It works great and looks great, too. About 15 years ago, my wife decided that we were adult enough to handle owning a tea kettle. We’d aged out of boiling a small pot of water for tea or French ...

You can have boiling water or not boiling water. Then, there’s the price. Depending on the retailer, the Le Creuset Classic Whistling Kettle can be over twice the price of other stovetop kettles.

When you boil hard water in electric kettles, a hard residue will build at the bottom of the kettle due to electrolysis. When using a stove, use high heat on the kettle.