Kenwood Response

Keeping tea warm is probably one of my biggest battles during winter, besides avoiding the flu. Oftentimes, when I’m ready for a refill, I come back to the stove only to find the water I boiled had turned tepid. Multiply that extra electricity usage going to reheat water in every household in the same routine and you get a helluva lot of moving electrons, all adding up in wasted electricity.

But with Kenwood’s new and sleek Response kettle, color is used as the visual gauge to keep you tuned into how hot the water is within, inherently making it energy efficient. So if you have it, say, at the communal kitchen in the office, you’ll be able to tell right away whether the water’s at the ideal temp or not "” saving you from either burning off your taste buds for a day or sticking your mug into the microwave. The kettle also has a cruise control-style option, in which it’ll maintain a certain temp to avoid the on-again-off-again game we do with our appliances sometimes.

It’s showcased on the UK Kenwood site, but here’s hoping they’ll offer this stateside soon.