Monday, March 24, 2008

The death of a kettle!



I'm anticipating, with slight over-eagerness, the death of my kettle. A while ago a friend of mine showed me one of these fabulous Tefal Quick Cup Kettles.
Saving time and energy this lovely creature will fill my cup with hot water in just 3 seconds!! Bloody marvelous!
But of course being a...um...(cough)... 'real' eco warrior I have been waiting for my current kettle to pass on before I buy a new one, even an energy saving eco one!!
And not forgetting to dispose of my old electrical appliances responsibly... it's off to Milham's Household Recycling Centre for my old kettle, so it doesn't end up in the landfill where over 75% of waste electrical goods end up and where lead and other toxins contained in the electrical goods can cause soil and water contamination!!
And my first cuppa to christen my new kettle may well be a Pukka Love Tea, a sweet floral infusion of rose, chamomile and lavender to lift my spirits, which I bought from www.ecovenient.co.uk of course!

6 comments:

Ben said...

I heard it didn't really get hot enuf to make good tea. the review was very controversial and said something about a french company not really being expected to understand how to make a proper cuppa :o/

julie millar said...

yeah I read that review but then you really shouldn't use boiling water on tea or coffee because it scolds the leaves/beans!!

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Ben said...

What does this do then, give it a harsh warning? ;o)

mangojo said...

I got one of these for the company when the kettle died. I thought it would be eco-friendly, save costs, be qick and so on. Everything was true except the staff didn't like it as the water was not hot enough to make a good cup of tea.

Can't please them all can you?

julie millar said...

Why is it that I don't want to be told it's not as good as I want it to be?? Something of the spoilt child within me reacts... 'But I want it anyway!!!'