Are there really no electric kettles in the USA?

[MikeH]

That's true though I think it is more of a coffee vs tea thing at it's source. Only people who drink tea buy them and most Americans prefer coffee to tea so...

You can't get good coffee in the states either.

[Dinner]

[Jon Miller]

Even Swedish and Belgians say that that is no longer true (although was true for many years).

I can't remember if I have heard an Italian say it yet.

JM

[Dinner]

They still won't admit our beer is better than their beer even though their own judges give American breweries more medals and 1st place finishes than European beers even in European beer festivals. Like the French becoming outraged when the best French restaurants in the world were found to be in New York and California... They're upset with reality and so sink into denial.

[MikeH]

I am just trolling. I've had the best tea I've ever had in a chinese tea place in san francisco.

I really like some of the American beers I've had and am a strong advocate. however whilst you do win medals, and quite rightly so, this statement "their own judges give American breweries more medals and 1st place finishes than European beers even in European beer festivals" is not strictly accurate. You do win some.

The British beer festivals I've been to mostly don't even award medals to non-British beers. Or they have a special niche award only for foreign beers.

[N35t0r]

Since water for mate should be 80º, not 100º, we've got electric kettles with adjustable cutoff temperatures.

[onodera]

So, if this dish draining closet thingey hangs above, over the sink, I imagine all the water from the wet/drying dishes drip back down, onto the counter and into the sink?

Right into the sink, if your kitchen furniture has been installed properly.

[onodera]

So, if this dish draining closet thingey hangs above, over the sink, I imagine all the water from the wet/drying dishes drip back down, onto the counter and into the sink?

Right into the sink, if your kitchen furniture has been installed properly.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Do you have a picture?

[DanS]

I have never heard of a draining closet. Probably, if you have enough room/money for a draining closet, you just have a dishwasher.

Electric kettles are good. I have one. But I would rather have a Zojirushi for the proper tea temperature. A plain old kettle on the range works well enough, so I don't think that Americans are missing much.

Agree with MikeH on water in the microwave.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I think anyone who wants decent tea agrees that boiling water in microwaves won't cut it.

[notyoueither]

Well, if it was a choice between a dishwasher or an AR, I guess you made the right decision.