Gamechanger! Reviewing the VEKTRA kettle for Tea
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- We are forever on the search for the perfect Gong Fu Tea kettle and this Vektra has a feature which we LOVE. It is the World's first thermally insulated kettle which is a gamechanger for tea lovers and makes it a more environmentally friendly choice for saving energy.
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Hoping for Don to release the perfect kettle made and designed for teaheads
"The kettle is very quiet. My mic is very close... Listen..."
- the return of meileaf ASMR!!
Well, now I am excited about Dons addition to the kettle world.
Currently using a cheapish temperature control kettle and then transferring the hot water into a thermos. Works fine and is a huge step up from constantly reheating the kettle to the desired temperature, but of course, it's not perfect. You always have to think about the state of the thermos, it is already preheated, so does the temperature drop etc.
I am waiting for the one kettle to rule them all.
that's indeed what I do. I already had a good insulated thermos that performed well, and it does keep my water up to temperature throughout a short daily session. (I boil it 5 degrees higher then I need and after pouring it over, it has the right temperature). only for those darker teas that can use close to boiling water, i have a problem. even preheated the temperature falls to 95 degrees quickly, just because of the pouring over into the thermos.
I kind of owe you two a lot. I have not had tryed tea The Tea without your videos. No text gives as much so important information as has your example.
Thank you!
Same! So glad I found them on here to pass on their passion!
The wattage range should be about different grid voltage across different countries. The kettle probably works between like 220V and 250V
Love my 1.6L bonavita. Does heat a little slow initially but you get used to it. If it was thermally insulated, it would be unreal
Thanks for keeping it real and giving up the positives and negatives fairly
Wishlist updated
1) Mei Leaf Tea of the Month Club
2) Don designed electric kettle
I'm super curious about the patented part, I wonder if there is a way to design around it~ putting our teaheads together so to speak 😂
Awesome review. Thanks! With all the issues, why not use a different (non insulated) kettle and just transfer boiled water to a good thermos to keep by your side? Saves you from getting up and going to reboil. 🤓
That was really interesting! Personally I find the water pour very disturbing and the large 10 deg increment a little less (5deg would have been fine)! I just wonder whether, with them being a UK company, they might listen to the review and maybe get back to you with additional info that you could pass on to us.
I'm still holding out for that perfect gong fu kettle. Nothing seems to get it all.
I'm still waiting for that perfect kettle to be invented but for now instead of looking to the future, I'm looking towards the past.
I think someone figured out that a simple heavy iron pot which in itself holds heat, heated on gas or electric plate of choice may have been the best.
I'd like to have one...
Hopefully he makes one for us!
Great way to start the day!
I have the Stagg and so far outside of the slow pour/leak issue I've been totally satisfied. I mean, from a materials standpoint the Vektra is super cool but I think they could better refine the design, and of course make it available to American tea drinkers such as myself.
Also, FLOWER CRANE. FLOWER CRANEEEEEEE. Ordered a cake immediately. Its been a long time coming, now time to save up for the spring green tea splurge.
excellent video, i believe the fellow corvo may be more suited to tea brewing than the stagg (You can actually just buy the corvo replacement kettle on the fellow website using the same ekg base you have)
Thank you. Great review.
The colour palette in this video is delightful! Between the dimly lit grey wall in the back and the symmetrically framed bue couch on the cooler end, and, on the warmer end, the skin tone and tray beige hilighted by the maroon cake wrapper, this is pretty nice! Good choice for the shirt color as well! The ligher shirt (not a Farah?!) in a neutral color allows the face to pop up against that palette (and the lighter accent brought by the teware in the bottom right is pleaseant too). A less contrasting shirt colour wouldn't have worked as nicely (like an orange or a medium grey), but this level of contrast with the face and the couch/background is great. I don't know if there is thought and planning that went into this or not, but if there was then it is not unnoticed. If this was a total accident, then please continue to enjoy the effortless aesthetic :)
Many thanks, I am sort of working on grading in the rush between filming and releasing (I usually shoot and edit on Friday and upload on Friday night so not much time to dedicate to colour grading). The results are part accidental and part intentional which pretty much sums up most of our business approach 😂
@@MeiLeaf hey, it if works... 🤷♂️😅
Great video love your content don!
I'm a big fan of the Bonavita kettle, I'm on my second one at this point. I never worried about the sound of the kettle being on during my session, does it disturb the serenity of my session? Thank you Don, you've added a criteria that I appreciate, but beside the cord length, there is only one feature I need and I've taken it up with the Bonavita people is I would like the ability to change the presets. Regarding heating the water and letting it be, no! What is the point of going to the trouble of taking tasting notes if you are sloppy with the temperature of the infusions? So no as a Teahead, I must have the ability to know the exact temperature is the one I set. But this review was amazing, so much was considered and it was packed! Some day we may have everything but we have to pick our battles at this moment.
