Electric Kettle

Hi,

Heading to Orlando in just under 3 weeks. Staying in the Quality Inn Plaza on I-drive.

We are going to bring a kettle with us for making tea in our room. I have an adapter (ie to turn a 3 pin into a 2 pin US plug) but with the voltage being different will this work?

Or are we better off just buying a cheap one in Walgreens?

Thanks

Electric Kettle

yes it will work fine.

Electric Kettle

it will work but may take a while to boil. probably better to buy a cheap one over there

Ok, thanks for your replies.

I think I will buy one over there, seems to be a better option.

Hope its not too difficult to get one!

It depends entirely on the kettle you are/were planning to bring. If it will take dual current, then it will be no problem. If it insists only on 220, then you%26#39;ll have to bring a transformer as well, or you%26#39;ll kill your kettle. By the time you pack the kettle and the transformer, you%26#39;ll be nearly over your weight limit (not really, but it will feel that way!)

You%26#39;d be far better buying a ';hot pot'; (doesn%26#39;t turn off when it boils, so be sure you unplug it!) at Walgreens -- and make sure you bring your own tea, too -- Lipton%26#39;s in the US is absolute rubbish.

Yes, bring your own tea...but check to see if where you are staying provides you with a coffee maker in the room. If there is a coffee maker in the room just run bottled water thru and empty (clean) basket. The water will be perfect temp and you won%26#39;t have to waste money on buying another kettle or dragging the one from home.

The water temperature to brew coffee is quite a lot cooler than the temperature of water necessary to brew a good/proper/drinkable cup f tea.

A drip coffee maker simply won%26#39;t get hot enough to do the job.

While your out buying your kettle you can also get a toaster and one of those big cool boxes and you can set up having your own breakfast by the pool each morning.

Mike, it%26#39;s not that -- it%26#39;s that somewhere along the line the American definition of a cup of tea became this:

a styrofoam cup filled with bath-temperature water, and a Lipton%26#39;s tea bag.

The water isn%26#39;t hot enough to dissolve sugar in, and Lipton%26#39;s tea as purchased here in the States is absolute rubbish, nothing at all like PG or Ty-Phoo or any of the other ';regular'; teas available in the UK.

I am an American, taught the error of my ways via many years of traveling to the UK on business.

I couldn%26#39;t blame anyone for buying a kettle, as I refuse to drink the tea as served here, too! We do still manage to do respectable toast, so a toaster won%26#39;t be necessary...!

Ger06, I am a huge tea drinker. I went to the Super Walmart on my first day and bought an electric kettle for $9.99 (US). Worth every penny not to have to schlep it to and from on the airplane.

I have to disagree about using the coffee maker to make tea.

Not to be a tea snob or anything (says she who orders her organic tea over the internet), but you cannot get the coffee oils out of the coffee pot and your tea will smell and taste like coffee.

Plus, coffee pots do not boil water and there is nothing worse than luke warm, foamy tea water.

/tea snob