r/whatisit • u/t3jan0 • 23h ago

New, what is it? Small prophet object - water device on bed?

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What is this thing ? At first I thought it was an old CPAP and then an espresso machine!

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u/TulpaPal 23h ago

coffee machine Tea kettle alarm clock. Haven't seen this exact one but I know it is a thing.

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u/rabbi420 23h ago

Does it brew the tea also, or is it just a hot water pot with an alarm clock?

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u/Enough_Survey_9404 22h ago

It has a teapot with a teabag in it (or two, depending on your preference), and a filled water pot that has a spout hanging into the teapot. The water boils and pours into the teapot, the alarm goes off and voila! - a fresh pot of tea as you wake up.

One of the great British inventions.

Edit: in the picture you can see the pot on the left will be full of water, the white pot on the right is the teapot, and there is a silver spout resting on the white pot spout - that's where the hot water gets transferred

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u/rabbi420 21h ago

That’s fucking cool as fuck.

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u/Enough_Survey_9404 20h ago

This was the height of technology in the 1970s. That and the Pogo stick.

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u/miltonwadd 19h ago

I thought they only existed in Wallace and Gromitt 😂 this is so cool!

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u/The_12OCKET 16h ago

Richard Osman’s House of Games has one as a weekly prize. Definition of Kitsch