Does the handle heat up or can you pour the water without using a pot holder? On a quest for a tea kettle where I don't need a potholder to pour.
208494
My handle routinely gets too hot to touch. The insulating handle material (neoprene-like) has changed since I first purchased this model, some years ago. (The old model never became too hot to touch.) My new, 2015 model will get too hot, requiring a pot holder. If I position the pot VERY carefully, and adjust the flame precisely, this problem will not occur.
208495
I can't answer that question because I returned the tea kettle that looked very cheap and poorly constructed.
208496
The handle remains comfortable to grasp after boiling. I bought this for my Mother, and she never needs a pot holder to pour her tea water.
64246
With owning whistling kettles in the past, I can see how it can get too hot on the handle and top. If I walk away and am not conscious about the time, it can get warm, but I've only had it too hot to handle once. Sounds like it might have been over filled if it boils over. Technically only meant for drip, not massive amounts of coffee or tea.
335654
No. You could microwave the water then pour it in, I just use a tea kettle on the stove. Doesn't even have to be boiling.
142093
I don't think you can heat this pot. The way to use it, will be to pour in hot water and tea leaves and allow to stand to steep in the tea leaves.
1726380
I heat the water in a regular tea kettle, then pour the water over the tea into the pot. After it has brewed I then transfer the brewed tea to another pot so the tea doesn't get too strong. Of course you can take out the insert but watch burning you hands. B Hardy
619469
The handles can become hot. For normal heating up something they are fine. But for prolonged cooking I do need a pot holder.
637811
The reason you are not supposed to heat it over the stove is because you should not be steeping your tea in boiling water. The pot it for steeping, not cooking, and if you want to make several batches of tea with good leaves (like you should be able to), you don't want to pour water in, boil it and then reheat the leave over and over and over again when they should stay warm. This is not good for the tea.
2278553
This is a double walled teapot for brewing the tea in. Although I have kept the tea warm on my woodstove it would be best to heat the water in a separate container.
1361898
Somewhat safe - I still think it might be hot on your hand, but maybe less so than on a gas stove. I think the heat travels up the handle from the kettle's pot itself. The handle appears to be a combo of plastic and rubber - and tends to get hot enough all over that I usually use a hotpad or my sleeve to pour when the kettle boils.
64244
It is a range top kettle. Does not overflow unless overfilled. Handle would only get hot if on a gas or electric range that is too large. Simply use a smaller heating area like you would for a small pot. Steam does come out vent holes on top so the top center knob can get hot if boiling feverishly.
2270710
I recommend using a pot holder or oven mitt once the wok has heated up. The handle gets hot when the wok is fully heated.
1947181
The key is how angled the kettle is when you're pouring. If the kettle is rather full, so that you don't have to angle it much to pour water out, then you don't have to hold the lid. When you angle the kettle more sharply, like maybe 70 degrees or more (this is approximate guess), then you have to put a finger on the lid or it will fall off. Most of the time, I don't have to angle the kettle that much to pour from it, so that I don't have to put my finger on the lid.
1858739
You can pour in water right off the boil. Just don't put it on a stove burner. :)
626837
I never heat water in my teapot, but you could keep it warm on your wood stove. I don't know if it would harm your teapot to heat it on the stove.
1511278
Yes, but the pot comes with a very nice holder that slides over the handle. It says not to leave it on, but I do, and have done so for years. I think this is the best kettle on the market, and I have tried many others.
366588
I gave mine away as a gift to a gal I was dating at the time. I have another model at my home made by farberware which also has an aluminum handle, but it is never too hot to the touch even with boiling water. The side handles do heat up on the farberware model and you have to use pot holders when straining.
1726382
Hi, you don't use these teapots to heat the water. You use them only to brew the tea. I use an electric kettle to heat the water, then pour it into the teapot with either loose tea in the infuser (shown) or with teabags. The teapot is never too hot to handle.