Heh, pretty much every kitchen in the UK - in homes and in offices - has a kettle that can boil a litre of water in 3-4 minutes. You can buy them in the supermarket for around £20.
Electric Kettles are not ubiquitous here in the US the same way they are in the UK, but every Walmart, Target, or similar store in America has at least one electric kettle available for purchase on the shelf right now. They’re not rare here.
It’s weird seeing that branded as Sage - I’m so used to seeing it as Breville here in Australia.
Had that one for ages (a decade or so?), before it finally gave up the ghost. I replaced it with the glass version, and that’s been kicking on for a few good years now.
Literally hard for me to consider any other brands of kitchen appliances, honestly - Breville is my default pick now, whenever possible.
It’s funny hearing that phrase in English. It’s a very common saying in German. Do you happen to know if it was translated or is it already common in Australia?
I guess it’s more of an American context. Someone “buying the farm” is a euphemism for them dying.
The explanation I’ve heard before is that it comes from the life experience of actual farmers. Someone getting started as a farm owner has to take out a very large loan to purchase a plot of land. If they have a family, they probably have a life insurance policy big enough to pay off that mortgage and provide for their family if they die young. So, if someone in that situation dies, their family gets enough money to pay off the mortgage. Through their death they “buy the farm.”
I think it may be a term originating from the WW1 or WW2 eras. There were a lot more young men purchasing farms back then, and with the casualties from the wars, there were a lot more of them “buying the farm.”
We have them in kitchens that need to serve a large number of people - big offices, big hotel breakfast areas, transport lounges, etc.
But a standard kitchen, I think it’s like someone else said in this thread: The time it takes to boil a 240V kettle isn’t much more than the time it takes to get the mug ready, so there’s no real benefit to going through the extra structural work to fit a boiling water tap.
Also I think most “boiling water” taps are actually like 95°C, not boiling, so if you’re a black tea snob that isn’t acceptable.
yeah I think the thermodynamics of piping actually boiling water are complex and kinda dangerous (sputtering out the spout for example) - so 95c is where it ends up as it’s pumped out of the spout. if the tea lovers in this house (there are many) care they don’t seem to mind the loss of heat for the convinience of it.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT $1500 euro for that thing, and UP?
it better dispense boiling holy water for that money
Heh, pretty much every kitchen in the UK - in homes and in offices - has a kettle that can boil a litre of water in 3-4 minutes. You can buy them in the supermarket for around £20.
And then there’s this beauty my wife treated me to a while back… https://www.sageappliances.com/en-gb/product/bke825?sku=SKE825BSS3GUK1
Electric Kettles are not ubiquitous here in the US the same way they are in the UK, but every Walmart, Target, or similar store in America has at least one electric kettle available for purchase on the shelf right now. They’re not rare here.
It’s weird seeing that branded as Sage - I’m so used to seeing it as Breville here in Australia.
Had that one for ages (a decade or so?), before it finally gave up the ghost. I replaced it with the glass version, and that’s been kicking on for a few good years now.
Literally hard for me to consider any other brands of kitchen appliances, honestly - Breville is my default pick now, whenever possible.
It’s funny hearing that phrase in English. It’s a very common saying in German. Do you happen to know if it was translated or is it already common in Australia?
I’m curious, is “bought the farm” also as saying in Germany?
I’ve never heard of it nor could I find it in a lexicon of German sayings. What does it mean?
I guess it’s more of an American context. Someone “buying the farm” is a euphemism for them dying.
The explanation I’ve heard before is that it comes from the life experience of actual farmers. Someone getting started as a farm owner has to take out a very large loan to purchase a plot of land. If they have a family, they probably have a life insurance policy big enough to pay off that mortgage and provide for their family if they die young. So, if someone in that situation dies, their family gets enough money to pay off the mortgage. Through their death they “buy the farm.”
I think it may be a term originating from the WW1 or WW2 eras. There were a lot more young men purchasing farms back then, and with the casualties from the wars, there were a lot more of them “buying the farm.”
It is a pretty common phrase in Australia - though mostly among older, more “stereotypical” Aussies.
But like with most things here, it all but surely originated in Europe and was brought over by migrants sometime between 50 and 100 years ago!
My wife is a tea lover. Years ago I got her a hot water tap, it changed her life. Is there a reason tea loving countries don’t embrace them?
We have them in kitchens that need to serve a large number of people - big offices, big hotel breakfast areas, transport lounges, etc.
But a standard kitchen, I think it’s like someone else said in this thread: The time it takes to boil a 240V kettle isn’t much more than the time it takes to get the mug ready, so there’s no real benefit to going through the extra structural work to fit a boiling water tap.
Also I think most “boiling water” taps are actually like 95°C, not boiling, so if you’re a black tea snob that isn’t acceptable.
yeah I think the thermodynamics of piping actually boiling water are complex and kinda dangerous (sputtering out the spout for example) - so 95c is where it ends up as it’s pumped out of the spout. if the tea lovers in this house (there are many) care they don’t seem to mind the loss of heat for the convinience of it.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT $1500 euro for that thing, and UP?
it better dispense boiling holy water for that money
Fuck yeah! Non tea drinking countries don’t really get it but a kettle in Ireland / UK is like a rice cooker in China : comes with the kitchen.
Jesus I thought I was flush spending £40 on Russell Hobbs quiet one to match the toaster.
Just put a tea bag in a cup of water and microwave it.
Talk like that will get you beaten up in much of the world (probs just the UK)