Absolutely Ishbel!!! I cringe to the bottom of my toes whenever we order a cup of tea at a cafe over here and they use 'nearly' boiling water from a water dispenser instead of proper boiling water...then they just put the hottish water in a mug and give you that, along with the teabag - so by the time you've paid and got to your table the water has really cooled down and is useless for making tea LOL! (Even worse is when they give you a teabag and an empty mug and point you in the direction of a plastic insulated carafe of hot water which has been sitting on a side table for several hours...)
It took us a while trawling over town to find one, and we had to pay $$$ for it, but an electric kettle was No. 1 on our list of things to buy the very day we moved over here
We take it on vacation with us, as there is never anything to make tea with in a hotel room....and I also have one of those little plug-in electric elements that you stick right into a mug of water to boil the water - it takes a while to boil, but as long as I get a decent cuppa I don't mind the wait.
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