American Reacts to Electric Kettles
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As Americans we don't know anything about kettles. We don't use them and they might as well be an piece of alien technology to me. Today I am very interested in learning about the electric kettle and its use in Britain. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Somebody send this man a damn kettle, it was like watching a remote tribe see lighter for the first time 😂😂
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RIGHT!?!?
The wonders of modern technology 😂😂
Like most Americans he has a stovetop kettle, saw it reflected in his tablespoon.
It's an act. It has to be.
The kettle is the first thing brought to a new home and the last thing to leave
When I moved into my current property I walked into the kitchen clutching my kettle to find my landlord had already put one there 😂
@@Rachel_M_ when leaving a house its good policy to leave t bags sugar coffee and milk for the next person , they will appreciate it .. long life milk .
@@peterwilliamson5953 I worked in the removal trade for 20 years. I'd estimate a good 80% of people left some refreshments for the new owners.
I only know my landlord left the kettle because there was a "welcome" card attached to it 😂
Also to give a cuppa to the removals team if you've got professionals in.
@@peterwilliamson5953 and lightbulbs and bikkies
Austrian here. We are not a "tea culture" country, but every household has an electric kettle.
Indeed i never drink tea. I use it for cooking and noodles
Sorry to disagree, from Sydney and I love tea. But yeah, love the electric kettle/jug.
It helps for cooking many dishes that need certain amount of boiling water one of my fav kitchen items 💜
Not only in Britain but also in Europe
When they said that 95% of homes had a kettle I thought that was a bit low
Agreed! I couldn't imagine any house in the UK not having a kettle.
I must own at least 2 or 3 kettles! Extra for the caravan etc. I have a OneCup too
Got to be 5% of uneducated Americans.😂😂
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We just spent £99 on a new kettle. I keep the old one nearly just incase. Also if the power goes in your house, it could be the kettle has failed guys.
Does it boil water? Mate, that's literally it's one job.
You forgot the microplastic poisoning. Mmmmm... microplastics tea...
@@Bryt25microplastic poising happens with everything 😂
Every British home has a kettle. If you find out somebody you know doesn't have a kettle, it means they need one and you buy one for them.
It could just mean they are an alcoholic🤔
@@jayathome3 British alcoholics put shots of booze in their tea. It's what makes them alcoholics. When they say "Tea time" it really means, "Time to get more shit-faced."
If they don't have a kettle, they're not British. They're probably shape-shifting aliens.
@@PhantomFilmAustraliaBrit here. Sorry, this is BS. I've known a number of heavy duty alcoholics in my time and none of them put alcohol in their tea. They missed out the tea aspect altogether and went straight to the alcohol. Where do you pick up such nonsense?
@@davidlauder-qi5zv My comment is shadow-banned from my end for some reason, so I can't even respond regarding the grievance or misinterpretation.
As an Australian, I don't know anyone who doesn't own a kettle, be it electric or stove top for gas stoves. I use it: coffee, tea, hot Milo (chocolate), instant soup, cooking spaghetti, I put 6 mm (1/4") of water on the boil and put fill the kettle and boil it and poor the boiling water into the sauce pan. The 1 litre in the kettle always boils before the 14" in the sauce pan.
In Australia I would say 99 out of 100 households use a kettle to boil their water for a cuppa.
Yes of course you are a nation of tea drinker too. 🫖🇬🇧👍
thats because like the UK you have 230v supplier, so not gunna take years to boil a kettle like in the states.
Same here in South America
@Andy_0L yeah because South America also on a decent voltage
@@Emexrulsier True, and also because we use it a lot for tea, boiling water for cooking and herbal infusions like yerba mate, which is very popular here
I don't know ANYONE who doesn't have a kettle 🤔🤣🤣🤣
I live in Australia and I also don't know of anyone who does not have a kettle. Most workplaces too .
Me neither, in any of the many countries I've been to. Except the US, of course.
@@nolajoy7759 As an Aussie I agree.
Nice to meet you, I do not own a kettle. Hugs from Romania. 😂😂
Electric kettles are used for more than making tea. Everyone needs hot water for lots of things and the speed against a stove top is non negotiable. You are definitely living in the past. We also have travel electric kettles to take on vacation which are a smaller version.
From The Netherlands here. I don't know anyone over here who doesn't own an electrical kettle. I use it every day. Tea, things like cup a soup, noodles. I could go on.
How different countries can be huh. So interesting that you guys don't have them. Great video
In the UK most homes have 2 kettles, in case one breaks 😂
I'm Canadian and I have never seen a home without an electric kettle :)
Also the thing that you put on your stove and sing when the water boil is a kettle, not a tea pot :) Tea pot are where we put the hot water in to make tea.
same in Australia
Same in Germany.
Boiling one cup of water in the microwave is a waste of electricity.
Same and i am danish
You know how the US has more guns than people?
Well the UK has more kettles than people, given the number in hotels, work, etc.
