"Mephistopheles Jones"
> I live in Los Angeles. Is there a retail store that carries the old
> school, conservative-looking tea pots. The whistling kind that is a basic
> stainless-steel cylinder, rounded at the top, with a conservative handle
> and spout. Not those quasi-futuristic thingamajigs at Target and Crate
> and Barrel, etc... I've searched high and low, and the best I found was a
> pot at Linens n Things with a copper bottom that makes water taste funny
> cuz apparently the copper soaks into the water (it's copper on the inside
> bottom as well as the outside bottom).
>
> It's so weird what happened to tea pots over the last coupla decades.
> They look like something kids would buy.
>
> Meph

I think you are confusing people. I take it you're looking for a
conventional tea kettle in which to boil water. Your reference to tea pot
makes people think you're looking for a vessel (teapot) in which to brew
tea, then serve.

I use a Corning tea kettle, with a loud whistle. It also has a copper
bottom, but I haven't noticed any change in the taste of the water.

Dora