Tefal Quick Cup
Be selfish - make a cuppa for yourself and save energy.
The days of your cuppa taking a whole ad-break to prepare are over. Thanks to clever technology, the Tefal Quick Cup will have your brew sorted in three seconds, using just the right amount of water for one cup – making it a lot more energy efficient than its predecessors. You fill the kettle from the tap as normal then when you press the red button the device sucks up a pre-set amount of water – 220ml, which is enough to fill a mug. This is drawn through a spiral heating element and emerges, piping hot, from the spout. The Quick Cup also incorporates a water filter, which is designed to clean up the tap water it uses, reducing chlorine.Pros
It saves energy, time and money. Also, by pressing a different button, the Quick Cup also produces a glass of room-temperature, filtered water.
Cons
The water produced by the device is very hot but not quite at boiling point. Consequently, some tea lovers may find it doesn't draw as much flavour from a tea-bag and it may struggle with dried snacks like noodles. The company also warns that the water is not hot enough to produce the sterile water needed to reconstitute dried baby milk.
Energy saved
Tefal claims the device offers energy savings of up to 65 per cent compared with the normal kettle. It should save you money on your electricity bill. Generally, if everyone boiled only the water they needed to make a cup of tea instead of “filling” their kettle every time, we could save enough electricity in a year to power the UK's street lights for 7 months. This is the equivalent of the electricity used by 295,000 households for a year or output of a typical power station for nearly 5 months.
Cost
£59.99
