Heh, pretty much every kitchen in the UK - in homes and in offices - has a kettle that can boil a litre of water in 3-4 minutes. You can buy them in the supermarket for around £20.
And then there’s this beauty my wife treated me to a while back… https://www.sageappliances.com/en-gb/product/bke825?sku=SKE825BSS3GUK1
It’s weird seeing that branded as Sage - I’m so used to seeing it as Breville here in Australia.
Had that one for ages (a decade or so?), before it finally gave up the ghost. I replaced it with the glass version, and that’s been kicking on for a few good years now.
Literally hard for me to consider any other brands of kitchen appliances, honestly - Breville is my default pick now, whenever possible.
gave up the ghost
It’s funny hearing that phrase in English. It’s a very common saying in German. Do you happen to know if it was translated or is it already common in Australia?
It’s common in the US, too. It’s probably a reference to Matthew 27:50, which in the KJV says “Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost”
