When comparing Breville BKE820XL vs UtiliTEA, the Slant community recommends UtiliTEA for most people. In the question“What are the best electric kettles?” UtiliTEA is ranked 4th while Breville BKE820XL is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose UtiliTEA is:
This kettle is great specifically for green and black teas as it has two different temperature settings to brew a perfect cup: 180 °F and 212 °F. It is known that every tea requires different temperature to get the best flavor. Lower one is for green tea and higher setting is for black tea.
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Pros
Pro Perfect for different types of drinks
It is well known that temperature is important if you want to make an excellent tea or coffee. For this purpose, Breville kettle has five different boiling temperatures for five different types of drink: 79°C for Green tea; 85°C for White tea; 90°C for Oolong tea; 93°C for French Press; and 100°C for boiling and black tea. It is great for gourmets who want a perfect drink every time.
Pro Keeps water at the desired temperature
This kettle has a Hold Temp button that keeps water at the selected temperature after boiling for 20 minutes. Therefore, it is great if you cannot have your beverage immediately after water has been boiled or just want to quickly refill the cup.
Pro Stylish and durable
This kettle is made of stainless steel that gives an elegant and modern look to any kitchen. Additionally, stainless steel is resistant and does not discolor, even after a long period of time. Because of that, this kettle will not get damaged easily and probably outlast any other water kettle.
Pro Easy to clean
This kettle is made from stainless steel material that is easy to maintain. Only a cloth is enough to make it shiny, so you will not spend a lot of time cleaning.
Pro Great for green and black teas
This kettle is great specifically for green and black teas as it has two different temperature settings to brew a perfect cup: 180 °F and 212 °F. It is known that every tea requires different temperature to get the best flavor. Lower one is for green tea and higher setting is for black tea.
Pro Heats up fast
This kettle heats up water only in 2 minutes for green tea and in 4.5 minutes for the maximum temperature. It is faster the majority of the kettle on the market.
Pro Durable and simple to clean
This kettle is made from stainless steel, which is reliable and long-lasting material. It is hard to damage and easy to maintain as well. Only a clean rag is enough to make it shiny again.
Pro Easy to use
This kettle is simple to use, because it has the Utilities temperature dial with color coded settings. It uses two colors - green and brown. Colors on the dial displayed clearly and accurately. You can set the dial to the green for a green and to the maximum for black tea. No complex functionality.
Cons
Con Beeps annoyingly
Some people can find it annoying that the kettle beeps quite a lot. It makes a beep every time you take it off the base or push the buttons (it takes to push three buttons before boiling). At the end, the kettle makes three beeps before boiling.
Con Takes longer to heat water
Due to the large capacity (1.8 liter) this kettle takes longer time to boil water comparing to a smaller kettle.
Con Small capacity
This kettle only has 0.9 liter capacity, so it is suitable for only 2-3 cups.
Con Sometimes not accurate enough
This kettle might be not accurate enough sometimes because the temperature setting cannot count how much water is in the kettle. Thus, a temperature may vary couple degrees depending on the amount of water in the kettle.