am still happy. It is a cheaper kettle, but it still has all of the features that I want. My only complaint is that I wish it held more water, so I didn’t have to refill as often.
- Single degree temperate control
- Easy and fast to change temperature
- Mute mode
- Hold function (holds for 2 hours)
- No plastic in contact with water
Share your water preparation method and teaware!
Could you name or link the kettle from your post?
Thank you!
This is great! I was just browsing Amazon looking for a tea kettle replacement when I took a break and I find this post.
I have this model, it’s great, especially if you like lighter teas that steep at lower temperatures, use it a lot to make water for ramen and such
Very very worth it. Faster than a stove top kettle and you have more control. I use it every day for coffee and tea and even for cooking
They are awesome.
I’ve got a 1.2L Brewista goose neck, whilst I do love the temp and other functions it’s the goose neck that makes me happy every time I’ve used it over the past few years. Less ideal when making pasta, but worth it if I can make leaves spin round in a gaiwan for a few seconds.
I do enjoy the control the gooseneck provides.
I’ve even dabbled making pour over tea with it. I have a fancy clay filter with fine holes that steeps some broken teas just right.
I have the one from Xiaomi. I don’t use it for tea but for mate. I recommend it a lot.
What do you mean with “mute mode”? Like it doesn’t make the sound when it starts to heat?
You have this one? https://www.mi.com/global/product/xiaomi-electric-kettle-2/
When muted it won’t make noise for any functions.
No, I have this other https://www.mi.com/global/product/mi-smart-kettle-pro/ It’s nice, not too fancy. I have to say that anything that allows me to hear until 70° C and keep it warm would be great to me.
Absolutely. I picked up the Fellow Corvo EKG sometime back thinking it couldn’t make that much of a difference but as a green tea lover, this makes all the difference. No more fishy teas!
I didn’t get the gooseneck just because I didn’t like how it looked but the fact that I don’t do pourover coffee makes this not a big deal.
100% agree – a friend bought me a temperature controlled kettle for my birthday last year, and it was a HUGE game changer for me.