Very good review with the energy prices going thought the roof im look for a energy efficiency kettle
im on amazon looking have notice they are cheaper kettles made by Vektra and all are Vacuum Insulated 👌
Great review. You should try and review the bonavita cosmopolitan glass kettle. It has a good capacity I believe 1.2 l and I'd like to see the difference glass makes to stainless steel.
I have this kettle and I'm a big fan.
For better control over pouring what I do is tilt the kettle at a sharp angle, supporting the weight with my other hand, and then press/release the button with my thumb while in the tilted position. It makes the pour a lot more predictable.
After I bought this kettle I also learned there is a kettle called RediKettle, which is near identical to this one but has very slightly different features, including an indicator for how many cups worth of water is left inside. I wonder how it compares to this one?
Hubimex also seem to have one identical to the Vektra.
This is a compliment to you! Or a critic, of ME…but I still watched all of this, despite being in Australia 🇦🇺 and knowing that I probably can’t even buy this, and 2. I don’t have a lot of play money to buy more gizmos…but it was an informative review
For everyone drinking right now: How many times did you have to reboil water while watching?
Using a thermos :p
I use a thermos. Ain’t no one got time to reboil all the time.
@@TheClyde1993 ditto
dito with the thermos :) . but if I had chosen a tea that is good with boiling hot water... then I'd had to reboil for every steeping.... sigh...
In my opinion it is a lot for kettle. Here in the Czech Republic there are temperature controll kettles with all stainless steel inside for 32 GBP with very positive customer reviews.
The best tea kettles are the traditional ones, like the japanese bofura kettle, Chao Zhou Sha Diao, tetsubins, silver ginbin kettles, taiwanese clay kettles, all of these can be used either on an infrared burner like I do, or on a traditional charcoal stove, I have used many kettles in the past and they do make a diffrence, you can taste it side by side, these electric kettles are convenient, I use a glass electric induction kettle when I am in a hurry, I use it for tisanes, medicinal herbal teas, or when I am drinking tea grandpa style, but when I have a proper tea session I use a bofura for japanese teas and a sha diao for oolongs, and I have a tetsubin for heavier aged teas.
If the kettles temperature settings were in 5c increments I might buy it but in increments of 10c it is a big fat nope from me.
I’m a bit picky when it comes to brewing each steep of puerh with boiling water so this wouldn’t meet my needs. However, if I predominantly drank tea that didn’t require boiling water this would be fantastic. Also, I’d prefer a gooseneck version for the pour, perhaps they can release one in the future. Thanks for the review.
Cheaper falling a flash with hot water with tea or coffee for the day & no need to re boil
Made in the UK and available only in the EU. So not in the UK? 😉
cheeky but true - I keep forgetting
@@MeiLeaf
It will be even worse after June. Did you consider shipping from China?
Just switch e.u for europe
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Of course. Checked first if Amazon has it. 😉
I actually just bougtht the VEKTRA, the pour with low water is pretty awful tbh ahha. But it's cool.
I have the 2nd version of the Brewista which I like. Some of the controls are a tad fiddly but otherwise it works very well.
The brewista 1.2 liter version (though ideally a 1.5 version would be nice) just with the stagg EKG base would be perfect for both my coffee and tea needs
Hi Mei Leaf - Is this a good present for a serious gong fu fan in 2022? Or do you have a better recommendation? This seems like such a great concept.
I would go for the brewista instead because the pour in this kettle is not good for Gong Fu. All the other features are great but that pour is annoying.
I'm using a glass kettle with 4 temp settings, a keep warm setting and a dumping basket. Works amazing. And I don't need to clean many things lol.
A true master needs none of these things.
A true master intuitively knows to bring down the temperature with a fairness cup or two.
A true master knows to brew simply with no fancy devices.
Perhaps such is the elegance of tea
@@reubenk1615 You can't talk about true masters if you don't have a property in China where you grow your camellia sinensis.
@@KraljHD we are masters of our tea sessions aren't we? The masters of our craft and kings of our castle? Are you waiting for someone to give you permission?
@@reubenk1615 You were talking about being "true masters" when some people just want to enjoy tea.
You don't need to know everything by hand and it certainly doesn't make the tea taste better.
@@KraljHD my point is that you dont need fancy expensive gadgets to make good tea. The presses becomes intuitive is my point.
Hmmm. Around 13 minutes you say that you would prefer a higher speed in boiling the water, but don't you think that when this kettle only provides temperature control in the rate of 10 degrees, that you would like to have more time to stop the kettle if you wish for a temperature in between? I'm just thinking out loudly though. I guess with the lid open the water would cool down rapidly enough to achieve that desired purpose. Only a small waste of energy all things considered, but makes you think...
Whats the reynolds number of the flow of the pour? >:)
Hi don, can you please review tefal Smart N light kettle.
Great video! With regard to the problems with pouring, have you tried pouring the water without the lid, and then popping the lid back on to keep it warm?