Some have an old one hanging about in case something goes wrong with the current one, I’ve heard 😅
@sanitychek I guess we'd rather have our finger round a cup handle than the trigger of a gun. Sounds good to me. In American hotels do they have a pistol instead of a kettle, in the bedside drawer next to the bible.
And not only do “some of us” have an extra kettle, as Paddington Bear would have said, for “emergencies”, “some of us” may have a travel kettle in the cupboard, that they can pack it in a suitcase (together with the teabags 😉) when travelling overseas and a working electric kettle might not be present in the room where they are staying! 😧heaven forfend!
@@weedle30 forgot the travel kettle, must be in the loft or back of a cupboard 🤔
The other item that I think is Brits might have so commonly that Americans don't have is the loo brush.
(Sweden) Everybody has one. Its not only for tea, also instant Coffee, instant Noodles, or just for heating up water quickly for use in other uses, ie cooking pasta or rice.
and hot water bottles
I'm from Finland. I'd say that most people here own an electric kettle.
But we aren't big fans of tea. We are statistically the biggest coffee drinkers in the world, but tea is not that popular.
It's just that electric kettles can be used for so much more:
-I make coffee with a french press. The fastest way to boil water for it is with an electric kettle.
-cocoa, instant coffee, any kind of hot drink that is sold as a powder? Electric kettle.
-Instant noodles? Electric kettle.
-Any kind of dehydrated soup or other food (like the stuff that Knorr makes)? Electric kettle.
-Instant oatmeal? There are several ways to make it and I prefer the microwave, but one option is to put the dry flakes in a bowl and pour boiling water on them. Electric kettle.
There are so many uses for it, I couldn't live without one.
Breaking: The only person on the planet that didn't know a kettle could boil water learns that a kettle boils water.
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I have never heard or seen anything so completely stupi.... oh wait - there was that reaction to kettles he did eight months ago. Second Stupidest award goes to "what is a roasted potato?" .
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I donˋt know a single German who doesnˋt have a kettle.
yeah, me neither! Home essentials!!! XD
I'm in my eighth decade and I can't recall ever not having a kettle. Tea, coffee, cocoa, Oxo, Ribena, soup, etc. can all be made by using an electric kettle. I was amazed at the figure of 95% as I don't know anyone without an electric kettle.
You have hot Ribena ? I'm Australian, I've never heard of that
95% would be about right, i still visit people with a whistling kittle for the cooker in fact i have got one in the cupboard but haven't used it since my last kettle broke about 5 years ago and that was only once for my morning tea, i bought a new one on the way home from work.
@@leetate5527 yeah, ribeana orange lemon well any squash
It's not just a tea culture thing either - I don't drink tea or coffee, but a kettle was still one of the first things I bought when I moved into my first flat. I can't imagine a house without one! If you don't like hot drinks then you can use it to help make ramen! Or soup in a cup! And if, like me, your hot water isn't automatic, you have to turn the water heater on to get any, you can just boil the kettle for much easier hot water to do the washing up after dinner. It's so much quicker than boiling water on a stove or a hob. And easier. Just fill it up, flick it on, and it'll click itself off once it's boiled - takes about a minute. Somebody get this man a kettle, it'll change his life.
Electric kettels are very popular not only in UK we use them all-over Europe ....
Kettles are not just a British thing. I grew up with them in South Africa, and have always had one in all the 33+ years of living in the Netherlands. An electric kettle is a very normal thing in NL and, I daresay, most of Europe. Not just to make tea (in NL (herbal) tea without milk is the norm), but also for cafetiéres, cup a soup, warming baby's bottle, anything that needs a quick bit of boiled water instead of waiting for a cooking pot with water to boil. It always feels like forever.
I would say that more than 95% of New Zealand homes have one. Yes, they boil! And are essential for making tea, coffee etc. But also I will boil water in the kettle, then add it to food on the stove (e.g. vegetables) because it's way quicker than boiling the water on the stove. Most kettles now are cordless, i.e. the base has a cord and is plugged into the wall, and you lift the kettle off the base when you use it.
We use kettles for hot beverages (tea, coffee, hot chocolate, hot malted drinks like Horlicks) and things like gravy, custard, and jelly (jello). Can't think of more things right now.
We drink hot drinks at any time of day.
Just slip across the border into Canada, and you can take advantage of this newfangled technology.
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WE do have electric kettles in the US, no one buys them, as we use our coffee makers to make hot water for tea, ramen.etc
@@marydavis5234I don’t think that coffee makers heat the water to boiling point.
@@kirsteneasdale5707 yes they do, they have a HOT water option that heat the water hotter than for the coffee.
@@marydavis5234 I've got a coffee maker and a kettle and kettles are much faster. I don't drink tea but they are just quicker and handy for boiling water. Especially if you are cooking.
The things that go on a stove and whistle is called a kettle. A tea pot does not go anywhere near a stove.
You boil water in the kettle to make tea, coffee, hot chocolate, boil the water to pour into saucepan for veggies as it cuts down on the time needed to wait for the water to boil, for cooking pasta etc.
