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We raced, tested, and measured 15 kettles from leading brands like Bonavita, Fellow, Breville, and Cuisinart to determine the very best electric kettle
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By Liber McKee ⋅ Senior Review Analyst ⋅ Updated April 23, 2025
Like many, my day doesn't truly begin until I have a warm mug in my hand and the first sip of caffeine hits my lips. Whether I'm brewing a delicate green tea or a robust coffee beverage, the best kettles need to provide fast boil times, accurate temperatures, and joyful pours. My personal quest for that effortless morning ritual is what drives our testing process. In the last 7 years, we have bought over 40 electric kettles and put them through a gauntlet of side-by-side tests. We've boiled hundreds of gallons of water in our homes and the lab, all to find the perfect kettle for your kitchen.
The OXO Brew Gooseneck is the best overall kettle for both the tea drinker and coffee aficionado. It has great temperature accuracy for delicate varietals and is one of our favorite pours for pour-over coffee.
If you want something that won't drain your bank account but performs almost as well, the Offacy Gooseneck is a great option.
Editor's Note: On April 23, 2025, we completely overhauled this review with a new lineup, new testing, and all new recommendations.
This fast boiling gooseneck kettle delivers good results across the board and excels in comfort and pouring performance. Perfect for pour over coffee
This elegant kettle more than satisfies the requirements of high-end coffee and tea drinkers so long as you have enough patience for the slow pour speed
A good kettle for coffee drinkers with a nice handle, but it will burn your green tea leaves
An elegant kettle with good to great performance across the board with very few compromises
Performs similarly to and in some cases better than kettles more than twice its price
A basic but effective kettle that is competitively priced and nice-looking to boot
A quick-pouring kettle with a large capacity, a variety of presets, and a useful memory feature
This kettle vies for the top spot with its large capacity, multiple temperature set points, and good looks
This budget-friendly model gets the job done and has a quick pour speed, but isn't recommended for those looking to customize their heat settings
A large simple kettle that still produces a good stream and heats up fast
This kettle's single temperature setting is outweighed by a stellar light show and smooth pouring
A decent kettle that is handicapped by poor design decisions
A good enough kettle for tea and coffee, but it has some problems with boiling speed and pouring quality
This kettle is large and bulky, making it imprecise and hard to pour with
Fun color options, sturdy insulation, and a low price make this capable kettle an excellent budget option for anyone looking for simplicity and safety
As someone who loves both pour-over coffee and tea, I was immediately impressed with the OXO Brew Gooseneck. The first thing I noticed was its exceptional handle. The ergonomic, soft rubber grip felt balanced in my hand and gave me total control over my pouring speed. This is exactly what I look for in a top-tier gooseneck kettle. Beyond the fantastic feel, I found its features very practical. The base has a clear display showing the real-time water temperature, and the 'keep warm' function, which holds the temperature for you, was a lifesaver on busy mornings. Being able to adjust the heat in one-degree increments also made it a great kettle with temperature control for most of my needs.
SPECIFICATIONS
Capacity
1.0 L
Boil Time
2.9 min
Contact with Plastic
Yes, water condenses onto the tiny plastic nubs on lid
Temperature Range
Temperature Select: 140ºF - 212ºF
Max Wattage
1500W
Of course, no product is perfect, and I found a few drawbacks during my testing. The main issue was with temperature accuracy at lower settings. When I set the kettle below 195°F for green tea, my thermometer showed it consistently ran a couple of degrees too hot. My current favorite green tea really does taste worse when brewed at a slightly higher than recommended temperature. Additionally, for a premium-priced kettle, the control dial felt a bit loose and less sturdy than I would have liked, and the overall look is more basic than some other high-end models.
The Oxo has great pouring accuracy and the best in-hand feel.
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Despite these minor issues, my overall experience was overwhelmingly positive. The superior pouring control and ergonomic feel are what make this my top pick. For me, the practical, user-friendly design outweighs the small imperfections, earning the OXO its title as the best overall electric kettle. If you value a comfortable and precise pour above all else, I believe this is the kettle to get. However, if you want a similar experience at a lower price, the Offacy Gooseneck is a fantastic alternative.
The Offacy might be from an unknown brand, but it was clearly designed with care. It looks and performs well compared to kettles that cost more than twice as much while not feeling overly cheap. What stood out immediately was its shockingly accurate temperature control. In my tests, it was one of the best models for hitting and holding a specific temperature, making it a fantastic choice for brewing tea correctly. I also found the user interface to be sleek and intuitive. The LED display is bright and easy to read, and I could figure out all its functions right out of the box without even glancing at the instructions. For the price, the ergonomics and balanced handle also feel very comfortable.
