Whistling Tea Kettle

Krups is among today’s leading manufactures of small domestic quality equipments. The company started out as a small manufacturing business in Wald, North Rhine-Westphalia owned by Josua Kortz in 1846, and was later transformed into a renowned factory by Robert Krups, with products being delivered to Switzerland and Holland in 1866. By the 1900’s the Krups Company became among Germany’s foremost producers of scales, as well as the favorable positioning of Krups machines.

Tea is one of the oldest beverages around. It originated in China where, according to legend, no less than an emperor of a great dynasty first discovered how to utilize the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to make this wonderful, healthful drink.

Tea kettles are one of the oldest pieces of kitchenware. In fact, recent archaeological finds suggest that tea kettles might even date back to the time when tea was first discovered in Ancient China.

The earliest form of tea kettles were stone earthenware pots. Later on, stone teapots were replaced by porcelain. Porcelain tea kettles were widely popular among tea drinkers but because they are too often expensive for the common man, porcelain was slowly replaced by ceramic tea kettles.

Classically known as testubin, cast iron tea kettles were originally used all through Japan as kettle for water boiling on an open fire. They were generally hung above fireplaces to also provide humidity and heat during cold weathers. In the middle of the nineteenth century, with the introduction and fame of teas like Sencha, preparing and serving tea to family and friends in these cast iron tea kettles became very famous. Since then, plain designs, as well as shapes have evolved into much talked about detailed works of art as seen today.