American living in England for 3 years now. 2 things I haven't seen mentioned:
1. Not every Brit likes tea (most do, but not all). Some of them might use the kettle for instant coffee or a French press sort of thing.
2. It's customary to offer tea or coffee to anybody when they come to your home: guests, plumbers, electricians, internet person, etc. You always offer a "hot drink". Even if you don't like tea or coffee, it's good to have a kettle to offer any guests in your home.
If your cooking pasta, you can boil the water in the kettle first, pour boiling water in the saucepan, turn on the stove, bring water back to the boil within seconds and then add your pasta….it cuts your cooking time down considerably. 😄
Yup, exactly what I do, same for rice
As a Norwegian, I wholeheartedly agree. I've come across a couple of Italian grandmas who where aghast by that though :)
And for green veg.
That's what I do too.
@@CM-ey7nq tbf thats because when they grew up they were told to always start with cold water when making food because back then the pipes were all lead and the hot water tap/pipe would leach lead into the water over time
Oh God has my life really come to this on a Saturday afternoon - watching an American watching an electric kettle boil. Ah to hell with it I'll stick on the kettle.😃😄
😂Same here in Canada. Watching Tyler’s reaction at seeing water boiling in an electric kettle. In the meantime I am enjoying a cup of tea made from boiling water from my electric kettle. 😂🤪
Its paint drying next week.
Reading comments about an American watching an American boiling a kettle
I cannot imagine how you could possibly get by without a kettle. Absolutely mad. They're pretty popular across Europe, tbh.
I managed to find a kettle in Walmart. However, it took much longer to boil in the US due to the voltage (and thus available Wattage) being 110V. We always make tea with boiling water. Increasingly taps are now available with an instant boiling water option. Eg the Quooker.
Very popular in Canada too. My Mom loves her new see-through blue kettle. I don’t remember how long we’ve had kettles, for at least 35 years ( since we’ve used the stove top kettle). You’re missing out. Coffee, tea, heating water for baking, cooking anything with water (adding hot water, like instant noodles). It’s a VERY QUICK method of heating water. Once you’ve actually used an electric kettle, you’ll never want to go back.
Everyone I know ( in Canada ) has a kettle, it must be our British ancestors.
This reminds me, I need a coffee refill, time to put the kettle back on!! be back in a jiff.
Yeah, you probably did get te idea for a kettle from us Brits. Canadians need to tell your neighbours down south 😉
It's not that quick on 110-120V mains!
When I lived in 🇨🇦 I actually used a stove kettle myself.
Once and for all, a 'tea pot' specifically is not a kettle, you dont put a teapot on a stove, OR YOU MAY DIE. A tea pot is typically ceramic and where you put hot water and tea into, and dispense/pour tea from at the table into each cup as needed.
My step dad loved his tea to be really really strong, so he had a metal teapot and would put this on the electric hob, with the power turned on just so slightly that the ring would not go red. He would leave the teapot there to stew for around an hour. So, there are times when you can put a teapot on the stove
Yes, you can put a stainless steel teapot on the hob. We have done.
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He has been told this SO MANY sodding times!
@@brentwoodbay Yet you can put a teapot on the hob so there's no real problem.
Kettles are not just for tea. If you need boiling water for something ....use the kettle.
I know people who boil their eggs in a kettle !
If you are cooking pasta, boil the water in the kettle first. It will cook quicker.
Only 95% !? I would think it's much higher.
Kettles actually BOIL the water , unlike a microwave !
Tea HAS to be made with " rolling, boiling water" .
Only boil enough water that you need. No need to fill the kettle to the top.
A " tea pot " is what you actually make the tea in. The kettle only boils the water to put in the tea pot with the tea leaves/bags.
A kettle only takes 2 or 3 minutes to boil in the UK because of our higher 230 voltage.
I think the main reason electric kettles are not common in the US is because you have 110v electric. With 240v electric, the kettle at around 3000w would be 12A, so within the capacity of our outlets. On 110v that would be 27A and more than your outlets could supply!! :) :)
15:58 :
Tyler:
"Celsius - what ever that means..."
Me:
"Americans"
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He's been doing these videos for two years. He also has a Norway and a Canada channel. He knows what Celsius is, he's just too lazy to learn the conversion.
@@damonx6109 don't be decieved by his acting...... he's intelligent he's just playing a role to make views trust me he knows all about this , this average american is his way to thousands of views the more mockery he gets the better for his channel, he won't respond to comments to keep up the charade
I have been suspicious about this character for so long. He is laughing at us and making money at the same time. Don't believe a word he says
Most hotels and b&bs will have a kettle in your room. There's usually a supply of t bags and instant coffee provided as well.
Always bring your own kettle! NEVER uxe the one in a hotel room!
There is also a peak in electricity when people open their fridge at the same time in the interval of soccer games
I'm in Canada and I have one too, it is so useful. Mine got different setting for different tea, but I use it also when I cook and need to have boiling water fast. So many people I know here also have electric kettle. So weird that this is so foreign for Americans.
