I suspect most people who've been obsessed with tea for a while have
wished for some item of teaware that doesn't exist. I know I have.

Anyone who's spent much time in the diners, delis, and luncheonettes
of New York, historically often owned and run by Greek immigrants,
will recognize the Greek-themed paper cups they use:

http://www.newyorkish.com/newyorkish...st_famous.html

Those who've never been to New York probably won't understand why I
find the idea of the one on the left, in the form of a gaiwan, so
compelling. Porcelain for me, by the way, not paper.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

In some article, Ian Rastall wrote:
>Hey Lew. If I could, I'd buy an electric kettle that heats to a
>specified temperature. Of course, I don't even know if they make
>them!

Ian - (another ASPer here!) the problem is that all of the temperature
specific kettles I have found are all for chemistry labs! they're several
hundred dollars each! Not for just my morning tea. I was working on a design
a few years ago, but the thermocouples and thermistors are just too freaking
expensive. Maybe in my "copius free time" (tm - Tom Lehrer) this summer...

Joshua Sasmor

************************************************** ***********************
Joshua C. Sasmor - Pipe-smoker, teacher and mathematician
Home page: http://www.math.pitt.edu/~jcsst18/
************************************************** ***********************
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
- BERTRAND RUSSELL
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See:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...70414?v=glance
http://www.asiachi.com/zojmiceldisp.html
http://www.asiachi.com/zojmiceldisp1.html


"Ian Rastall" > wrote in message
...
> Hey Lew. If I could, I'd buy an electric kettle that heats to a
> specified temperature. Of course, I don't even know if they make
> them!
>
> Ian
> --
> http://www.sundry.ws/
> http://www.bookstacks.org/

FWIW, here's a thermometer I came across while searching for a kettle that
heats to a set temp (like you mentioned) this thermometer has an alarm that
goes off when it reaches a specific temp. Could be useful for heating water
for greens. There HAS to be an easier way then mixing hot and cool water in
my pyrex measuring cup til it matches what I want...::sigh::

http://www.anothercoffee.co.uk/products/item190315.aspx

Melinda


"Ian Rastall" > wrote in message
...
> Hey Lew. If I could, I'd buy an electric kettle that heats to a
> specified temperature. Of course, I don't even know if they make
> them!
>
> Ian
> --
> http://www.sundry.ws/
> http://www.bookstacks.org/

FWIW, here's a thermometer I came across while searching for a kettle that
heats to a set temp (like you mentioned) this thermometer has an alarm that
goes off when it reaches a specific temp. Could be useful for heating water
for greens. There HAS to be an easier way then mixing hot and cool water in
my pyrex measuring cup til it matches what I want...::sigh::

http://www.anothercoffee.co.uk/products/item190315.aspx

Melinda


"Ian Rastall" > wrote in message
...
> Hey Lew. If I could, I'd buy an electric kettle that heats to a
> specified temperature. Of course, I don't even know if they make
> them!
>
> Ian
> --
> http://www.sundry.ws/
> http://www.bookstacks.org/

FWIW, here's a thermometer I came across while searching for a kettle that
heats to a set temp (like you mentioned) this thermometer has an alarm that
goes off when it reaches a specific temp. Could be useful for heating water
for greens. There HAS to be an easier way then mixing hot and cool water in
my pyrex measuring cup til it matches what I want...::sigh::

http://www.anothercoffee.co.uk/products/item190315.aspx

Melinda


"Ian Rastall" > wrote in message
...
> Hey Lew. If I could, I'd buy an electric kettle that heats to a
> specified temperature. Of course, I don't even know if they make
> them!
>
> Ian
> --
> http://www.sundry.ws/
> http://www.bookstacks.org/

"Apprentice" > skrev i en meddelelse
news:Kqkwd.5385$up.856@lakeread08...
> See:
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...810301-7770414
?v=glance
> http://www.asiachi.com/zojmiceldisp.html
> http://www.asiachi.com/zojmiceldisp1.html
>
>
> "Ian Rastall" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hey Lew. If I could, I'd buy an electric kettle that heats to a
> > specified temperature. Of course, I don't even know if they make
> > them!
> >
> > Ian
> > --
> > http://www.sundry.ws/
> > http://www.bookstacks.org/

Every time I see these Zhojirushis I am puzzled by the temperature settings.
Many of them has 175 F as the lowest setting, which is way too hot for green
teas. Some others can also heat it to 145 F, which can be too low for many
greens. I prefer to make my greens with water which is about 160 F
(sometimes slightly cooler, down to 150 F, depending on the tea), but I
still have to find an electric kettle with presets that are close enough to
these temperatures.

Any ideas why these strange settings?

"Apprentice" > skrev i en meddelelse
news:Kqkwd.5385$up.856@lakeread08...
> See:
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...810301-7770414
?v=glance
> http://www.asiachi.com/zojmiceldisp.html
> http://www.asiachi.com/zojmiceldisp1.html
>
>
> "Ian Rastall" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hey Lew. If I could, I'd buy an electric kettle that heats to a
> > specified temperature. Of course, I don't even know if they make
> > them!
> >
> > Ian
> > --
> > http://www.sundry.ws/
> > http://www.bookstacks.org/

Every time I see these Zhojirushis I am puzzled by the temperature settings.
Many of them has 175 F as the lowest setting, which is way too hot for green
teas. Some others can also heat it to 145 F, which can be too low for many
greens. I prefer to make my greens with water which is about 160 F
(sometimes slightly cooler, down to 150 F, depending on the tea), but I
still have to find an electric kettle with presets that are close enough to
these temperatures.

