Electric Kettles

Upgrade your morning coffee routine.

If you want one, buy it *now*.

For the perfect pour-over.

Get it while it's hot!

It's not just for making tea!

Snag it while you can!

So many items that made our Best Lists!!

With five presets, this kettle towers over the competition.

This inexpensive kettle is easy to use and easy on the wallet, making it an all-around winner.

One top pick is less than $20!

It's a revelation!

It looks like the tea kettles from your childhood tea parties but with the convenience of modern technology.

A souped-up version of our favorite kitchen staple!

In a post we published earlier this month about must-haves from kitchens around the world, I noticed quite a few comments about electric tea kettles and whether or not they were really better than a stovetop kettle. As someone who has exactly four electric kitchen appliances — a blender, a stand mixer, a coffee grinder, and a brand-new food processor, which I’m still on the fence about — I tend to favor anything that doesn’t require a plug.

Q: My experience with tea kettles has not been the best. One of my tea kettles started rusting and chipping paint into the water and the handle of the other kettle broke. I would love some advice from other readers about what tea kettles work and last a long time.I am also thinking of maybe getting an electric kettle instead of a stovetop tea kettle so if anyone has advice about which is better, I’d love to hear it.

If you’re into brewing coffee at home — especially with the pourover method — you know that a good electric kettle is a great investment. It lets you boil water quickly and efficiently, and if the kettle is one particular type it will also let you get a better, more controlled brew. That one extra-fancy type is a gooseneck kettle, which lets you control the flow of water as you wet the grounds in a French press or pourover basket. A little geeky? Yes. Necessary? No.

There is a whole world of beautiful kettles out there, and we’ve been known to splurge on the perfect tea pot that’s equal parts Instgrammable and functional. But what if you want to just get the job done and not worry about looks? Look no further than the T-fal Balanced Living 4-Cup Electric Kettle. Not only does it have more than 1,800 enthusiastic five-star reviews, but it’s also now on sale for $22 on Amazon.