*NOT JUST TEA* Tyler!!
Boiling a kettle (usually from one cupful to six or eight cupfuls, you choose how much water to heat according to your need) the boiled water can be used to make tea in a cup (or s teapot) or coffee, or to pour over spaghetti / pasta, or any other hot drink, like Bovril / Marmite, Cuppa Soups, (instant soups) Noodles, hot chocolate etc. *NOT JUST TEA*
And kettles which whistle on the stove are _NOT_ called "tea kettles", they're just called 'kettles' ...the stoves / hobs being either gas-powered, or using electric rings, or induction plates. We can buy an electric kettle for as little as £5 from any supermarket... Naturally, expensive kettles are also available!!
Electric kettles don't (usually, but apparently some do, or so I've learned from a comment on this thread) _whistle_ ...but they do prevent burned-out kettles because they switch themselves off once they've reached boiling point, which usually takes about 1 minute. (Our electric is between 220v - 240v.
I _think_ American electric is only between 110v - 120v?).
Yes... I have two electric kettles in Thailand, and I don't even drink tea.
I don't drink tea - but yeah of course I boil my kettle to fill my cafetiere. I don't know anybody in the UK who doesn't have a kettle. Tea drinking is certainly not universal. My kettle has a temperature control so for coffee I set it to 80oC.
You're shouting into the void at this point.. i.e. the void between his ears! He now claims to not know what Celsius is also 😵🤬
Yeah i don't drink tea, drink coffee though. I've been up 3 hours and used the kettle 3 times, 2 cups of coffee and to have boiling water to wash up dishes. Will use again later for cooking dinner plus many cups of coffee I'm sure. Any time hot water is needed the kettle is used.
Tyler doesn't read the comments - ever. You're wasting your time, I'm afraid.
I had a friend in the army and he said during Desert Storm, the US Troops could always be found huddled around the UKs Challenger 2 Tanks because it was the only place the US troops could always get hot water to make coffee and heat ration packs. The UK have boiling vessels (kettles) built into their Main Battle Tanks for cooking and making tea.
see it's always the little things that matter at times like that
@@MsKaz1000We added kettles to our tanks after WW2 after some MOD analysis showed how often British tank crews got killed whilst outside their tanks brewing tea.
Every house in Australia has the electric kettle which switches off when the water is boiled. We use the hot water for Tea, Coffee sometimes to put on wheetbix breakfase cereal.
I'd love to see Tyler react to English football chants.That would blow his "I didn't know that" mind.
Whilst living overseas I met lots of Americans. One lady who invited a few of us to her house was asking me about making tea for us Brits. She had no kettle so I offered to take mine along to help. Microwave is a big no, no. So after the event I got home and realised I had left the kettle behind. 😫 I called her to say I would be right back to collect it. She was gobsmacked that it was so important and used daily. She also learned what a fortnight was and what Fanny means in the UK. I am sure she retells this education to the amusement of her fellow Americans. 😄
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Hopefully the average American has an attention span greater than yours you keep repeating the same things over and over .
The correct usage of the word fanny is especially important
@@CollectiveWest1 They have a DA in Georgia called Fani who is in the news at the moment funny to hear them insulting her using their meaning.
Kettle usually takes about 1 minute depending how much waters put in.
Two cups worth of water in around a minute or so is pretty standard I'd agree.
Take about a week on their electric.
@@vallejomach6721 True. I took a travel kettle to the US and just three cupfulls took about 5 minutes to boil.
Well depends on the voltage USA is only 110v so it takes for ever to boil. Also water never has S in this context.
Honestly i couldn't imagine anyone in Europe not having electric ketle :d 12:50 - it depends on amount of water, but in general it takes about 1 minute
We have had them for as long as I can remember here in Norway, I'm 52. And I don't drink tea. :) But for instant coffee, instant nudels...and instant soup. I have three, used one like 10 min ago actually.
Every home has at least one electric kettle and possibly an older one as a stand by.
Yeah the old one that probably needs a good descale, especially down here in the south
I always have a spare electric kettle in the house, just in case ! I drink coffee sometimes, rarely tea. But my kettle gets used lots to boil water for cooking pasta, rice, making soups, boiled eggs etc ...
It's a survival thing, two is one, one is none 👍
Yep of course we have to have back up. Tea doesn’t taste the same if the water is boiled in a pan.😂
You can use a kettle to make tea, but you don't need to be a tea person to own a kettle. It's just a default UK kitchen gadget. Like a toaster, or can opener. If I had to fill a kitchen I'd pick up a kettle before I'd pick up a microwave just because it's more useful.
Not many Americans have toasters either
Agree. I NEVER drink tea - horrid stuff, IMO - but boiling water is an essential part of a kitchen. When I moved into my current flat, the first things I unpacked from my old home's kitchen were my kettle and my toaster.
Just coincidently, I'm here in the UK, watching you, while having a cup of tea. I had no idea that you'd be talking about tea and kettles. I didn't look at the videos title, just like to see your reaction to things we Brits take for granted.
