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.
1511277
Yes, the handle gets hot - however, it comes with a heat resistant potholder that you slide over the handle after it boils. This works very well and alleviates the problem. FYI - I am sending mine back to Chantal itself as the spout broke.
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.
580299
No, just fill it will hot water from a kettle and add tea to steep. Pretty teapot to serve from.
178415
I wouldn't ever use it to heat water. It is a tea pot, not a tea kettle. I have noticed that people say they do use it to heat water but I don't think it's designed to so think it could damage the pot
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.
1926086
NO....this is not a tea kettle. Heat your water on the stove and then SLOWLY pour it into the pot just like any teapot. While some glass is made to use on a stove with a heat defuser wire teapots are NOT. It is a very fine an lovely glass and sooo beautiful, but need a bit of TLC. Without the diffuser it is perfect for a pot of flower tea. You put this dry ball is the pot and add hot water and it opens to a lovely flower display at the same time it brew into a very special tea. Totally in love with the little rose on top. This is a pretty teapot.
708189
LaVinnia, the handles should not get hot to the point you can't handle them. However, if the pot has been on the stove for several hours or if water ever over-boiled out of the pot, I would use a pot holder.
1203685
I agree with Isabella. While it does get warm, provided you keep the handle straight up it does not get too hot to pick up if you don't use a potholder. I also use mine on a cast iron wood stove and have never had a problem.
323006
My daughter and I pour boiling water into it to make tea. HOWEVER, we do use an old 'trick' my mom taught me, and that is to put a long metal spoon or metal tongs into the pitcher before we pour the hot water. We don't know if this is something actually necessary, but haven't gotten up the nerve to NOT use this 'trick' every time. Hope that helps!
64247
I have not had these issues. If the boiling water overflows, perhaps fill kettle 3/4 full. The handle for me has never been hot. As for the top nob, I treat it with caution, ie...do not touch till the kettle water is no longer boiling.
2280546
NO, NO, NO! A teapot is NOT a kettle. Boil the water in a kettle (if you drink a lot of tea, an electric kettle is a must and you'll find you'll wonder how you ever lived without one.) This teapot is not designed for anything other than holding already boiled water. Tea, once made should never be boiled. To keep it hot, look out for a tea cosy and put the teapot on a cork mat to help to further retain the heat. I hope this helps.
1382238
The handle gets hot; however, I enjoy the kettle so much that using a hot pad is not a problem.
619469
The handles can become hot. For normal heating up something they are fine. But for prolonged cooking I do need a pot holder.
619468
The handles can become hot. If just heating up something they are fine. But if something takes a while to cook I do need to use a pot holder
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.
299505
You know, I was thinking about the pot handle, not the lid handle. Pot handle definitely does NOT get hot. Will try to boil something tonight and get back to you regarding the LID!