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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Seconding an electric kettle, even a cheap one was a game changer over not having one at all. Crazy how 99.99% of people I know as an American don't own one

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boiling water is only for pasta to Americans

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And coffee, though we usually have a dedicated machine for that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most Americans don't drink tea. The only things that I know they are used for are tea and instant noodles.

[โ€“] Bakkoda 7 points 1 year ago

Don't let the pour over coffee crowd hear you. You'll be done for. A proper gooseneck kettle is like top 3 priority.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And if we do drink tea it's frequently iced, so timeliness of the boiling isn't a huge concern.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder if they're more popular now. I took this in a Walmart in California. https://imgur.com/d5ae1Po Although about half of those are not electric!