You can’t have a Southern summer without iced tea, but sometimes even on the laziest sunny days you don’t have the time to spare to brew it. After all, you could be chilling in your backyard or at the beach sipping your tea rather than at the kitchen counter making it. What you need is a tool like this Mueller electric kettle that will make the process faster so you can get back to relaxing in the sun. Snag it on sale for just $24 at Amazon.

Why have nearly 50,900 shoppers awarded the device five-star ratings? The 1.5-liter kettle is so quick that it takes as little as 5 minutes to boil up to 6 cups of water at a time, according to reviewers (there’s also a 1.8-liter size if you want something larger).

　　 Mueller Electric Kettle

Orig. $28 $24 at Amazon And since it’s so quick, you can brew multiple batches a day if needed. “Our family is 13 strong, and we can easily burn through two gallons of tea a day,” said one reviewer, adding, “We use this kettle at least twice a day to make Southern sweet tea.” The speedy boiling is particularly useful for making large batches of sweet tea if you’re hosting friends or family, or you can whip up enough to store in your fridge all week.

Customers also appreciate the blue LED indicator light that shuts off when the water is finished boiling. “It's easy to spot this lighted kettle from across the room as I heat water for our morning coffee or tea,” said one customer. And the pot itself automatically turns off when it’s done for safety and to save electricity, too. Another reviewer shared, “I recommended this kettle to my mother who sometimes didn't hear her stove kettle whistling if she walked away. [It’s] aso great for forgetful types who may wander away from a kettle on the stove for the same auto-shut off reason.”

The 7 Best Iced Tea Pitchers Of 2024 Made of borosilicate glass and stainless steel, the electric tea kettle is durable and heat resistant, and the nonslip handle “stays cool to the touch,” even as the water boils. The power cord is attached to the base rather than the entire kettle, so you can pour easily without getting tangled, either. The kettle also comes with a removable, washable filter if you want to use tap water, though some shoppers say they just pour filtered water directly into the pot to avoid mineral deposits.

Though the electric kettle is great for tea, reviewers have found so many other uses for it, such as steaming veggies, cooking pasta, and making oatmeal. You can even use it to help powdered baby formula dissolve. It’s great for cooking during the hot summer months, as well. “It generates very little outside heat compared to heating water on a stove,” said one customer. “It helps keep the kitchen cooler by cutting the time needed to heat water first on the stove.”

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