True for coffee and green tea.

UK taste insist black tea must be boiled. And that dose not mean 100c but diff temps at different altitude. Hence most of our kettles use the physics of boiling water. Rather then temp to turn off.

The effect of boiled water releases certain flavours in the tea. Those who like darker tea (more tanning released) tend to be the most fussy about this.

Tanning is also the chemical in tea that calms the mind. Hence why Brits have a tradition of turning to tea in stress etc. the tanning and caffeine work well together to clear allow a relaxed but active mind.

Yeah, I've heard about that story!

More to the point. Most kettles intentionally do not use temperature to do so. But instead use water pressure from the boil to turn it off.

Because water boils at different tempraturs at different altertudes etc. iE at higher altitudes the kettle will turn off at lower temperatures but the water is still boiling,

It's rare but some hotels have these in their rooms in the US. I wish they were more common here though. Not enough people use them.

"A what now?" - front desk

What hotels are you staying at?

Enjoy another British past time.... Getting wankered and streaking through the hotel lobby. Wahey!

I can confirm they exist, as one of the places I sometimes work has one - the base unit has a button for 70°/80°/90°/100°.

However, despite probably drinking in excess of 50,000 cups of tea in my life, I've only ever seen one of these kettles. The others have all been either "normal electric kettles" as you described, those always-on-water-boiler things you get in offices, or very occasionally, a traditional "put it on the hob or camping stove" kettle.

Never heard of that. All the electric kettles I've ever seen just turn off once the water is boiling.

If you want your tea to actually be drinkable and not taste like just bitter water, you don't use boiling water. A proper electric kettle allows you to set the water temperature to 85, 90 or 95°C.

And taste like a decade of old, burnt, low grade hotel coffee.

There's no tiny coffee machine in there? Put water in with no filter/grounds and it should heat up just right

They do, but they’re smaller and not as ubiquitous.

If you ask the front desk, they may supply you with an electric kettle.

Sure, it feels a bit odd ... but what's the issue? It will boil the water.

Yup, welcome to the US.

(I'm Danish, we have kettles, obviously - I just watched a YT video about how Americans don't just days ago - the poor bastards)