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Three-second kettle: best gadget ever

I am in awe of the latest gadget to appear in our house: the new Tefal QuickCup ‘kettle’. I don’t pretend to understand how it works; something to do with spirals. All I care about is: you fill it with cold water, you press the red button on top, and within three seconds it starts spitting out hot water at a coffee-friendly 85°C. There’s a built-in water filter, too.

Even better, it can apparently ’save up to 65% energy’ compared to a normal kettle… so it’s environmentally sound too! Granted, it’s a bit noisy, and it sprays a bit if you don’t put the mug relatively close up to the spout - but worst case scenario, it’s noisy and spitty for three seconds. I think I can put up with that.

This totally redefines the process of making a cup of instant coffee, and my world is hereby changed for ever. Unfortunately, the inevitable result will be a dramatic increase in my caffeine intake. Amazon has them for less than £50. Coffee on demand, with a green conscience? For fifty quid? Come on, people. It don’t get much better.

• Alan in Belfast at 8:27 pm on 24 January 2008

  Apparently they’re ok for coffee, but rubbish for tea drinkers.

  Are you supporting a comments feed on the new trendy blog?

• Steve Ellwood at 8:26 am on 25 January 2008

  Sounds quite fun; I use a slightly older tech Super Kettle - slightly worse for coffee drinkers, but better for tea drinkers.

  Both avoid that “boil the kettle, and wander back to the keyboard forgetting the coffee” experience.

• Simon at 9:20 am on 25 January 2008

  @Alan: yes, there is a comments feed. It’s another case of WordPress just doing it - another thing to add to my list, I guess!

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