As a brit I'm not a heavy tea or hot beverage drinker, but I still have a kettle and it does get used very often.
'We heat our water on the stove'.
Just like we did 300 years ago.
they have a right to bare arms ...... just like we did 300 years ago ..... why has one country gone so modern and the other has stayed medieval? suprised they dont use the guillitine over there
@@paulmilner8452 everyone has a right to have bare arms.
@@sambest8011 Unless they have offensive tattoos.
@@CollectiveWest1 i`m sorry.. no idea.. ??
teasmade..tattoos ??
Only 95% I would have thought it would be minimum 99.99% of brits that own a kettle.
My neighbour invited my wife for a cup of tea one day, and my wife was shocked, SHOCKED that our neighbour was boiling the water in a pan on the hob. She found it very odd and was the first thing she said when she got home. "What the hell? They didn't own a kettle!". I'm originally from Sweden so didn't find it jaw droppingly odd per se, but I have been indoctrinated into the British and Irish way: must have kettle above any other kitchen appliance. And unlike those from my home country, I shun coffee and am now very much a tea drinker and completely understand the obsession of a good brew.
I don’t think I’ve ever been in a house that doesn’t have a kettle. It’s not just about tea (though it is a lot) but just for hot water. I actually have a boiler tap now so the kettle is packed away but I wouldn’t be able to get rid completely.
We only heat water in pans on a gas stove when there’s a power cut…
If you have gas!!!
@@helenag.9386 dosen't everyone have a primus stove in the shed just in case?
@@helenag.9386 camper stove for emergencies...
Or when camping
I'm from Australia, and probably about 99% of households have an electric kettle, even people like me who don't drink tea or coffee have them.
If i thought Tyler was a real person, I'd worry for him. But, obviously, this is a quite amusing parody account
Hi I live in the Uk... I'm 55 and had a kettle all my life. It take just 3mins to boil a whole kettle of water. We use it to boil water for tea & coffee. Also to boil water to cook vegetables faster on the hob. As a child we would also boil water in the kettle to fill up a bowl for washing in .
One thing she didn't mention was the difference in voltage between the US & the UK.
In America, the standard is around 120V. In the UK it's 230V, so Electric Kettles boil much quicker. It only takes 3 mins to get boiling water over here, it would probably take at least double that in the states.
that is not true, we have two different outlet types in the US, one is 110V and one is 240V
Also, the uk usually have a 30 amp ring main so is capable of the 3 kW load of most kettles
As I understand it the USA has split phase supply - 120/240 v but the 240 is reserved for washers, dryers, electric ovens, etc. and not for normal house sockets.
See this post
Why don't Americans use electric kettles?
by Technology Connections [an American guy]
ua-cam.com/video/_yMMTVVJI4c/v-deo.html
When you add into that the the distances that electricity has to travel in the USA, it would be pretty inefficient for US households to have electric kettles.
I just used mine to make my morning coffee. I am Canadian. We use them here all the time too.
One of the first items I bought for my son's when they moved out of the house, here in Canada! They aren't just for tea! I put boiling water into my coffee pot because it doesn't get my coffee very hot on its own.
I knew a guy who worked at a power station, who told me about how once there was maintenance going on that meant that a large urban area was cut off from the main grid and had to be powered by one single power station. The Wimbledon tennis championship was also on that week, so they had to set up two TV screens to monitor when the big games were ending, so they'd know when to make the necessary adjustments to the equipment. (Long before computerisation.)
Tyler Rumpole - The kettles have a wired base where you see the on/off lever. The water container with heater just lifts off to disconnect, and the leds in the glass ones indicate temperature.
I was working in a house in 1995 in UK. The couple and their 8-9 yr old daughter only drank fruit juice or water. I had never seen a house without a kettle in my life and still have not apart from this one time! I'm 60 in may!!😅😅😅
I don’t drink tea or coffee, and mostly drink fruit juice and water (and wine). But I use our kettle all the time.
Hope you've recovered from the shock now...
Yes i would say more like 100% of british households have an electric kettle never seen anyone without one
We had a electric kettle for years, but we don’t have anymore. I fitted my kitchen with an boiling water tap. Love it. A cup of tea in seconds.
We as a household don't even drink tea and we always had a kettle and it is used daily. Making coffiee or having access to boiling water for cleaning or filling a pot to cook pasta etc (it's quicker than pre heating on the cooker (stovetop). A kettle is the item that boils water, whether on the stove or in an electric kettle. A teapot is what you pour your boiled water into, together with the tea bags or leaves to let it stew and become tea. Btw, we bought an electric kettle in target near Akron OH when we lived in the area. There wasnt a lot of choice though!
I wouldn't say kettles are "popular" in Britain, I'd say that they are "Standard electrical items". You wouldn't describe your cooker or your TV, or even hot running water as "Popular".
We, (and presumably the rest of Europe), have had kettles for God knows how long. I'm 59 and can't remember a time when we didn't have one. We had them millions of years before we had microwave ovens, or even personal computers. We even had electric kettles before UA-cam!