SPECIFICATIONS
Capacity
0.9 L
Boil Time
3.5 min
Contact with Plastic
None detected
Temperature Range
Temperature Select: 100ºF - 212ºF
Max Wattage
1200W
To offer such incredible value, I did notice a few areas where trade-offs were made. The most noticeable was the slower boiling speed, which is an expected consequence of its lower-wattage (1200W) heating element. I also found the chime that signals a finished boil is quite loud, and unfortunately, there's no way to turn it down. Finally, while the pour is perfectly fine for most uses, a serious pour-over coffee aficionado might notice the stream breaks into droplets more easily than on premium models. The materials also feel a bit less substantial than the top-tier kettles.
The Offacy gooseneck hits the right temperature for a fine cup of green tea
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For me, the conclusion on the Offacy is simple: the positives massively outweigh the negatives. It performs the most important functions—like holding an accurate temperature—as well as kettles that cost twice as much. Unless you need the absolute fastest boil or a flawless pour for competition-level coffee, this kettle's minor flaws are easy to forgive. It is, without a doubt, my top recommendation for the best budget electric kettle, offering the best performance for the price. As a final tip: this model is nearly identical to the Intasting Gooseneck, so I'd advise you to check the price on both and buy whichever is cheaper.
Sometimes, I don't need fancy features; I just need boiling water, and I need it now. For those moments, the Amazon Basics Electric Kettle is my go-to recommendation. It lives up to its name by doing one job exceptionally well: boiling water faster than any other model I've tested. Its large capacity is nearly double that of a typical gooseneck, which I found incredibly useful for kitchen tasks beyond drinks, like quickly getting water ready for a big pot of pasta. Despite its size, I was pleasantly surprised that it still felt balanced and comfortable to pour from.
SPECIFICATIONS
Capacity
1.7 L
Boil Time
2.7 min
Contact with Plastic
Yes,water level indicator is plastic, water condenses on black plastic lid
Temperature Range
Boils then shuts off
Max Wattage
1500W
As the “Basics” name implies, this is a no-frills model, and you have to accept its limitations. The most significant is that there is absolutely no temperature control; your only option is a full, rolling boil. If you are a coffee or tea enthusiast who needs precise temperatures, this isn't the kettle for you. The kettle also has a plastic window to indicate water level and a plastic component to the lid, so if you are trying to avoid hot water that has interacted with plastic, which we fully understand look at our other top selections, which are mostly plastic-free.
Although it doesn't have temperature controls, the Amazon Basics electric kettle can still make a nice cup of green tea if you're okay with winging it
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My final take is that this kettle knows exactly what it is. It's not trying to win over beverage connoisseurs. Instead, it's for anyone—a student, a home cook, a family—who prioritizes speed, capacity, and a low price above all else. If you're looking for a simple, powerful workhorse to boil water for various kitchen duties and aren't concerned with specialty features, I believe this is the fastest boiling kettle and the best basic option you can buy.
From the moment I unboxed it, I could tell the Fellow Stagg EKG is in a class of its own when it comes to design. Its elegant, minimalist style looks like a piece of art on my countertop, but I was happy to find its performance is just as impressive. During my tests, its pour quality was simply the best I've ever experienced; the gooseneck spout provided a beautiful, precise, and slow stream that gave me ultimate control over my coffee brewing. This is, without a doubt, the ultimate kettle for pour-over coffee. I was also impressed by its pinpoint temperature accuracy within the coffee brewing range and its surprisingly fast boiling speed. The advanced features, like the built-in brew stopwatch, are genuinely useful.
SPECIFICATIONS
Capacity
0.9 L
Boil Time
3.0 min
Contact with Plastic
None detected
Temperature Range
Temperature select: 104ºF - 212ºF
Max Wattage
1200W
However, this kettle is a specialist, and with that comes a few quirks you need to know about. Its biggest strength is also a potential annoyance: the flow rate is very slow by design. While perfect for pour-over, I found myself getting impatient when I just wanted to fill a large mug for tea; I was even tempted to take the lid off and pour from the top. The interface, while powerful, is also more complex than on other models, and you have to manually set your altitude to get an accurate boil, a step most kettles don't require. Finally, there's the high price tag, which places it firmly in the premium, enthusiast category.
The Fellow Stagg EKG is made to make pour over coffee
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My final verdict is that the Fellow Stagg EKG isn't for everyone, but for the right person, it's the only choice. If you are a dedicated coffee connoisseur who values aesthetic beauty and the perfect, precise pour above all else, this kettle is worth every penny. The annoyances fade away when you're in the middle of a brewing ritual, and the tool in your hand performs its specific job flawlessly. For that reason, it's my top recommendation for the serious pour-over enthusiast.
