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To my knowledge, they're not very common in the US because their low voltages in households means that kettles take ages to boil.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country
Relevant Technology Connections-video on the subject: https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c
iirc, the power thing made a slight difference but probably doesn't explain the issue entirely.
Yeah, I'm an American tea drinker, always have used an electric kettle. It still just takes a couple minutes or something, nothing major. I think it's just fewer tea drinkers, maybe.
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