Pour Over Coffee Kettle with Thermometer for Exact Temperature 40 fl oz - Premium Stainless Steel Gooseneck Tea Kettle for Drip Coffee, French Press and Tea - Works on Stove and Any Heat Source

So before I purchased this, I read the negative reviews. That is where some of the good info is sometimes hidden.I did find that there was a metallic smell that I associate with industrial metalworking lubricants. It resisted washing or boiling out, but a rinse with 99.9% isopropyl alcohol removed all traces of the smell.The spout WILL sputter if you allow a heat source to warm it. So if you have a gas burner, don't let the flames warm the spout. If the spout is not warmed, it cannot sputter, if the spout is warmed, it will empty the kettle in 4 or 5 minutes.There is a fero-magnetic ring in the bottom seam that is there so that induction cooktops can heat this kettle. That ring is probably steel wire, and /will/ rust. ALL stainless steel kettles will have a feature like this, and if you leave water and air touching that steel ring, some rust will form. This is normal, and you see it with most stainless steel that has rolled edges or rolled seams, there is steel wire in that roll 90% of the time. It does not mean your kettle is defective.As for the leaks commonly reported at the base of the spout, this is a simple compression joint, so that will be where this type of kettle will eventually fail if abused. But it could also leak from new if dropped in shipping. Don't try to twist or bend your spout in any way, as that will surely stress the jointy and cause a leak. The spout is why we buy this, but it is also the weak point.Just like the spout will sputter if you heat it, so will the handle, and the thermometer lens. The handle gets warm if you have your flame too high, and the thermometer lens is just standard polycarbonate, so excess heat will destroy it, but you have to be applying too much heat to cause that to happen. Some electric ranges won't have burners small enough for this kettle, and for gas you will need to use a small burner if you have one. For induction heating, none of these issues are present as problems.The thermometer... First of all, people ask if it is accurate... At room temperature, it is reading high by 6 degrees F. But at boiling, it is spot on. We care about the accuracy at near boiling, so calibrate based on that. Calibration or checking a thermometer is the easiest thing in the world to do, First find out your local altitude, and look up the actual boiling point for your altitude. Second get a bath of water and ice cubes, and allow it to sit for 5 minutes. That water/ice mixture will always be exactly 32*F/0*C, and the boiling point will always be that temperature that you looked up in the first step. These reference points are the source of any standards, and can be created without special lab equipment. Since I found the thermometer to not have a perfectly linear temperature responce at low temperatures, and because I'm most interested in the boiling point, I focused calibration on boiling only, and found it to be spot on. But to be clear, this is a fast rolling boil, the first signd of boiling occure was below boiling, so you want to look for the point where the temperature stops increasing, and a LOT of steam is coming out under pressure.And another comment on the thermometer, the green band... On most kettles this would be red or yellow, not green. You should be above or below green for making coffee, green marks the bad temperatures, not the desirable ones. Many pros suggest staying below the green, but in general for coffee being over the green works as well. Also, I always pour some water out before pouring into coffee, as the water in the spout could be colder than you are expecting, and depending on what you are making, that could be a significant amount of cool water for your pre-brew.The bottom line, this is a cheap kettle, and the better once are not better enough to justify the cost. All kettles like this are cheap, even if they have higher prices. The thermometer is handy as it can tell me how long I will be waiting.I expect it will start leaking the first time it is dropped, or some young person tries to twist or bend the spout... but I would expect the same from more expensive brands.Would I buy it again if/when it starts leaking, probably yes (though I may try to silver braze to seal the leak instead of replacing it).

LOVE this!😁 This is my first time using a stovetop kettle of this style, it's SO easy to control how quickly OR slowly the scalding hot water comes out when I pour a cup. It's VERY well made. I love how it looks sitting on my stove , and I love how well MADE it is!I especially appreciate - having the temperature gauge built right into the topper!THAT'S going to be handy, and helpful for lots of purposes.Did I mention I LOVE it !! 😁You can't go wrong with one 👍👍

I was very happy to see that this kettle has come back into stock! I had one that I gave away, but when I tried to reorder it was out of stock and so I tried another brand that was completely unsuitable. This kettle is perfect - pristine impervious finish on the metal, pours perfectly, comfortable cool handle, accurate thermometer, and there was never rust on my old one and I don't expect it here (fingers always crossed). Fun to use and great coffee! If you order, I hope you will be as pleased.

UPDATE!!Customer service reached out and I received a new goose neck kettle and this one has been holding strong! I have caring for it the same way I did the first one. Cleaning it after use and drying it as much as possible and this new one shows no sign of rust. I think the original one I received might have just been a defective one but I would highly recommend this kettle because of their customer service. I have no doubt this kettle will last be a great while.Thank you CS!!It’s a really cool kettle that works on my Samsung induction stove top and I had no issues using it for my morning coffee on my hario v60 switch! That is, until today. The outside on the base I guess where the base was creased or stamped together is showing rust! I have high carbon knives so I’m no stranger to hand drying and that’s what I been doing but that bottom area does collect water and I didn’t think much of it since I been using it daily and sometimes twice so it always boils out of there but today I notice rust! How disappointing. I have read other reviews on other kettles that also have rust issues and I just don’t know what to buy anymore so I will be keeping this one I guess since the inside shows no rust. Hopefully that doesn’t change. Still a bummer though

This kettle has held up very well and performs nicely as I use it pretty exclusively as a coffee pour-over kettle. The ergonomic shape/ design of the pour spout makes it a perfect controlled pour and just the right angle juxtaposed to your filter/ cone. After about 9-10 months of use however, I’ve noticed the pour spout is beginning to rust a bit. The interior of the kettle is fine (no rusting or discoloring); I think it’s due to the spout being so skinny, it’s unable to dry thoroughly. Other than that, it has been a super coffee companion!

I never write reviews but I felt compelled to do so in this instance because of the danger this product poses. I bought this kettle because of it's gooseneck spout which I thought would be helpful when making my pour over coffee. This kettle was supposed to be adaptable to all forms of heating methods, including induction. I have an induction cooktop and the very first time I used it, within 15 seconds, noxious fumes started coming out from all over the kettle, it started to leak at the base where the multilayer bottom is attached to the kettle and a small fire/flame started at the base of the spout. I quickly removed the kettle and saw that the kettle was scorched and the rim of the base changed color from silver/stainless to a coppery color. The smell from the fumes was awful! I can only imagine what would have happen if I was not there watching the entire time. In addition, the rim of the kettle where the base of the kettle is soldered onto the upper kettle is very sharp and I had my concerns about it scratching and possible cutting you when you clean it. I cannot tell you how this kettle would respond when used with other heating methods (eg, gas, electric) but I would never use it on an induction cooktop.