I'm 61 there have always been electric kettles or jugs
British tanks have a dedicated tea making station inside - tea is that important
They originally didn't, but so many soldiers improvised it that they had to be installed to prevent accidents
@@MrGBH In WW2, they had to get out of the tank and start a fire to brew up - which made them vulnerable.
It's called a BV (boiling vessel) and they're not just in tanks. They heat water - so are used to heat food as well as water for drinks, shaving, etc.
You got all that engine heat, why let it go to waste
If the B.V. in a British armoured vehicle isn't working then the entire thing is classed as out of service...
I'm a strange English person & even I have a Kettle. They are BASIC. Not having a kettle would be like not having a pen. Yes we all drink tea. But I don't have a tv, so no ad breaks in corrie contributing to the very real power surges at important moments.
The reason you don't have them is because your electricity is lower so it would take all day. Our kettles boil in seconds - that x 20 million times in the evening in noticeable in a small country x
The Netherlands here ☝🏼
Electric kettle’s we got them.
I think we also hit the 95% of the households owning a electric kettle too.
I’m a oldie. Born in the early 70’s. I grew up with the e- kettle.
But like you said in your reaction.
It’s probably you guys in the USA, hardly drink tea.
Dutchies also like tea. And a lot 🫖
The first thing I bought for my undergraduate dorm room in Louisville, KY, back in 1993 (in order to make tea, coffee or simple ramen or hot chocolate) was an electric kettle (I think from Walmart or Target). They have always existed in the U.S. as well! The fact that you think they don‘t only means you never were aware of them. Despite owning a coffee machine (now even a fancy one making cappuccino and caffelatte etc.), I would never dream of dispensing with my trusted water kettle. I even recently upgraded to get a fancy one from KitchenAid (yes, an American company!), in order to quickly boil noodle water, add boiling water to a soup or stew etc. before putting it on the pot on the stove (I am only now getting an induction stove and my ceran cookstove took rather long to bring water to a boil). Eletric cooktops also took longer as they first heat the cookware before heating the insides of the cookware (induction is different, more like a gas cook top)…. I hereby challenge you to go to Costco, Walmart, an electronics store or Target and ask the staff for an electric kettle and I am sure, they will have them. Amazon certainly sells them in the U.S. as well! My KA electric kettle will bring a quarter gallon of water from the faucet to a boil in about three minutes, smaller amounts (like for a single cup of tea) it takes less than a minute and since you only use it for water, there is nothing to clean (apart from possible staining from hard water once in a while)….
glad you have them it is so short-sighted just to dismiss them as for making only tea
THANK YOU!!! This was exactly what I was thinking. Anyone who thinks these didn't exist in the US just didn't bother paying attention to what we actually have here.
As for kettles, I've never experienced an electric one; I have what I guess people would call the original kettle 🤣It never really occurred to me to get an electric one, but kettles are extremely versatile, so I don't see why kettles, whether original or electric ones would be a mystery.
@@ChrystyneM Well, as said, electric ones heat up water faster than an electric cooktop which first has to heat the cookware. And, of course you can take it to boil or heat up water anywhere where there‘s a socket. So, they can also come in handy in a craft room or upstairs or downstairs family room, in a garage or wherever you might have a need for hot water or may want to enjoy tea further away from the kitchen….
@@Attirbful Ahh. Valid point. Only thing I'd be scared of from it, honestly, would be if that thing short circuits, but that can be said for any appliance. I think I might have to look into that since in the end, I'm the only one in my house that actually uses it. No one else here uses it.
Also, in every home in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, we have kettles. Although Australia is known for its best coffee, we are also have a big tea culture. I believe it is due to the fact that these countries run on 220 watts. Therefore, our kettles boil quickly. The USA runs on 110 watts.
Just a wee correction if I may, it's 220-240 Volts and Not Watts. Most electric Kettles are 1500 Watts.
Volts, not watts.
What always makes me laugh is that in the UK, we consider some brands as proper British tea. There's also proper Italian coffee.
Neither grow is either country 😂.
It was a happy day in my life when an Australian opened a coffee shop near my work.
So 240Volts x 13Amps = 3120Watts. Kettles in the UK go up to 3kW.
A quick boil kettle can boil in under a minute.
Tea , coffee, hot Chocolate, pot noodles and a whole host of other things can be done by boiling water quickly in a kettle .
Boils enough water for 2 mugs in less than 1 minute - didn’t realise how magical it was ( for the last 40 years of my life)until I watched this - shocking to see the amazement of someone from a country so technically advanced in military terms that it can decimate entire countries quicker than boil water🤔
Here we go again ...... Tyler has no idea what a teapot is !
Electric kettles are also used in most of Europe to make coffee. I'm British living in Spain and only drink coffee so boil the water in an electric kettle to make it. It's seems to be the Americans who are unusual.
American DO NOT drink INSTANT COFFEE, we have coffee makers for real coffee.