An idea I was thinking as I watched this for a way around the plastic lid and bad pour. I wonder if it would still be effective if you were to insulate all but the tip of a gooseneck. That way only a few ml of water would be exposed so you get the better pour of a gooseneck with most of the benefits of insulation.
Great review have you the link to get one
The kettle pour can be easily solved by pouring it in the gong dao bei
At the cost of reduced water temp
@@reubenk1615 not really if it’s preheated
The best choice for me is the brewrider ;-) Not perfect, but very good. a kettle with goose neck can pour it better, but often you can burn you. Isolated pots has often the same problem like this kettle, that it´s hard to control.
Does anyone know about a kettle where you can put it back and it still keeps the same temperature you originally requested? So essentially you can set temperature once for the whole session.
Did you ever find a good tea kettle? I'm desperately looking
I have the stagg knock off by miroco. Does exactly that I’m real happy with it not even thinking about another kettle unless it’s a clay set up
Still waiting on Don's perfect tea kettle before I spend money on an upgrade from my current caveman model.
Upgrade to Iron age kettle.
I feel we won't survive to see such marvelous space age kettle technology in our lifetimes.
Self sufficient nuclear battery, unimagined precision, light as a feather, small, pours water teleported from location of choice.
Oh... what a glorious day!
@@reubenk1615 hahaha! Well now I want THAT kettle.
Thermopot gang.
How do you fill it... ? does the lid pop off ..is it a screw lid ????
Fellow corvo avaliable in Poland fyi 230v model €180 ish i got mine for
Why can't I find a tea kettle without the word plastic in it's construction!!
You can make parts out of ceramics like aluminium oxide instead of polymers. it is way more expensive, harder to process.
You wouldn't make the whole plastic part out of ceramics but you can propably make the seal out of it and make most of the parts touching the water out of metal and glas.
Thinking about it i really understand why they just chose PE.
What about silicone for seals?
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I don't care too much about the plastic top or large temperature steps. But I will just continue to pour boiled water into oldschool double wall vacuum glass core thermos bottle with nice spout. And bring the bottle instead of kettle to the table with tea. You don't need one appliance to do everything.
Maybe thermos bottle with small 20-50w regulated heating element to make the temp stable for unlimited time?
I got CASO tea gourmet pro and I'm happy with it
We have one ,My wife hates it , its heavy and steam comes out handle sometimes and scalds us , pouring is slower than a snail, we are disappointed For £120
Appears strikingly similar but with Fahrenheit controls, no runway.
Marketed under the Viante name.Has some bad reviews for safety issues. Also, not for boiling at altitude. Can't figure out boiling temp. Caveat. May be a knock off as the Viante USA site at www.vianteusa.com/ does not seem to have it. Sad.
FYI: found on Amazon in USA:
www.amazon.com/Viant%C3%A9-KET-200-Viante-Digital-Kettle/dp/B082QWQZ9K
timestamp 30:00 - yes and with every reheating of the boiled water you loose more life and energy out of the water. In Germany thermally insulated coffee urns have existed for some time. Make the coffee pour it into the thermos flask, you have your hot coffee. How is this kettle an improvement on that process apart from removing one step, that of pouring boiled water into a preheated thermally insulated flask? For the sake of that one step, is it really worth it? In China it is not unusual to have 2.5L-3L thermos flasks with immersion wands for boiling the water. I can't see how this kettle solves a problem better than existing solutions. As for temperature increments, you are not taking into account thermal overshoot. Most electric kettles I've seen do not have fine temperature control down to one degree without sacrificing heating time so as not to overshoot. Further the pid controller necessary for this is quite complex. Most electric kettles I've had have a 5-10 degree overshoot, this I target by selecting a lower target temp and allowing the kettle to come off the heat, closer to the desired temperature. Not optimal, but practical.
Hey - what was the Chinese-brand kettle you've described as your 'workhorse' in the past?? And can you get them online? Thanks! x
It’s Kamjove brand. You can find it on AliExpress
For gong fu brewing you dont really need thermally insulated kettle. In fact, you need quite the opposite, that's why many people in Taiwan and Hong Kong are using silver kettles. The water for most teas is best 100 degrees, just boiled, not a lot of time passed after the bubble stage. I have a tetsubin, and even it i only fill for about 3 steeping, and then i boil new water. But many who have a smaller silver or clay kettle even only fill it for 1 steeping and pouring over teaware
Looks like the redikettle from Drew&Cole
But I noticed water smells different when flowing trough so much plastic
Yup
"says its a gamechanger" -> concludes saying it won't replace the EKG
I am sorry for the first brew 😃
I dont care for it from size to the look of a coffee pot etc
I would go for Bosch,Electrolux or Xiaomi Mi Smart.I know Don likes smart kettles from past video about kettles.Ismart isnt bad either.
Recommend this one used for so many teas
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Too bad it has the plastic lid. Even water stored in plastic bottles develops an odd taste after a while. Heat degrades plastic even faster. I would have bought it instantly without that design flaw.