On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:13:25 -0400, limey wrote:

> 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.
>

I didn't notice a change in taste either until I let the water cool down
in the tea kettle and drank it. When I made tea using the water, I didn't
notice it because the tea masked the taste. I also didn't notice it when
drinking the hot water. You may want to test the water when it has cooled.

Nevertheless, I think using copper on the inside bottom is bad design.
It's hard to see any corrosion w/o using a flashlight, and untreated
copper in air is very, very corrosive. I guess people who use copper
cookware need to polish it often, but you can't really polish the inside
of a tea kettle.

I'll ask the original question in the tea newsgroup.

Meph