homeportfolio
Seems to be a 'Guide to Contemporary Tea Kettles & Presses, Contemporary Tea Kettle & Press Brands, and Local Contemporary Tea Kettle & Press Showrooms"
http://www.homeportfolio.com/catalog/guide/Kitchen_Electrics/Tea_Kettles...
Kettle vs. Pots
Ah well. I collect teapots, so I could innundate you with info on that subject. But, I can also give you some good info on what constitutes a well-designed kettle. Stainless beats any other material. Copper gets all nasty especially if your water is hard. (hi mineral content) Copper layered on the outside of a SS pots are good, though, they heat faster. Enameled ones eventually chip and the base metal rusts. As for shape, choose one wider than it is tall to get more surface area onto the heating element and quicker boiling times. Whistling kettles all seem to dribble when you pour, except for the 1950's one with the pull latch. (Revereware still makes them, I think.) I think this is a function of the spout angle, a good whistling angle is not a good pouring angle. Graves' kettle for Alessi dribbles rather badly in my experience. Pouring well seems to me to be one of the hardest design elements to get right, so be prepared to return pots that are dribblers. Mine is a Revereware "Proline" which is no longer made. I've had it for 15 years and it still looks good. I bought and returned several kettles until I found that one. The rejects were all dribblers. I've never thought to get another kettle, but I do like the Bodum Ottuni. It pours well too!
Chantal Hohner
We have the Chantal Hohner 1.8-Quart Stainless Steel Tea Kettle (see link). I highly recommend it. We also went through several before deciding on this one. It manages to whistle, and pour well, also. We have it is the stainless Steel. What is most distinct about it is the "harmonica" whistle. It doesn't have a regular whilsle. If you notice the spout cover with the holes, it plays two diffrent harmonic tones when the steam blows through it, instead of the usual ear-splitting tea kettle screech. The one short coming (design flaw) is when it heats up, the handle gets very hot, and requires an insulated mit or at least a kitchen hand-towel to pick-up.
I love the harmonica and just gave my little boy
a Hohner to play with. Does it whistle something mournful like the mouth harp in Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower?" Or something more monotonic like a locomotive whistle? Either way, it seems like a fine kettle. But is it modern or post?
Le Lapin designed by Nicolai...
Le Lapin designed by Nicolai Carels is a good design it will cost you aprox ? 15,- (=$18,-) you could check it here.
(click on consumer products)
His two colored cutting board is also great for practical reasons; use the white side for vegetables and the colored side for meat.
http://www.carels.nl
If you need any help, please contact us at – info@designaddict.com