16-05-2025
The 9 best kettles for speed, quiet — and good looks
I hate my kettle. There is nothing instant about my coffee. I can do a whites wash while waiting for steam to rise. I complain, of course I do, but nobody can hear over the F-15 screech emanating from the unlovely jug.
It was a supermarket stopgap buy that cost a tenner and is maybe a decade old now. Its suboptimal performance is perfectly natural, considering its vintage and my neglect (grey shards of limescale occasionally emerge from the spout). And the bar has risen since I bought it, with more homes installing an on-demand boiling water tap, so that anything short of instantaneous now feels glacial. It's not all my kettle's fault, but the fact remains, it does not please me. So I'm shopping
