Le Creuset Enameled Steel Tea Kettle 1.25 Quart - Classic Marseille Blue - Stovetop & Induction Safe - Perfect for Tea Lovers & Kitchen Decor

Great little tea kettle. The enamel coating makes it easy to clean and prevents the rust that develops in the seams of cheap metal kettles. (As the instructions note, and as is true of all enameled cookware, you do need to be sure not to heat this when empty, or let it boil dry: scorch that enamel and there's no way to repair it.) The handle is high enough to allow access to the lid while the handle remains upright, but you can fold the handle down if you must -- it just takes a little force to do so, which is nice since it prevents the handle from falling over by itself toward the heat of the stove. The whistle, in order to be effective, requires you to put the lid on securely after filling the kettle with water, which also takes a bit of elbow grease -- but if the lid is on there cock-eyed, the steam will escape through that gap before building enough pressure to activate the whistle. Le Creuset, always the gold standard in cookware with its enamel-on-cast iron products, has equaled that quality with this enamel-on-steel kettle, at lower weight than cast iron. Plus, it's just incredibly beautiful -- I'd leave it out on the stovetop all the time even if I didn't use it, just so I could look at it every day.