Tea Rex Stovetop Kettle
Alessi · £170
Nice, but provisional
A special edition marking thirty years of Alessi’s original bird kettle, with a dragon on the spout that whistles when it boils. At £170 for a stovetop kettle you are buying a piece of design history and a conversation, not performance: the £120 All-Clad does the same job on the same hob and will not date.
- For
- Someone who collects Alessi, or who wants one deliberately silly object in a serious kitchen.
- Not for
- Anyone who finds a whistling dragon wearing after the second week.
What we checked
- It marks the 30th anniversary of the original Alessi bird kettle. John Lewis
Marked provisional: the justification rests on 1 source(s); two independent ones is the bar. We publish it anyway and say so, rather than waiting for evidence that may never arrive.