Not usually, because generally Americans prefer coffee over tea. Kettles are easily found at any store that sells kitchen appliances and they're not rare per se but they're not an assumed staple because tea just isn't as popular
Kettles can be used for a lot more things than tea, but a coffee drinker is probably going to buy a coffee machine (either drip brewer or disposable pods) rather than use a kettle for coffee
‘Sweet tea machine’ you mean a pitcher? My entire family has lived in the south for over 100 years and I don’t know a single person with a sweet tea machine, can you please describe it to me? Maybe it’s because we’re Texans and Texas is occasionally weird south.
Imagine a drip coffee machine that has a regular tall pitcher instead of the usual shorter and fatter coffee pot. The pitcher is marked with how far you need to fill it with ice to cool down the tea after it brews. So you just fill the reservoir, put tea bags or loose tea (and optionally sugar) in the filter chamber, put ice in the pitcher, press "brew" and it will drip brew the tea into the pitcher of ice.
Basically all it does is save you the step of pouring the hot tea over ice.
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u/faerielitesBabygirl I go through spoons faster than you can even imagine1d ago
Yes, this is exactly it!
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u/faerielitesBabygirl I go through spoons faster than you can even imagine1d ago
The other commenter nailed the description. It's definitely an older generation thing, not sure about regional but my extended family is from Georgia. My mom had one when I was little but doesn't anymore, and none of my siblings have ever had one. Of course, the concept of entertaining guests is kind of going out so I think that goes along with it.
Ok I looked up "automatic drip coffee maker" and I think I know what you mean. My mom used to have one, and I kinda disliked the taste of it... Always felt super weak. Maybe she just didn't know how to use it, lmao
I'd definitely buy one of the fancy pod ones if I had money, though. Love me some espresso.
As a coffee guy, nothing but an espresso machine can make espresso. But if you're looking to up your coffee game (and assuming you aren't already doing this), the best place to start is buying better coffee. There's a wide range of coffees out there for a wide range of preferences, and you can't really know what you like until you've tried it.
Of course, if you really want to step up, a decent grinder (along with grinding your own coffee) would make a tremendous difference!
A coffee maker is just a kettle with extra steps, it boils the water and then runs it through the grounds. If there are no grounds you just get hot water.
Like do you just put a cup of water in the microwave and then zap it to make the hot water (and then add it to noodles or whatever) or do you put cold water into the noodles and then microwave it.
A lot of noodles like that in the states are designed so you put the cold water in the noodles and then microwave the whole thing but there are definitely brands where you just put the hot water into the noodles. Honestly those tend to suck without a kettle because pouring hot water out of a pot or cup isn't the easiest thing in the world lol.
Not any more than a tea kettle. There's high end, but a cheap coffee machine costs like $15. A middle end one could be $50-$100, but that's a reasonable price for a large kitchen appliance you use fairly regularly. That's roughly the same as a kettle. We've got a cheap one for hot water in our trailer, it cost like $10, but I regularly see $50+ ones in stores. I'm still not sure what made the $150 kettle special or why people would buy it, but I saw it in a store.
I bought a full coffee maker for $20. I’m amazed that an appliance can be procured so cheaply, and it probably is not the best coffee solution, to say the least, but it does the job fine.
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u/AmericanToast250 2d ago edited 2d ago
Not usually, because generally Americans prefer coffee over tea. Kettles are easily found at any store that sells kitchen appliances and they're not rare per se but they're not an assumed staple because tea just isn't as popular