Pairing a 1.7-litre fast-boil stainless steel dome kettle with a matching 2-slice wide-slot toaster, the Laura Ashley Wild Meadow breakfast set brings mechanical precision to morning tea and toast.
The kettle features a 3000W concealed heating element and an external analogue water thermometer, while the toaster offers seven browning levels and self-centring bread guides.
Most matching kettle and toaster bundles are sold on colour alone, hiding cheap plastic bodies underneath thin paint.
The Wild Meadow collection – decorated with a hand-applied print from the 1953 British heritage house – is built on a food-grade stainless steel chassis finished in high-gloss protective lacquer. It is one of the standout coordinated sets in our guide to European kitchen appliances worth the counter space.
Why an external thermometer dial matters on the 1.7-litre kettle
Standard electric kettles only know how to do one thing: boil water to 100°C and click off. While 100°C is fine for black builders’ tea or herbal infusions, pouring boiling water directly over green tea, white tea, or French press coffee scorches the leaves and grounds, turning the cup bitter.
Because the Wild Meadow kettle mounts a clear mechanical temperature dial (reading from 0°C to 100°C) on the front of the steel dome, you can watch the needle climb in real time and flick the switch off at:
- 75°C to 80°C: Sencha, jasmine, and delicate green teas.
- 85°C: White teas and light-roast pour-over coffee.
- 92°C to 95°C: Cafetière coffee and oolong tea.
- 100°C: Assam, Earl Grey, and black breakfast blends.
Inside the spout sits a removable micro-mesh limescale filter, and the 360-degree cordless base includes boil-dry safety protection that cuts power if the reservoir is empty.
Inside the matching 2-slice toaster
Rather than forcing thick-sliced country loaves into narrow slots designed for supermarket sandwich bread, the matching 900W toaster uses variable-width self-centring cages. When you push down the chrome lever, internal steel grids grip the slice evenly so neither side touches the heating wires.
Alongside the seven-step rotary browning dial sit three illuminated push buttons for Defrost (thawing frozen slices before toasting), Reheat (warming cooled toast in 30 seconds without darkening), and Cancel, backed by a slide-out rear crumb tray.
The Laura Ashley kitchen appliances are available via Amazon.
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