Re:The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle
by etblg on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:45AM
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Electric kettles are very common in Canada and we have the same power systems as the USA. I've never found that the electric kettles here are painfully slow or anything, it's just a culture thing on who wants boiling water on demand more I guess.
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> I've never found that the electric kettles here are painfully slow or anything,
You probably would if you were used to UK kettles...
I guess, but my kettle finishes boiling right as I finish hand-grinding my coffee beans, so I can't say it's been a big issue in my life.
Good thing you live in Canada, then, or you'd have to learn to grind faster!
I think that's because it is more common for Canadians to have resistive electric stoves. Americans typically have gas stoves. Boiling water on resistive electric stoves vs electric kettles are kind of the same.