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Train Whistle Tea Kettle sounds like an oncoming steam locomotive
There's something civilized about tea time, but that shrill shriek of the tea kettle as the water begins to boil spoils the reverie of it all. Instead of that earsplitting racket of the boatswain's call, this one takes on the guise of a 19th-century freight train, singing its steam-driven train-whistle song when it's time to remove pot from heat.
Besides that train whistle effect, this mirror-polished steel container with a magnetic steel heat-diffusing bottom is much like any other kettle used to heat water. But sometimes that extra original detail makes the additional expenditure a worthy cause. We're just not so sure if it's $265 worth of worthy.
By PeterD at 2:54 PM ON 11/07/08
I was sold until you told me the price. Ugh. Nearly $300 for a kettle with a train whistle sound? Never mind.
By CoolProducts at 4:03 PM ON 11/07/08
@ the price tag - Yikes!
However, still cool in my books!
By budgethero at 4:26 PM ON 11/07/08
of course! for all my friends who like trains.... for all my friends who like inexplicably expensive tea
By kate at 12:55 PM ON 12/17/08
well... I'm shopping for a replacement for our old train-whistle-kettle which just, after 12 years of daily service, bit the dust (plastic/resin ball on lid crumbled away, and the whistle doesn't blow very loudly anymore...). So this expensive kettle sounds good--but it's a ridiculous price. Our first one came from Whole Earth Access and cost about $40 twelve years ago. I'll keep searching online for a better deal!
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