When I'm looking for the best electric tea kettle, I prioritize speed, capacity, and accurate temperature presets for different types of tea. The Breville IQ aims to deliver on all these fronts. I was immediately impressed by its power; thanks to a 1500W heating element, it was one of the fastest boiling kettles in my entire lineup. Its pitcher style offers a large capacity, and the interface is incredibly easy to use, with clearly labeled buttons for Green Tea, Black Tea, and even the elusive White Tea (I had to buy some to test it out. While not cheap, I really like this one). I found its temperature accuracy to be spot-on for green tea, making it an excellent kettle with temperature control for tea lovers like myself.
SPECIFICATIONS
Capacity
1.8 L
Boil Time
2.9 min
Contact with Plastic
Yes, two BPA-free strips for fill level and a strip below spout
Temperature Range
Presets: 175ºF, 185ºF, 195ºF, 200ºF, 212ºF
Max Wattage
1500W
However, in its attempt to be a kettle for everyone, I found the Breville makes some significant compromises. The pouring precision is frankly bad; the stream was splashy and hard to control, making this a definite “no” for anyone who enjoys pour-over coffee. While it was accurate for tea, I noted the temperature was slightly off for the ideal coffee brewing range. The biggest issue I ran into, however, was build quality. The lid-opening mechanism on my test model was faulty and only worked about half the time. The buttons also felt mushy, which I didn't expect from a kettle this expensive.
The Breville IQ uses lights around its buttons to clearly indicate what temperature is selected
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My final verdict is that the Breville IQ is not a perfect all-around kettle, but if you don't care about pour-over coffee, it is pretty dang close. Its large capacity and fine-tuned temperature accuracy make it great for general-purpose tasks like heating water for ramen in addition to delicate teas. If you exclusively drink tea and want a large, fast kettle with perfect temperature presets for your favorite brew, this model's strengths align perfectly with your needs. For that purpose, it's a top performer, so long as you're willing to overlook its other flaws.
The Cuisinart and Oxo Brew goosnecks in a temperature accuracy testing battle
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Why You Should Trust Us
You've been reading my thoughts and experiences with these kettles, and you might be wondering who the “I” behind this review is. My name is Liber, and my passion for finding the best products is backed by years of professional experience in methodical, scientific testing.
I earned my Bachelor's in plant biology and spent years working in the biotech industry, where my job was to design and build precise analytical tests. I bring that same scientific, data-driven approach to every product I review. It's not just about what feels good; it's about creating fair, repeatable tests to see what truly performs the best.
But my interest isn't purely academic. I'm also a dedicated loose-leaf tea enthusiast and mocha enjoyer. According to my colleague Austin, I spend my entire workday in the kitchen waiting to pour another cup of tea, even when I'm not testing electric kettles (I do admit to making ~6 cups of tea a day). I'm a big believer that a great electric kettle is one of the most useful tools in any kitchen—whether for that perfect morning cup or just to speed up boiling water for pasta. This review is the result of combining my hands-on, daily use with my rigorous lab analysis.
Testing 15 electric kettles means boiling a lot of water and drinking a lot of tea and coffee
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How We Tested
In our pursuit of detailed, data-driven consumer appliance evaluations, we perform extensive and continual testing on the most compelling products on the market. In this case, we scoured the web for the most popular electric kettle units, read countless user reviews, and consulted experts in the tea and coffee business. Then, after much deliberation, we purchased the best kettles we could find for comparative testing in our lab. Our exhaustive testing puts every electric kettle through a multi-point performance analysis to rate the most important functions we think users will want to know more about. Each kettle is subjected to 16 individual tests to analyze and compare its performance. During these tests, we examined their pour-over ability, clocked their pouring performance and boiling speed, noted how easy each one was to use, and evaluated how all their features and functions enhanced the user experience. Our review also utilizes exhaustive research and observations from various testers to develop a well-rounded perspective of use and functionality.
Watch many of our award winners battle it out for the most accurate and precise pouring.
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Analysis and Test Results
Our testers agree that one of life's most wonderful pleasures is enjoying freshly brewed coffee or tea each morning…and throughout the day. An electric kettle can be an excellent investment to enhance your morning ritual. We've tested the top products on the market to help you find the right model.
What's the Best Value?
Value For Accuracy and Temp Control You can't go wrong with the Offacy. It is a cheaper version of the Intasting Gooseneck, which itself is heavily inspired by the Fellow Stagg, the highest-priced kettle we reviewed. The Offacy offers all of the features of the higher-priced kettle except for the scheduling feature, at a third of the price.
