If by "kettle" you mean a teakettle with a built-in electric heating element, yes, it is uncommon in the States.
In my houses, we've always had a kettle that sits on a stove burner. When water boils, one pours the water from that into a teapot where the leaves steep.
People who use teabags can pour the boiling water straight into the cups.
I recall that, some months ago, papersky made an essay out of her quest for an electric kettle that would run on Norteamericano mains.
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Date: 2004-02-10 07:47 am (UTC)In my houses, we've always had a kettle that sits on a stove burner. When water boils, one pours the water from that into a teapot where the leaves steep.
People who use teabags can pour the boiling water straight into the cups.
I recall that, some months ago,