Recommend Me A Teasmade*
29 May 2015, 09:32 AM
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I'm also a proud owner of a super-quick heating Breville kettle. It wasn't bought to cater for my laziness 
, although it p7sses out the boiling water by itself, in order to save energy. It rests in our kitchen for family use.
Mine's more stylish than yours, Joz. It's in stainless steel, lights up blue and looks a part.
, although it p7sses out the boiling water by itself, in order to save energy. It rests in our kitchen for family use. Mine's more stylish than yours, Joz. It's in stainless steel, lights up blue and looks a part.
The lights are a cool blue and there are also a couple of white ones on top. You can press the snooze button to turn them (and the alarm) off for the usual 9 minutes, then the alarm/lights comes on again. There are finite snooze allowances.
I dig it: used it for the first time this morning. Alarm/boiling all worked great. Makes a soild cuppa, with properly boiled water lol
And, unlike my radio/daylight alarm clock (in the foreground), it's actually the tea maker which wakes me up!!!
* BTW, I have actually cleaned the surfaces of the bedside cabinet and the stained wall
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29 May 2015, 09:36 AM
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On mine, 1½ minutes before the alarm sounds, the lights slowly come on and increase in brightness. Before the alarm sounds, it starts to boil the water.
The lights are a cool blue and there are also a couple on top. You can press the snooze button to turn them (and the alarm) off for the usual 9 minutes, then the alarm/lights comes on again. There are finite snooze allowances.
I dig it: used it for the first time this morning. Alarm/boiling all worked great. Makes a soild cuppa, with properly boiled water lol
The lights are a cool blue and there are also a couple on top. You can press the snooze button to turn them (and the alarm) off for the usual 9 minutes, then the alarm/lights comes on again. There are finite snooze allowances.
I dig it: used it for the first time this morning. Alarm/boiling all worked great. Makes a soild cuppa, with properly boiled water lol
LOL only messing with you, Joz. Pleased that you got a good tea making machine with a wake up alarm for yourself. Nothing wrong with a bit of luxury, me dear.
29 May 2015, 09:47 AM
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] gone down that road - see below:
29 May 2015, 09:55 AM
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To be honest, Joz, my Breville only boils to the point; unlike the usual kettle of mine that boils and boils before stopping itself to enter the 'off' mode.
So, the Breville tea water isn't as super hot as the traditional kettle's repeatedly boiled water, which is good, as it will save my teeth in long run.
I think F1 should buy a Breville, because the water from it must come down to his amazing 90 degree mark quite sharpish, which will save his 6 minutes of watching the paint dry while his tea is brewing.
So, the Breville tea water isn't as super hot as the traditional kettle's repeatedly boiled water, which is good, as it will save my teeth in long run.
I think F1 should buy a Breville, because the water from it must come down to his amazing 90 degree mark quite sharpish, which will save his 6 minutes of watching the paint dry while his tea is brewing.
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29 May 2015, 10:26 AM
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Or, there must be an intelligent kettle or a tea pot that tells the temperature, and our F1 is a proud owner of it. To me, I know what the right temperature for my tea water is. It's when my tea is brewed well as standing. Then as well I sqeeze and squeeze and squeeze the tea bag to get the best out of it, and then take it out. Then I add some cold milk to it. I'm sure the temperature of my tea is much less than 100 by then, but I really don't know whether it's definitely 87, 97 or frikking 90. I can't be bothered with such precision!
29 May 2015, 10:53 AM
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OK, 87 or 98 or whatever. My point is that how would you know that your tea is down to 87 or 98 or even 90? How can you be so precise? I suppose you can be, if you sit around your tea with a thermometer. Or, there must be an intelligent kettle or a tea pot that tells the temperature, and our F1 is a proud owner of it.
To me, I know what the right temperature for my tea water is. It's when my tea is brewed well as standing. Then as well I sqeeze and squeeze and squeeze the tea bag to get the best out of it, and then take it out. Then I add some cold milk to it. I'm sure the temperature of my tea is much less than 100 by then, but I really don't know whether it's definitely 87, 97 or frikking 90. I can't be bothered with such precision!
Or, there must be an intelligent kettle or a tea pot that tells the temperature, and our F1 is a proud owner of it. To me, I know what the right temperature for my tea water is. It's when my tea is brewed well as standing. Then as well I sqeeze and squeeze and squeeze the tea bag to get the best out of it, and then take it out. Then I add some cold milk to it. I'm sure the temperature of my tea is much less than 100 by then, but I really don't know whether it's definitely 87, 97 or frikking 90. I can't be bothered with such precision!
It is not just the temperature , but it also a function of the atmospheric pressure - Boyle's Law
Cannot make a decent cuppa on Everest !
29 May 2015, 12:04 PM
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I was actually questioning the human capacity to be precision perfect with the temperature of their tea water. I don't think it can be done unless someone sits around their teapot with a thermometer in their hand to determine it.
Now we can talk shadows and sundials from the ancient times, in regards with the human capacity to be precise, if we like. Even then, the human was assisted by both those things, if not any modern invention, in order to be vaguely precise.
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