Do people still use tea kettles? Or am I just weird?

I do most of the time for tea and when I am making a jelly or other dessert that calles for boiled water. I find that tea and Jello just taste better when the water is brought to a boil in the kettle rather than in the microwave.

Yup, it is official. You are a fruit loop! LOL Just kidding!!!! LOL

Seriously though, yes, I have a tea kettle. And yes, I do use it.
However, I have not been using it as of lately.
Lately, I have been taking the lazy road to filling the coffee mug with water and popping it in the microwave. But that is the only time water is being heated in the microwave.

When I need water for a Cup-o-Puddles...we use the tea kettle.
When I need water for my art supplies (Ukrainian Edd Dying baths)...I use the kettle.

I think using the kettle is actually better than microwaving because the microwave does not bring it to a boil. When water boils, it is ridden of impurities. So, even if tap water is considered "safe"...boiling the tap water will just make sure that it really is safe. Which, I am sure that it would probably make it taste better. So, maybe I will have to try it with my coffee since I have only recently started drinking coffee.
Oh! And ridding the water from these impurities also creates far better quality egg dye baths.:) If I did not use the kettle and boil the water, my dyes would be ruined within a few days.

LOL I always use the kettle! not jsut for tea/coffee/cocoa etc but also for soup and oatmeal too...My husband will make his coffee in the microwave though... it just doesnt appeal to me doing it that way LOL

I do still use a tea kettle
for making hot tea, oatmeal and other instant soups and what not(which I don't have that often)
but we use our tea kettle a great deal in the winter, not so much in the warmer months

I use a kettle on the stove pretty much anytime there's tea to be made. When it's not actually being heated to a boil, it sits (at least in the winter) on top of the propane stove, offering a little humidity to the air... and then it also stays "almost hot" for when it is needed for tea.

The only time I use the microwave to head liquids would be for soup that has gone kinda cool in the bowl, if I got distracted while eating it.

My husband and I use an electric kettle to boil water for teas, hot chocolates, instant soups, and many other things that call for boiled water. My mother still uses one of the stove-top kettles to boil water for her tea. I don't think we've ever used the microwave to boil water.

You and I must be throw backs of an earlier day gone by..I no longer have a tea kettle, but I do boil my water in a saucepan the old fashioned way..on the stove! and yes cook up soup and other hot beverages that way. Goodness can you imagine that! hehehe
I could never understand the principle of boiling or as you say nuking water in a microwave...does it really save that much time...I'm never in such a hurry--are you?

Well I 'll have to confess that I am a lazy microwave convert. I remember in my teens and early 20's using a tea kettle, but I have converted to the microwave. I don't even remember when or how this conversion took place nor what happened to my tea kettle! I will also have to say though that tea does not taste as good when the water is done in the microwave. There is something about tea kettle boiled water that makes tea taste better! Perhaps I'll put a tea kettle on this years Christmas wish list!

i don't use it no more I use microwave to heat up water for tea and soups.

I am right now with my cup of tea and to reply a post so lively is indeed
a perfect feeling.I do not know wheehr it is the tea kettles that are still used at my home.This is because I have
not made an entry into the kitchen from many days.
But yeah one hing is for sure,I enjpoyed making ta in the kettles.The way the air flows out hrough the kttle is very enjoying to look at from my perspective.