The workshop group studying an electric jug kettle went beyond improving the existing kettle to re-thinking what a jug kettle is supposed to do. "What is the point," they asked, "of boiling two litres of water to make a cup of coffee when only a small quantity is required?" What is required, they decided, is something completely different, with an adjustable thermostat, which has Less thermal mass and is capable of efficiently heating only one cup full of water at a time.
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