Why don't Americans use electric kettles?

Safer for kids as well. They don't stay on and apparently people say water without something breaking the surface tension can pop in the microwave when you go to pull it out (never had it happen to me, but I have only tried a handful of times in my life.. always had a teapot or electric kettle). ... Or a pot. I used to just throw the teabags in a pot and pour it into a pitcher / cup after