Value For Speed of Boiling and Pouring If you want to just boil and pour fast, a gooseneck kettle will hinder you more than help. The best deal in this case is the Amazon Basics with its fast boiling time and high capacity. Being Amazon's own brand, it also often goes on sale, further lowering its already low price.
Worse Value
Better Value
The Amazon Basics electric kettle is a large kettle, but it is still easy to use because of its taller slimmer design
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Boiling Speed
You know the phrase a watched pot never boils. That might have been true in the past, but no longer! Electric kettles seemingly attack the water and force it to change states right before your eyes. To quantify this, we ran a simple boil time analysis. We took 500 mL of 57°F water, poured it into each unit, turned it on, and recorded the time to reach a rolling boil and automatically shut off. This methodology takes into account how most people will use their kettle, which is waiting for the kettle to shut off before pouring from the kettle.
Most of the electric kettles we tested boiled water within 4 minutes. The Amazon Basics achieved the same outcome in a fraction of the time, which makes a big difference if you're running late after hitting the snooze button too many times. The Secura and the Bonavita 1.0L Gooseneck take last place by far here because they only have a 1000 W heating element. The Bonavita, in particular, performed poorly because its automatic shut-off mechanism let the kettle continue to boil for a while before shutting off.
The Amazon Basics handily beats the Bonvita gooseneck in this boiling race
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A Note About Boiling Speed
Water's boiling point varies based on atmospheric pressure and — all things being equal — atmospheric pressure decreases with elevation. Our test lab sits about 6,400 feet above sea level, an elevation yielding a relatively low average boiling point of about 201°F. At sea level, this value rises to ~212°F. Accordingly, don't be surprised if you can't match our reported boil times. However, the observed differences between the kettles should remain the same.
As the Breville IQ boils water condenses on the plastic parts of the lid
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Temperature Accuracy for Coffee
The ideal range for brewing coffee tea is between 195°F and 205°F. We picked 200°F as the single temperature to test as it is the median value, and some kettles only had preset values. We placed temperature probes in each kettle that continuously monitored the interior water temperature. Then, the kettles were filled with 500 mL of cold water and set to 200°F. We repeated this three times per kettle to get an average value and to be able to look at the variability of the temperature accuracy.
Coffee Temperature Accuracy
Product
Degrees Off
Fellow Stagg
0.6
Intasting Gooseneck
0.9
Offacy Gooseneck
1.6
Bonvita Gooseneck
2.0
Oxo Gooseneck
2.0
Cuisinart PerfecTemp
2.3
Cuisinart Gooseneck
2.8
Cosori Gooseneck
4.5
Breville IQ
4.6
The Fellow Stagg EKG wins the coffee accuracy challenge, but others are quite close. The spread here is much smaller than the spread in temperature accuracy for green tea, and that's a good thing! Something to note here is that the Cosori Gooseneck doesn't have a 200 °F setting, so we had to test its temperature accuracy at 195 °F, while all of the other kettles were tested at 200 °F
The Offacy gooseneck and Fellow Stagg EKG are very close, but the Offacy is a couple degrees closer to the set temperature of 175 F
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Temperature Accuracy for Green Tea
The ideal range for steeping green tea is between 170°F and 180°F as green tea leaves are more delicate than their black tea counterparts. We picked 175°F as the single temperature to test as it is the median value, and some kettles only had preset values. Temperature probes were placed inside each kettle suspended above the bottom plate. Then, the kettles were filled with 500 mL of cold water and set to 175°F. We repeated this three times for each kettle to get an accurate average value.
Green Tea Temperature Accuracy
Product
Degrees Off
Breville IQ
0.6
Intasting Gooseneck
1.2
Cuisinart PerfecTemp
1.4
Offacy Gooseneck
1.6
Bonvita Gooseneck
3.0
Cuisinart Gooseneck
4.9
Fellow Stagg
5.9
Oxo Gooseneck
6.5
Cosori Gooseneck
13.5
The Breville IQ nabbed a near-perfect score in this metric for being the most accurate kettle in our review at 175. Other kettles are also very close to the ideal temperature, like the Offacy Gooseneck, the Intasting Gooseneck, and the Cuisinart Digital Gooseneck.
The Breville IQ is one of the best kettles to make a cup of green tea
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Pour Feel
A mostly subjective metric, pour feel is simply how good and effortless it feels to pour water from the kettle. We did find that the intuitive pour feel ranking matched very closely to the natural angle required to pour water from the kettle, so we'll share that data with you below. This isn't always fully correlated; other things like handle quality, weight, and balance also factor into our scoring.
