Do Americans have kettles?

[Iz Man]

And this is a pot noodle:



Its essentially dried noodles and you add boiled water.

Over here the most common are "Ramen Noodles":
The sole source of sustenance for most college students.

[Genghis Khant]

and third, it does make tea

It won't make a decent cup of tea. You need boiling water for tea, whereas coffee requires hot water. If the water's not hot enough (ie boiling) the tea won't taste as good and takes longer to brew to a tidy strength.


Big up the Noodle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrNuT9sn0Gc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6GGDhHzKI

[btownmeggy]

I like coffee and tea equally well, and drink nearly as much tea as coffee. I have a coffeemaker and a kettle (the kind you put on the stove). G_K is right that tea is better for single-serving caffeine jolts.

I also drink mate from time to time and use my kettle for that as well.

[Neoteny]

And this is a pot noodle:



Its essentially dried noodles and you add boiled water.

Over here the most common are "Ramen Noodles":
The sole source of sustenance for most college students.

I'm making some now.

[Genghis Khant]

I also drink mate from time to time and use my kettle for that as well.

What is mate?

[btownmeggy]

I also drink mate from time to time and use my kettle for that as well.

What is mate?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_%28beverage%29

[MeDeFe]

There's a sort of soda in Germany which is based on mate, tastes good, has less sugar than Coke and contains a goodish amount of caffeine, too.

[btownmeggy]

There's a sort of soda in Germany which is based on mate, tastes good, has less sugar than Coke and contains a goodish amount of caffeine, too.

Materva?

[MeDeFe]

I was thinking of Club-Mate.

[Anarkistsdream]

I love my kettle.

[F1fth]

No kettle in my house, but if the mood strikes for tea, then I just do it the ghetto way and boil water in a pot and pour it into the cup in the sink.

[muy_thaiguy]

I've got a tea kettle, a coffee maker, and I do enjoy Ramen (or what Guis showed, cupped Ramen). Though the coffee maker is more for my grandma and the kettle is used mainly to make hot water for hot cocoa, tea drinking in my family happens, just on rare occasions. We prefer the cocoa truth be told. As for caffeine, a Pepsi is what I usually have (maybe an energy drink if I am barely awake).

[Snowpepsi]

I have two auto coffee makers on the kitchen counter, one for coffee, one for hot water for tea, cider, and cocoa.

[Snowpepsi]

get a soda around here.

[cazmart]

i personally drink typical "southerner" Iced sweet tea - so sweet it could put you into a diabetic coma - I have one of those fancy iced tea makers but my wife - Queen of the Gadgets - has 2 coffee makers plus a real kettle which she boils her water so she can have her hot Earl Gray Tea - I think she may have a little English in her - Hey none of you blokes have been to Texas recently have you..hmm...She even has a microwave kettle now -

[btownmeggy]

i personally drink typical "southerner" Iced sweet tea - so sweet it could put you into a diabetic coma - I have one of those fancy iced tea makers but my wife - Queen of the Gadgets - has 2 coffee makers plus a real kettle which she boils her water so she can have her hot Earl Gray Tea - I think she may have a little English in her - Hey none of you blokes have been to Texas recently have you..hmm...She even has a microwave kettle now -

ICED TEA MAKER??

Do tell more.

[Snowpepsi]

i personally drink typical "southerner" Iced sweet tea - so sweet it could put you into a diabetic coma - I have one of those fancy iced tea makers but my wife - Queen of the Gadgets - has 2 coffee makers plus a real kettle which she boils her water so she can have her hot Earl Gray Tea - I think she may have a little English in her - Hey none of you blokes have been to Texas recently have you..hmm...She even has a microwave kettle now -

Last time I was in Texas I ordered Sweet Tea wherever I went. At home I just put teabags in the coffee maker.

[btownmeggy]

i personally drink typical "southerner" Iced sweet tea - so sweet it could put you into a diabetic coma - I have one of those fancy iced tea makers but my wife - Queen of the Gadgets - has 2 coffee makers plus a real kettle which she boils her water so she can have her hot Earl Gray Tea - I think she may have a little English in her - Hey none of you blokes have been to Texas recently have you..hmm...She even has a microwave kettle now -

Last time I was in Texas I ordered Sweet Tea wherever I went. At home I just put teabags in the coffee maker.

When I make sweet tea, I put about 2 (maybe 1.5) quarts of water in a large saucepan with 6 teabags and 2 cups of sugar. Boil. Put in a pitcher, place in fridge, chill. I get it at restaurants year-round, but mostly only make it myself during the summer.

[Snowpepsi]

i personally drink typical "southerner" Iced sweet tea - so sweet it could put you into a diabetic coma - I have one of those fancy iced tea makers but my wife - Queen of the Gadgets - has 2 coffee makers plus a real kettle which she boils her water so she can have her hot Earl Gray Tea - I think she may have a little English in her - Hey none of you blokes have been to Texas recently have you..hmm...She even has a microwave kettle now -

Last time I was in Texas I ordered Sweet Tea wherever I went. At home I just put teabags in the coffee maker.

When I make sweet tea, I put about 2 (maybe 1.5) quarts of water in a large saucepan with 6 teabags and 2 cups of sugar. Boil. Put in a pitcher, place in fridge, chill. I get it at restaurants year-round, but mostly only make it myself during the summer.

My grandma makes it by boiling 2 cups of water and then steeping 5 teabags for 5 minutes, then she dissolves the sugar in it and then adds the mix to cold water. The recipe is very close to yours.

[Mjinga]

but if the mood strikes for tea, then I just do it the ghetto way and boil water in a pot and pour it into the cup in the sink.

Amen, brother.

Although I actually do have a kettle. I just don't see any difference in whether the water was boiled in a pot or in a kettle.

I mainly use the kettle as a humidifier. :/

[The Weird One]

I'm from the U.S. and my family drinks copious amounts of tea. I guess it's just more a matter of preference than region

[cazmart]

i personally drink typical "southerner" Iced sweet tea - so sweet it could put you into a diabetic coma - I have one of those fancy iced tea makers but my wife - Queen of the Gadgets - has 2 coffee makers plus a real kettle which she boils her water so she can have her hot Earl Gray Tea - I think she may have a little English in her - Hey none of you blokes have been to Texas recently have you..hmm...She even has a microwave kettle now -

ICED TEA MAKER??

Do tell more.

I know you have seen them - Mr. Coffee (how ironic) makes them - you put water in the boiler - tea bags in filter area - and ice and sugar(I do anyway) in the pitcher - place it in the unit - turn it on and when finished - iced tea

[d.gishman]

Yes, almost everyone in canada has a kettle

[mybike_yourface]

yup, and it looks just like this.
60qt (thats 15 gallons for those with trouble in math )

nice. i still brew extract myself.