Whether contemplating a traditional tea kettle or one more modern, tea kettles bring both ambience and functionality to one's kitchen. Today's tea kettle market provides a wide array of possibilities in tea kettles. The most popular makers of tea kettles include: Copco, Revere, Bodum, Krups, and Chef's Choice. Most tea kettles range in price from $10-$50. Higher end kettles for more than $100 are also available. The following is a brief review of the each major maker of tea kettles and their pots:

Copco: Mostly known for its innovative and modern tea kettle designs, Copco is the leading manufacturer in stove top tea kettles. Copco offers over 50 different styles of kettles from stainless steel to porcelain enamel on steel which allows for an array of tea kettle colors to match kitchen décor. Copco incorporates the traditional kettle whistles to ergonomic and heat resistant handles.

Revere: If simplicity and a tried-and-true classic stove top tea kettle is what one is looking for, Revere offers a sturdy, well-designed copper bottom kettle that is easy to use. The copper bottom provides for a quicker and more even heat distribution while black phenolic handles make the tea kettle handles cool to the touch.

Bodum: One of the most popular choices in tea kettles today are electric. Widely popular throughout Europe, electric tea kettles are known to boil much more quickly than stove top kettles. Although Bodum manufactures both stove-top and electric kettles, their electric Ibis kettle design has won the hearts of many and is a tea lover's favorite. Bodum's Electric Tea Kettle Ibis is known to boil water very speedily and pours well. Made of plastic, what it lacks in style is made up through its functionality.

Krups: The leading manufacturer of coffee and espresso machines, also is a maker of tea kettles. Two models to be exact. Their expertise with coffee transferred over to their tea kettle, as their Electric Tea Kettle model FLF2 consistently wins rave reviews from both the kettle industry and consumer alike.

Chef's Choice: Another favorite of the cordless electric tea kettles is found made by Chef's Choice, model 677. Also a fast boiler, this kettle sports a no-frills stainless steel design that also has an automatic shut-off within three seconds of the water boiling.