Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Kettle and strainer to make Ethiopian coffee, Danakil depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.

Jeff Foott / Sign with tea kettles, Tea Kettle Junction, Death Valley National Park, California

Jeff Foott / Sign with tea kettles, Tea Kettle Junction, Death Valley National Park, California

Franco Banfi / Warming water inkettle for lunch break after sledding with siberian huskies, Riisitunturi National Park, Lapland, Finland, March

Merryn Thomas / Kettle plugged in on kitchen surface, UK, October 2011.

Ernie Janes / Kettle giving off steam, often kettles are filled too full and more water is boiled than used, wasting power. UK

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi reindeer herder making tea inside his tent. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2010.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kettle for use in the afterlife hanging on snow covered Nenets grave near Yar-Sale. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets woman making tea on a stove inside tent. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kettles simmering above fire at Sami summer camp near Lovozero. Kola Peninsula, Northwest Russia, 2005.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter from Arctic Bay filling a kettle with snow to make tea. Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, 2005.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Teakettle Junction post decorated with kettles by tourists, Death Valley National Park, California