Any ideas why these strange settings?

Lewis Perin > wrote:
>I suspect most people who've been obsessed with tea for a while have
>wished for some item of teaware that doesn't exist. I know I have.
>
>Anyone who's spent much time in the diners, delis, and luncheonettes
>of New York, historically often owned and run by Greek immigrants,
>will recognize the Greek-themed paper cups they use:
>
> http://www.newyorkish.com/newyorkish...st_famous.html
>
>Those who've never been to New York probably won't understand why I
>find the idea of the one on the left, in the form of a gaiwan, so
>compelling. Porcelain for me, by the way, not paper.

No Coke.

Pepsi.

--Blair
"Cheebourgi cheebourgi cheebourgi..."

Lewis Perin > wrote:
>I suspect most people who've been obsessed with tea for a while have
>wished for some item of teaware that doesn't exist. I know I have.
>
>Anyone who's spent much time in the diners, delis, and luncheonettes
>of New York, historically often owned and run by Greek immigrants,
>will recognize the Greek-themed paper cups they use:
>
> http://www.newyorkish.com/newyorkish...st_famous.html
>
>Those who've never been to New York probably won't understand why I
>find the idea of the one on the left, in the form of a gaiwan, so
>compelling. Porcelain for me, by the way, not paper.

No Coke.

Pepsi.

--Blair
"Cheebourgi cheebourgi cheebourgi..."

Blair P. Houghton > writes:

> Lewis Perin > wrote:
> >[...Greek-diner-motif gaiwan...]
>
> No Coke.
>
> Pepsi.

Uh, tea for me, please.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

Blair P. Houghton > writes:

> Lewis Perin > wrote:
> >[...Greek-diner-motif gaiwan...]
>
> No Coke.
>
> Pepsi.

Uh, tea for me, please.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

In article >,
"Melinda" > wrote:

> FWIW, here's a thermometer I came across while searching for a kettle that
> heats to a set temp

this was funny...i bought recently a very cheap plastic
water boiler kettle thing at walgrens....$9.
it has a thermostat control which, when left at the half-way
point, keeps the water at a dead-even 160f.

which happens to be my default for green.

happy days are here again......p*

In article >,
"Melinda" > wrote:

> FWIW, here's a thermometer I came across while searching for a kettle that
> heats to a set temp

this was funny...i bought recently a very cheap plastic
water boiler kettle thing at walgrens....$9.
it has a thermostat control which, when left at the half-way
point, keeps the water at a dead-even 160f.

which happens to be my default for green.

happy days are here again......p*

Hey Pilo is that the one that (or one of them) that has the dial on the
front that you just turn for the heat? I saw one of those too and am
seriously considering it since it's cheap and since, as I say, I'm getting
weary of mixing different temp waters til they hit the right spot. Does it
have a problem with plastic-y taste?

Melinda

"pilo_" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Melinda" > wrote:
>
>> FWIW, here's a thermometer I came across while searching for a kettle
>> that
>> heats to a set temp
>
> this was funny...i bought recently a very cheap plastic
> water boiler kettle thing at walgrens....$9.
> it has a thermostat control which, when left at the half-way
> point, keeps the water at a dead-even 160f.
>
> which happens to be my default for green.
>
> happy days are here again......p*

Hey Pilo is that the one that (or one of them) that has the dial on the
front that you just turn for the heat? I saw one of those too and am
seriously considering it since it's cheap and since, as I say, I'm getting
weary of mixing different temp waters til they hit the right spot. Does it
have a problem with plastic-y taste?

Melinda

"pilo_" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Melinda" > wrote:
>
>> FWIW, here's a thermometer I came across while searching for a kettle
>> that
>> heats to a set temp
>
> this was funny...i bought recently a very cheap plastic
> water boiler kettle thing at walgrens....$9.
> it has a thermostat control which, when left at the half-way
> point, keeps the water at a dead-even 160f.
>
> which happens to be my default for green.
>
> happy days are here again......p*

In article >,
"Melinda" > wrote:

> Hey Pilo is that the one that (or one of them) that has the dial on the
> front that you just turn for the heat? I saw one of those too and am
> seriously considering it since it's cheap and since, as I say, I'm getting
> weary of mixing different temp waters til they hit the right spot. Does it
> have a problem with plastic-y taste?

it did until i mixed water, vinigar, and salt and boiled the
hell out of it. after, i boiled just plain water in it for about
an hour and then
let the water sit over
night in it. tastes fine. and yeah, it sounds like the same one.....p*

In article >,
"Melinda" > wrote:

> Hey Pilo is that the one that (or one of them) that has the dial on the
> front that you just turn for the heat? I saw one of those too and am
> seriously considering it since it's cheap and since, as I say, I'm getting
> weary of mixing different temp waters til they hit the right spot. Does it
> have a problem with plastic-y taste?

it did until i mixed water, vinigar, and salt and boiled the
hell out of it. after, i boiled just plain water in it for about
an hour and then
let the water sit over
night in it. tastes fine. and yeah, it sounds like the same one.....p*