Well, we use our kettles for a lot more than just making tea. An electric kettle heats up water much faster than heating it on the stove, you see, so we use a kettle whenever we want hot drinking water quickly. For example, I boil the kettle and then pour the contents into a pan on the stove in which I'm going to cook my rice or potatoees. Last week, my hot tap broke in the kitchen, so I was boiling water in the kettle for doing the washing up. If I want to make stock with a stock cube, I boil the water in the kettle. And so on. Kettles are great for impatient people.