Natural Pour Angle
Product
Natural Pour Angle
Cosori gooseneck
35
Bodum bistro
41
Offacy gooseneck
41
Intasting gooseneck
42
Bonavita gooseneck
44
Fellow stagg
45
Oxo gooseneck
46
Cuisinart gooseneck
50
Cuisinart PerfecTemp
63
Secura kettle
64
Amazon basics kettle
68
Cosori tea kettle
69
Breville IQ
70
Chefman Fast-Boil
71
Hamilton beach
73
The Cosori Gooseneck and the Bodum Bistro are both tied here for their excellent pour feel. Many of our award winners also placed quite highly, like the OXO Brew Gooseneck, the Offacy Gooseneck, and the Fellow Stagg EKG. Typically, the gooseneck kettles fared better here because of their smaller size and bulk. However, out of the pitcher-style kettles, the Secura Stainless Steel and the Amazon Basics Electric Kettle did better than most because of their more ergonomic handles and slimmer design.
On the right, the Bodum bistro barely requires any wrist movement to pour, while the Chefman takes a considerable amount of torque to hold it up and pour
Ease of Use
The temperature controls for the Cuisinart PerfecTemp are on the handle rather on the base
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This category encompasses how intuitive the kettle was to turn on and adjust settings, how the buttons felt to press, how the kettle told you it was actually on, and other features like how it responds to being removed from its base and replaced. Many kettles did quite well here, which is a good thing! Our Best Buy award winner, the Offacy Gooseneck, ranks highly here because of its stellar display, clearly indicating the set temperature, if the kettle is heating, and if temperature holding is active.
Something we noticed that concerned us was that if a lot of kettles are still heating and haven't automatically turned off yet, then removed from the base and placed back on, they will continue heating. This could be a beneficial feature if you realize there isn't enough water in the kettle, so you remove it, add more water, and then put it back on. However, a more likely scenario would be that the water is boiling, but the automatic shut-off hasn't been triggered yet; you remove the kettle, pour your water, and then put the kettle back on the base. In this case, the kettle will resume boiling water; if you use all the water, it will be heating nothing. All of the kettles have 'dry boil protection,' which shuts them off when they don't detect water. Still, depending on how this is implemented, they can heat up quite a lot before shutting off, producing bad burning smells and potentially reducing the lifespan of your kettle.
The OXO Brew gooseneck has all of the ideal temperatures for coffee and teas written on the base. Unfortunately, the kettle covers this up when its placed on the base
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Precision Pouring
How pleasing is the stream of water flowing out of the kettle? Do droplets splash around everywhere, getting your counter wet? Does the stream fully agitate the coffee grains, allowing for maximum extraction in your pour-over? These are the questions we addressed when looking at the precision of each kettle. The quality of the stream of water flowing out of a kettle can be determined by measuring the distance the water falls as a single stream before breaking up into droplets.
Percision Pouring
Product
Stream Length
Cosori gooseneck
11.8
Bodum bistro
9.8
Oxo gooseneck
9.4
Secura kettle
8.7
Intasting gooseneck
8.7
Fellow stagg
8.3
Offacy gooseneck
8.3
Bonavita gooseneck
7.5
Amazon basics kettle
7.1
Cuisinart PerfecTemp
6.3
Hamilton beach
5.9
Chefman Fast-Boil
5.5
Cosori tea kettle
5.5
Breville IQ
5.1
Cuisinart gooseneck
4.7
The Cosori gooseneck has a near perfect stream. Its a sight to behold
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On the other hand the Cosori kettle is truly a mess with big drops instead of a coherent stream
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The Cosori gooseneck won in this test by a wide margin, with some of our other favorite kettles still performing adequately but coming up a little short. After all, how often do you pour hot water from more than 8 inches above your coffee? Where this test is really damning, though, is for the low scorers. Not being able to maintain a consistent stream means it's much harder to recommend that they pour over coffee users.
Conclusion
The electric kettle market offers kettles for every purpose, from coffee and tea enthusiasts to everyday users. Key models include the OXO Brew gooseneck (Best Overall for its design, pour, and controls, though less accurate at low temps), the budget-friendly Offacy Gooseneck (great value and temperature control despite a slower boil), the elegant Fellow Stagg EKG (top aesthetics but slow pour and complex interface), the rapid-boiling Amazon Basics (fast and simple but lacks temperature control), and the versatile Breville IQ pitcher (good temp accuracy, especially for green tea, but potential pour/build issues). Choosing the right kettle depends on prioritizing individual needs like speed, accuracy, design, or specific functionality for different hot beverages.
