As a Brit, boiling a kettle of water to make a cup of tea is a daily ritual. And anything that cuts down the time it takes from deciding to make to drinking that freshly brewed cup of tea is progress in my eyes.
With that in mind, I’m glad to hear that Japanese manufacturer Tiger Corp has developed a new kettle with the fastest water boiling time ever achieved in a household kettle. Tiger has managed to cut the boiling time for a cup of water–which is apparently 140mL–to just 45 seconds.
Achieving that record speed comes down to two modifications Tiger made to the tech used in their electric kettles. The first is an improved heating element design, which uses a new structure that ensures the water is heated more quickly. The second is a better detector that can tell if the water in the kettle has boiled more quickly. Combine the two, and you get a significant time saving from clicking the on button to pouring the boiling liquid.
Shorter boil time doesn’t just mean you get your cup of tea (or coffee) quicker, though. It also saves on power use. Tiger claims their new kettle using this tech, called the PCH-G, uses 22 percent less power than their previous super fast kettle, which they released last year and approached nearly a minute of boiling time!
If fast water boiling times aren’t enough to impress you, Tiger has a few more novel features to tempt a purchase. First of all, the kettle produces no steam, instead converting any steam that is produced back into water droplets. Also, the exterior of the kettle doesn’t get hot so you can’t burn yourself easily, and if the worst happens and the kettle tips over while full of boiling water, it won’t spill.
The Tiger PCH-G will be released on September 1 in Japan, but with that 45 second boiling time I doubt the company will wait too long before bringing it to other regions of the world.
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