Plus, it’s reasonably priced compared with other luxury brands. It’s been years since I’ve heard it, but the sound of my grandmother’s jarringly screechy tea kettle still echoes in my brain. Despite ...

Whistling tea kettles have been letting off steam for at least a hundred years, and for Donald Strum, that's music to his ears. "It's primal," he told CBS News' Susan Spencer, "to be able to put ...

It's just a kettle, or is it? Colin Bisset gives the history of a design classic, the Alessi 9093 Kettle. With its iconic bird whistle, and post-modern design by Princeton architecture lecturer ...

What do we ask of a tea kettle? Not too much. First and foremost, we would like it to boil water. And that’s about it. Of course, if it can boil water faster than other kettles, that’s a plus.

From Fellow Stagg to Alessi, designer kettles with lofty price tags are all the rage right now, as celebrities and TikTokkers alike rave about them. But are they worth it? The Standard's journalism is ...