I honestly bought my gooseneck kettle with temperature control to make coffee with, though it's great for tea too -- particularly green and white teas where you really don't want a full boil. Coffee should be made with water around 200F for optimal alkaloid extraction, and the gooseneck is great for using with a Chemex pourover pot.

I guess growing up we did always have just a stovetop kettle, but it seems like the electric kettles get more popular among folks that get stuck dealing with college dorm conditions, where you often don't get a stove, but you do get outlets. Right up there with rice cookers and instant pots.

Anyway, this is a great video for procrastinating with, as it doesn't accidentally actually accomplish anything.

Love techconnections (https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections), my all-time fav is his discussion on the color brown: https://youtu.be/wh4aWZRtTwU?si=msvOWg-LXG6dWeaM

Wait for when you will watch the 1h video about a basic fridge. Or the video about electromechanical pinball... in 3 parts of 50min each.

If this guy would be a science teacher, he would rise the rate of kids getting into engineering studies by a factor 10.