@@marydavis5234 I don't drink instant coffee either; I use boiled water from the kettle to fill my cafetière. I do have a coffee maker but I can't be arsed to wash up all the bits when it's just me in the house.
@@marydavis5234 so do alot of brits interestingly enough britain was a coffee loving nation in the 1700s before the indian invasions and the discovery of tea , but you are right instant coffee is dreadful its only ggood for on the go and a quick cafeeine fix but i tend to stick to real beans coffee despite it being far more expensive.... but a far better experience alot of brits are lost to the concept of what coffee is we've been brainwashed into thinking instant coffee is real coffee unless you've experienced it like me and others instant coffee will always be massive selling int he uk sadly
I think in Europe the electric kettles are quite normal in a normal household, either you want a cup of coffee or tea.
Yes, you can choose of 100 C° or the less your a temperature in modern kettles.
Celsius ? That should even an American know, that in Europe what Celsius means.
Typical house sockets in the USA only have 1500 watts. This means that you can still boil water faster with electric kettles than kettles on the stove, but the advantage of electric kettles over kettles on the stove is not as great that an electric kettle is worthwhile. While in many other countries around the world the advantage of electric kettles (e.g. with 3000 watts) over kettles on stoves is so great that the purchase of electric kettles is worthwhile. In the USA, connections with more than 1500 watts are usually only available for stoves, washing machines and dryers.
It's not just UK. Most homes in Canada also have a kettle. Tea, instant coffee, hot chocolate etc or any hot drink can be made we it and we also you when hot water is needed for other things too. Boiling in a kettle is much faster than a pot on the stove and if you get the electric ones with the automatic shut off you don't have to watch it. It is not just for tea though. Anything you need hot water in 2 to 3 minutes. You can even use foor cleaning
I've never seen someone look soo surprised at water boiling in a kettle.😂
I've never been into a UK kitchen and not seen a kettle.
Tyler, you need a kettle, I hardly ever drink tea but I have coffee 3 to 6 times a day and mine takes a minute or so to boil.
The only home I know without a Kettle in the UK is my Friend from Kansas ... she lasted about 3 years before we made her get one ... tea over at her's sucked!
in fairness most americans have a coffee maker and its instantly warm, the bizarreness of america though is they boil water in a microwave i mean wtf !!
Americans make drip / percolated coffee using a drip machines and filter papers so electric kettles wouldn’t be useful. Espresso machines/ pod machines are taking off there too. In Australia most of us have espresso machines these days, either pod machines or for ground coffee. Instant coffee is horrible and not so popular. As such I don’t use my kettle as much these days !
@@Dr_KAP yeah I got a percolator when they were big but I found them a faff and I don't really care about the taste, it was more for my wife
@@Michael-yq2ut oh we don’t touch that percolated stuff in Australia either lol. Most of us have pod espresso or grind espresso machines at home. Instant coffee was big in the 80s-90s though.
Everyone has a kettle... Tea is life and life is tea 😂
Gotta have a kettle! Most Brits have multiple hot drinks per day. It’s a lovely sociable thing too - if anyone comes to visit you make them a cuppa…someone has bad news you make a cuppa…someone has good news, you chat about it with a cuppa 😄
We also use the kettle for other things too. It's used for hot water for cooking, hot water bottles and other hot drinks.
Canada uses kettles, many, many choices in stores. Kettles are not just for tea.
I’ve got a travelling kettle that goes with me on holiday every year. I also take Tetley tea bags with me when I go abroad
I am Australian. We got our first electric jug over sixty years ago. Jugs don't seem to be as popular now as they were. Now electric kettles are for more common. The current unit has a sight gauge so you can see the water level. Elements were originally wound on a porcelain frame so it was accesible. Now the element is in a metal tube and fully insulated. It is nearly time the US moved into the second half of the twentieth century.
Just to blow your mind with an unmentioned technical detail - the kettle itself generally doesn't have an electric cable attached. They're "cordless". There's a thin base unit that stays on the counter which is plugged in - and the kettle has contacts underneath and a kinda docking arrangement which lines it up and makes contact when you put it onto the base.
the first ones used to have cords you pushed in and took out but for a long time now cordless ones have replaced them and are so much better and like that Redditor said you can have up to 4 heat settings and it beeps when it switches off I have one that does that
Electric kettles have been around a long time, much longer than say digital watches. For me this is very much like listening to someone being amazed about digital watches.
I agree, they also haven't mentioned offices and other workspaces.
I'd say getting excited about the wheel. Tyler really is a dope.
@@Lily_The_Pink972 I'm surprised he ever discovered UA-cam. Perhaps he isn't as dumb as he makes out. Maybe he deserves and Oscar for great acting.
You wondered how quick they are?Some have a 3 KW heating element and can boil enough for a cuppa in 50 seconds. We even keep a spare. Whenever a kitchen gets remodelled, most folk typically change the kettle (and toaster of course) to match the style or colour of their new surroundings. We then store the old kettle in the new kettle’s box (can’t imagine how we would cope if it suddenly stopped working). Then take it up to the loft (attic) for a decade until you come across it when saving the next one.
