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Hard to tell, but it looks more like a hammered copper kettle than a brass one, but brass is mostly copper anyhow. Regardless, tea is mildly acidic and thus shouldn't be used in a copper kettle or a brass vessel unless there is a tin or stainless steel or silver lining, and the lining is in good con...

Good to know this. How do you reboot temperature circuitry? The symptom is that the water temperature display seems frozen. When that happened I would have to unplug the base from the wall outlet, wait a few seconds, and then plug the base back in (with the kettle on the base). You'll know the Stag...

FYI, Fellow does sell refurbs - $132 for the Corvo (for tea) or the Stagg for pourover. https://fellowproducts.com/collections/refurbished-gear FWIW, I've had my Stagg EKG from the KickStarter for six years now - still going strong except for the temperature controlling circuitry needing a reboot a ...

FYI, if you are interested in having a look at this book, then the entire book is available for viewing in the Internet Archive library at: https://archive.org/details/modernjapanesece0000crue/mode/2up You have to sign up to archive.org to be able to view the whole book for an hour (you can't downlo...

Hi. I'm Craig. How long have you been drinking tea? - I started buying higher-quality tea last year What kind of tea do you drink? - mostly sencha and gyokuro How do you prepare your tea? - carefully :-). Coffee was/is a big hobby of mine, and in espresso there is an emphasis on scales, thermometers...