How To Make Your Kettle Boil Faster

Sick of waiting for your kettle to boil?

Are you sick of waiting for your kettle to boil? There is a very simple tip that you can use to ensure your kettle boils as fast as possible. It does not matter if you have an electric kettle or a stovetop kettle, this method works equally as well.

Change your kettle filling habits

The most essential tip for making your kettle boil faster is to change your habits on how you use your kettle. Many of us just “fill-up” the kettle and switch it on – herein lies the problem. Often we put far more water into the kettle than we actually need. The more water a kettle has in it, the slower it will take to boil. By changing our filling habits, we can instantly reduce the amount of time it takes for our kettle to boil.

Measure your kettle’s water

Most kettles have a minimum water level that the manufacturer recommends you have in the kettle. This protects the element (for electric kettles) and also protects the base from burning out (for stovetop kettles). Often there is a minimum water level indicator on your kettle – check the side water level indicator or look inside the kettle itself.

Next, completely empty your kettle then refill only to the minimum water mark.  If your kettle has no minimum water marker, then place three full cups of water in your kettle (make sure the base element is covered if your kettle is electric).

Then, boil your kettle and time it to see how long it takes. Use the stop watch on your phone or wristwatch.

Using a cup or mug that you would normally use, pour out the boiled water and count how many cup/mugs it fills. You might be surprised how many cups or mugs your minimum water level experiment manages to fill.

It is entirely probable that the minimum water mark on your kettle is more than enough to make 2 or 3 cups of tea or coffee.

Save time, save water, save energy

By using the minimum water mark on your kettle, your kettle boils quicker thus saving you wait-time, you use less water thus saving your water costs and reducing water wastage. Additionally, you use less power to heat the kettle thus saving you fuel or power costs. A trifecta of savings from a simple change of habit.

Pass on this tip to your discerning friends and family. The more people that are collectively reducing power and water, the better. Better for the planet, better for the pocket book.

Do the math – if you have a cup of tea or coffee morning and night and manage to save 2 minutes boiling time on each occasion by using this tip, then after one year you would have saved yourself 24 hours of waiting-to-boil time. That’s THREE 8 hour work days of time saved! Also think about the power costs you would have saved – it’s like leaving a kettle continually boiling for 24 hours straight.

Little savings absolutely add up.

Be mindful

Once you have established the optimum minimum water level needed to boil your kettle, it is simply a matter of being mindful for the 3 or 4 seconds it take to fill your kettle each time you use it. You can’t un-know this tip now, which means that you will probably be automatically mindful every time you fill your kettle.

Additionally, another tip is – if you pour yourself one cup of boiling water then simply pour back in one cup of cold water ready for the next time you use your kettle. This will automatically replenish your kettle to the optimum minimum water level that you have already measured previously.

Happy fast kettle boiling