The Kettle is very popular in Canada which we use for Tea, Instant Coffee, Soups, Mr. Noodles, Japanese Noodle bowls.
In Newfoundland, Canada, we all have kettles too. I can't believe Americans don't have them. That's wild! I can't speak for the rest of Canada although living here in Toronto, I do see a lot in friend's houses here too...
They're all over Canada. I don't know anyone without one.
I'm in Vancouver and we all have kettles.
it's bizarre how origins of a new nation are different, sure in USA it was irisha nd british origins to begin with and i believe canada was French? then brits ? ........... how can 2 nations be so different from the origins hahaha and also in the Education system too
Electric kettle is not popular, but a normal kitchen appliance. I do not drink tea, as I'm a coffee drinker. We also use the kettle to heat water for cooking, hot water bottle etc. The kettle on the cooker/stove that whistles is still a kettle. The teapot does not heat up, you put tea leaves or tea bags and then the hot water is called a teapot
I am in Estonia, a coffee drinking country, and I do not know anyone without an electric kettle. :)
It is just not for making tea, herbal teas, flu drinks but over here people mostly make coffee with it (with the in-cup purpose ground beans or the ground coffee used in the French pressure/strainer stamp pots; these are ground differently). One does not need a fancy machine (not meaning a drip machine or capsule machines: we have them but they are not that popular) to make a decent cup of coffee. More advanced kettles have precise temperature settings (e.g. coffee needs water to be a bit below the boiling point, so with a cheaper kettle you'll have to wait a bit for it cooling to the needed level). These electric kettles are also handy for getting boiling water for instant noodles, soup mixtures etc and also in cooking (you need to add hot water during the cooking process). It is fast (from seconds to max 2 minutes depending how much cold fresh water you put in the kettle), saves so much on electricity costs as electric stoves hog a lot of energy and even on a gas range top it takes longer to get water to boil, and microwave boiled water is weird (it reacts oddly and the taste is altered).
The power surge thing is true, coinciding with commercial breaks. It is an essential part of the kitchen, it really surprises me that you don't have them. You need properly boiling water for tea, but this is by no means their only use. I should think almost every household and workplace has one, even those without a kitchen. Of course we don't boil more than we need, its much quicker not to do so. I drink coffee mostly and the kettle has normally boiled before I've sorted out the pre ground beans. Boiling a mugful takes well under a minute, much quicker than a microwave.
It shouldn't be underestimated how many of us Brits are coffee drinkers.
A heck of a lot of us drink both tea and coffee. However, coffee tends to be once a day whilst tea can be anything up to 10 times per day in some homes. And please don't confuse a tea pot with a kettle. Also, you NEVER put a tea pot on the stove!!! I am shocked that you were surprised that kettles BOIL water. OMG, don't you BOIL the water for your coffee? Eyuch!, if you don't.
Im waiting for my passport to be taken away because i dont drink tea. Iv not had a tea in 30 years, coffee is my friend but when i hospital or a train i drink hot choclate there coffee is horrible.
And how many weirdos don’t like either 😅
Honestly ever since I got hooked on brewing fresh coffee at home I've never really looked back at tea unless I'm sick and just want that soothing taste of a nice strong cuppa tea
Yep!!! I'm a Brit and I HATE tea 🤢........ I prefer coffee 😁👍
When Brits move the kettle goes first
True lol. it's last item out of the old house, first item into the new house. And nothing is happening before a brew 😂
First thing in.. last thing out. 😁
It comes in the car with me not the van with the furniture😄👍🇬🇧
95% I think it could be more. I have 3, only one in use and two spare.
In my son's house they have a rarely used kettle, his partner is Portuguese and they drink espresso coffee so have various coffee machines.
It is so easy to boil water in a kettle it's quicker and safer.
The kettle. It is just a jug that boils water. It is mostly used to make hot drinks such as tea, instant/filter coffee or hot chocolate, which is why you’ll find one in nearly all UK hotels. Thanks to the fact pretty much everyone owns a kettle, manufacturers also offer all sorts of convenience foods that just need added boiling water, including soup, desserts and flavoured ‘instant’ noodles, pasta and rice. While most people have an electric kettle, there are a few who choose a non-electric type that needs to be heated on their hob. While perhaps more stylish, these stove-top kettles are less popular because they take much longer boil the water, they are less energy efficient and it’s easy to forget to switch them off British electric kettles switch off automatically when they reach boiling point.
Another item the 'Toaster'
I have stayed at hotels and airbnbs in the US quite a few times and have vague memories of using kettles there. I do not remember any time needing to boil water in a saucepan on a stove, or in a microwave. Maybe I just went without.
As a guy from Czech Republic who likes coffee, I must say I want one now. Good thing we have the electric kettles here :)
I boil water in a kettle to make coffee with ground beans, in my cafetiere (Frech Press). It's usually quicker, stronger and initially hotter than a filter machine too due to the water temperature.