On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 8:18:30 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> wrote:
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> > We use an electric tea kettle too,
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> Another fool....spending extra money just to boil a cup or two of
> water. LOL.

There's a cultural aspect to this electric kettle thing. My guess is that many homes in the UK will have one of those and it's similar to how the Japanese will have automatic rice cookers. The ones that I saw in the UK was just spiffy. It used induction heating and could boil water fast because they operate at a higher wattage than American - 3000W!

The Japanese also like to have hot water on hand. They favor insulated vacuum pots rather than the ones the Brits use. These pots are probably popular because these cultures are likely to drink tea at any time of the day. Americans don't use these things because they drink coffee. They mostly make coffee in the morning or purchase coffee when they need to during the day. You think they're stupid because you're not a tea drinker.