Others say...

"Joyce Chen tea pot"
I have researched other teapots and this one seems to be the best of the ones I have found so far. My wife and I drink tea everyday. The only drawback is that it is ceramic and therefore brittle. We have purchased 3 of them because we broke the other 2.

"Good Kettle, No Handle Problem"
I've had this kettle for about three months, and it worked fine till I boiled the water away accidentily. It lasted longer than any other metal kettle I've had, which always start to peel after 3-4 months use. The handle slipping is easily solved, and its never slippe out on me. All you have to do in bend the wire up to form a loop, which stops it from slipping out, as it tells to in the manual.

"good teakettle, breakable, no whistle"
I like this teakettle. This is my second one. The first one was broken when it arrived at my home. I used the replacement daily for almost 2 years, until it recently broke as I was filling it with water at the sink. That is the payoff for ceramic over metal. I wouldn't trust ordering a ceramic item by mail though. Also, the metal strips that attach the bamboo handle to the teakettle are flexible - which was good on the few occassions that I felt it necessary to get the handle out of the way for thorough cleaning of the pot - but I always wondered when they would break from the unbending and then rebending. They never did. The pot broke before the strips did. All in all, I would buy it again, though. I'd say that boiling water in ceramic is preferred over the metal.

"Watch the handle!"
I agree with the previous reviewers. The style is quite sleek and the ceramic, earthen material eliminates the metallic taste of the water.

However, the handle is a huge problem and you have to be extremely careful when pouring the pot. I made a hot of tea only filling 1/2 way full and put pouring it the handle can apart from the kettle and smash went the kettle, leaving me standing with only the handle in my hand. Thankfully I was pouring this over the sink or I would've suffered quite a burn.

Buyer beware!

"Beautiful design but a very basic design flaw"
The teakettle has a very fundamental design flaw. If you look at the picture you would notice that the handle is not securly tied or welded to the kettle. The handle has just ordinary wires that goes through the holes in the teakettle and not very secure. It can very easily come off. Yes you can tie with some other wire and make it secure but I did not know that. And it does not ask in the manual to do so.

I filled it up completly with water one day and put it on the stove. After the water was boiling, I picked it up to pour water into the tea pot. Before I could reach the tea pot, the wires gave up slipped through the holes and the kettle came off while I was still holding the kettle. It fell on the kitchen floor and broke and water was all over my feet. Both my feet burned(imagine the water boiling point).

Luckily I had bought it from a local stores(bed bath beyond) and I was able to return the broken kettle. I explained it to the store manager and he brought in the new one to verify that the flaw I was explaining. He agreed and promissed me that he will contact the headquaters. This was a couple of months ago and that store is still selling it. Perhaps they would keep selling it until someone sue then.

The kettle is nice looking but I cannot give more then 1 star becuase of its design flaw.