V-spout Electric Kettle

Fast heating, accurate temperature control. Helps me tailor different brew temperatures for the different types of coffee I make. Highly recommended.

I was looking for a large V Spout Kettle for a special coffee preparation. The V Kettle had all the options and the volume I needed for various applications. There were few options at this size and the function and quality were a value at the price point.

We've had this kettle for about 4 months now, and it is everything I could have wanted and more. I am a loose-leaf tea fanatic, and different teas require different brewing temperatures. I can't tell you how difficult that is on a standard, simple electric kettle that you turn on and it turns off only when it's hit boiling. You can ruin a white or green tea by using water that is too hot. This kettle allows you to set the precise temperature you need from 104F all the way to 212F. I appreciate this, because, believe it or not, there is a difference between water that is 208F and 212F when brewing tea.

This kettle is also good for coffee lovers. My husband makes tea in a french press, and he uses a new method to brew his coffee that requires the water to be a very specific 197F. He can easily set the temperature he needs without trying to figure out for how long he should let the water sit after it boils. I also like that this kettle is stainless steel instead of plastic, and it is all very well made. In between uses we leave it open and without any water in it.

I will say, I wish there was a way to decrease the temperature ranges like you can increase them (I know the - and + buttons exist, but that is for 2 degree increments) If you miss your temperature (like I sometimes do) you have to cycle through the temperature ranges all over again. I hardly use the keep-warm function or the timer, so I won't comment on those. Besides that one gripe, my husband and I really enjoy this kettle, and our hot beverages have never tasted better!

I run a teahouse in Florida, and it's very hard to find a quality electric kettle that has full temp control AND holds more than 1 liter of water. Every other product I found either only used preset temps (which doesn't work for us as a Chinese style teahouse) or was too small or was made of too much plastic or had terrible reviews, etc, etc. I already purchased two small gooseneck brewista kettles for when we travel and work events and was super impressed by the product both in quality and style (I got the wooden handled ones). My only real complaint, which is minor, is that I wish it was a gooseneck, but the v neck spout is a close second. It takes a steady hand but we even make pour overs with it. Overall I will be always defaulting to these kettles. Brewista, if you can hear me, make a 1.7liter gooseneck like this, I'd never go anywhere else if you did.

All in all, no reason for anything less than 5 stars.

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