HKM-6088659 Electric Double Samovar Kettle Set - 1.6L & 0.8L Glass Teapot for Fast Water Boiling

HKM-6088659 · Electric Kettles · 1.6 L + 0.8 L, Samovar Set, Grey or Black

Ribbed Boot, Water Window, Glass Top

HKM-6088659 is a samovar-style set: a 1.6 L lower body in a ribbed boot with a tall glass window on the front, a chrome collar carrying the brand, and a 0.8 L glass teapot above it with its own handle, spout and a stainless basket on a central stem. The base is a slim plate with a black panel showing a tea icon, a readout, a timer key and a power key.

It suits a table set for a long morning: the lower body boils and holds the water, the glass pot on top brews the tea, and the two handles let either tier be lifted without disturbing the other. The window in the boot shows the water level and the boil, which is the detail the samovar tradition is built around.

At a Glance

• Type — two-tier samovar set with a glass teapot on top
• Capacity — 1.6 L lower body, 0.8 L glass pot
• Lower body — ribbed boot with a vertical glass water window
• Upper pot — clear glass with a stainless infuser basket
• Panel — tea icon, three-digit readout, timer and power keys
• Colours — grey or black, both at the same price

Materials and Construction

The lower body is a tapered boot in a matte colour, ribbed vertically down both flanks, with a tall rectangular window set into the front through which the water and the boil are visible. Above the boot a chrome collar carries the spout, the lower handle and the brand, and it is the collar that the glass pot seats into.

The upper pot is glass with a steel rim at its foot and a flat steel lid; the basket hangs from the lid on a central stem, and the pot has its own spout and handle. Two handles in total — one on the boot, one on the pot — each with a brushed steel lower section that acts as a grip and a heat break.

• The water window has a printed scale beside it, readable without lifting the lid.
• The collar's spout is a short beak, and the pot's spout is a finer one, cut for a slower pour.
• The base is a slim silver plate with the panel set into its front edge.

How It Works

Water goes into the boot, the pot is filled and loaded with leaf, and the set is started from the panel. The boot heats the water; the pot sits above it and brews, and the glass shows the colour as it steeps. The panel displays the temperature in three digits — 100 °C in the photographs — with a timer beside it and a tea icon at the left.

The samovar arrangement is what separates this from a kettle with a basket: the water is kept hot below while the tea is brewed above, so a second and third cup can be topped up from the boot without re-brewing. Lifting the pot off stops the infusion, since the leaf stays in the basket.

No wattage is published, so none is given. The two capacities in the listing's title are the volumes of the tiers, and the window in the boot is the gauge for the lower one.

Placement and Use

The set is tall — two tiers on a plate — so it wants open counter or a sideboard with height above it, and the panel should face the person working it. Leave clearance at both spouts, since the boot and the pot pour on the same side.

• Fill the boot using the window as the gauge, and the pot below its rim.
• Lift the pot by its handle when the tea has steeped enough; that stops the brew.
• Keep the plate and the coupling dry, and wipe the window rather than the whole boot.

Included and Optional

Colours and Finishes

Two finishes are sold at the same price: grey and black. Both keep the chrome collar, the clear window and the glass pot; the difference is the matte colour of the boot and the moulded parts of the handles. The grey reads as a warm stone tone, the black as a soft matte.

The chrome collar is the one bright element in either version, and the window is the one transparent part of the lower body. No coating is named in the listing for the boot, so the treatment is recorded as unstated.

Care and Maintenance

Descale the lower body with white vinegar and water when a film appears, then boil fresh water and rinse twice; the window makes the scale easy to see, which is an argument for dealing with it early. The glass pot and its basket wash by hand, and the basket needs a brush to clear the mesh.

Wipe the chrome collar with a dry cloth, and wipe the panel rather than washing it. Neither tier nor the plate should be immersed, and the pot should be left off the boot to dry so the rim and basket are not kept wet.

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HKM-6088659 · 1.6 L samovar with 0.8 L glass pot · ribbed boot and water window · grey or black