On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 12:00:33 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
> > On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 8:18:30 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We use an electric tea kettle too,
> > >
> > > 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.
>
> Don and I drink tea at home. Regular kettle though on the stove works
> for us.

I always would see my granny with those vacuum bottles thingies. They're called "air pots." It seemed to be quite a cumbersome thing when I was a little boy. Obviously, it was an artifact of a culture that valued hot water.