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Darren Watkins (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) –

  

  

  

OK, so I had the Tefal Quick cup when it first came out and it was good, but the water didn’t really stay hot for long.

Then along comes the Breville Hot Cup and everything changes.

The Breville Hot Cup is quite a compact piece of kitchen kit, taking up no more space than my old kettle. The Hot Cup has a detachable drip tray (excellent for me because I have tall cups), a removal tank (with handle on the back for easy holding)and a large opening in top when you open the lid (but for some reason they have put other parts of the tank in there so you can get splash back if you fill it too quickly), also meant to say you get a separate base which is the size of my kettles old base unit.

Set up was a doddle. The only thing you have to put together is the tank onto the base and then the drip dray on the base if you are going to use it.

I filled the Hot Cup with water and set it to the smallest cup size with the easy to use revolving cup sizer, not wanting it to spill over. As soon as you press the boil button (the black button on the picture and when you do the tank lights up Breville Blue, you hear the traditional sound of a kettle boiling, and then seconds after that the water emerges steaming hot. It also has a stop button so you can press that if it looks as if the cup is going to overflow. It took 22 seconds from pressing the button to water appearing then even on the largest cup size the whole thing was over in 30 seconds.

Now having used the Quick Cup in the past I was a bit doubtful over the water temperature, so after using the machine for a few times (to get rid of the new smell and anything trapped inside) I went to smell the water it had just dispensed. I can tell you that I nearly dropped the cup because the steam was so hot it nearly burnt my nose. I can safely say that the water comes out of the Hot Cup absolutely boiling.

The only thing that worried me was the loud hiss it gave after it had dispensed the water but I will get used to that. And after you have used it the tank does stay hot for a while, so you do have to watch where you put your hands, but then again you wouldn’t want to cuddle a full kettle after it has boiled.

I think the next test will be to dispense the water and see how long it takes to cool (update – it was about half an hour it was lukewarm but still drinkable).

I can honestly say, if you want a very quick boiling drink then this is the machine for you. I would very highly recommend it.

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S. Osborne (Cambridge, UK) –

  

I did the same as most – read the reviews, decided to steer clear of tefal unit (although bought a tefal toast&egg ) , and was pleased to find this one which answers the criticisms of the last breville unit – namely 2 litre tank now, variable output volume now, and a ‘stop’ button.

Always makes me smile when folks measure things – so I thought I’d give you smile too
- Variable output is 150ml – 250 ml.
- temperature (according to digital meat thermometer) into a warm cup is about 84-85 deg C
(for comparison temperature into a warm cup from a traditional electric kettle is 88-89 deg C)

I like it – does what it says on the tin, quickly, looks good, not much noiser than a trad. electric kettle IMO

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L Williams “les-williams” (Exeter) –

  

  

  

Customer Video Review Length:: 0:52 Mins

This is the update of the excellent original Hot Cup; bigger tank, larger filling aperture, variable amounts and the ability to stop the flow; it’s also hot enough water to make tea and lights up in a funky blue colour! We love it!
Additional cable is stored in the base if you need it.
The video shows the large filling aperture; the original Hot Cup only had a small aperture and was a bit fiddly to fill. The next piece shows the variable quantity dial and then the time taken to boil enough to fill a large mug, although I stop the flow part-way through by pressing the STOP button. You can make tea in a tea-pot but you need to choose the right tea-pot to get the water flow in to it.

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