Manufacturer: Turin
Product: Electric Pour Over Kettle
Current Price: 99USD
Vendor: Espresso Outlet

Back in December, I was looking for an electric kettle. I had owned a cheap kettle I bought at Target for less than $40 dollars four or five years ago for making tea, but the heating element on it had died in less than a year. While I still enjoy a good cuppa tea, my primary reason for needing a new kettle was venturing into the world of pour over coffee.

My parents try to visit over the holidays in December, and my father enjoys a cup of coffee. I didn’t say a good cup of coffee. Really, I think he’d drink about anything. My grandmother would put on a large pot of coffee in the morning and drink it throughout the day, as it became more and more burnt.

As I don’t own a drip machine, I’d decided to broaden my experiences to incorporate pour overs before my folks arrived. I settled on the Hario V60 for several unimportant reasons. But I needed a kettle I could control my pour with. I watched James Hoffmann’s comparisons, and I spent hours looking at the Fellow Stagg EKG and others, but I just couldn’t justify the cost when I didn’t even know if I was going to use the thing more than one month a year.

Enter the Turin Electric Pour Over Kettle. Turin’s Kettle debuted in late 2024 (well, at least as far as I know it did. If it was available before, I just somehow missed it). Having a respect for the brand, I assumed it would be well made and knew before long I’d end up having it as part of my collection.

When it arrived, I was indeed impressed with the quality of the construction. The kettle itself is stainless steel and wood. I love the feel of the handle in my hand. The finish is very even and more matte than gloss. The base is plastic. The adjustment wheel protrudes from the right edge and is easily assessable. The LEDs are a nice bright, without being too bright, blue and easy to read. Even in the morning without my glasses. This kettle heats up fast. I have not timed it, but I use cold filtered water from the refrigerator, and the kettle usually is ready before I am.

It’s not a large kettle, standing just over 26cm tall. I believe the capacity is around 600ml, which I’ve found to be just enough for a V60 without a lot of left over water. It also fills my small teapot very nicely for a several cups of tea.

The controls are intuitive and easy to use. I believe most users would be able to have their first kettle of water ready within 10 minutes of opening the box.

There are two things I would change if asked. The “I/O” button is hard to find before the power is turned on. This isn’t a big deal because you can also wake up the kettle by turning the adjustment wheel. The second issue is that while the kettle can be set to maintain a given temperature, when you remove the kettle from the base, the base goes back into sleep mode and no longer recalls the temperature to keep the kettle at. Since I regularly use the kettle in one sitting, the also hasn’t been a deal breaker for me.

Since obtaining this kettle, I’ve become a huge fan of V60s myself. I am a bit backwards in that my coffee journey started with espresso based drinks. The V60 is allowing me to taste all of the fruit flavors I never understood in the descriptions of coffee. To get the best flavor out of your beans, of course you need a good grinder. I paired this kettle with the Turin H40v2 hand grinder. More on that in a separate review.

Conclusion: This is a truly fantastic kettle. The price is extremely reasonable at 149, but is quite often on sale at 99USD, which in my opinion is a steal. The build quality and feature set are remarkable and I am extremely glad I was able to add this to my kit. If you’re looking for a pour over kettle, I highly recommend you add this one to the list.

Rating: 1 and 7/8 Ravens (don’t feel badly for Huginn.. he was off his feed)