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Bodum Melior Gooseneck Kettle review

A 0.8-liter stainless gooseneck with a cork handle and knob, a power switch and automatic shut-off.

Where we land on it A cork handle, a 0.8-liter stainless body and an on/off switch. Its six bullets are word for word identical to the cheaper Bodum on this shelf, and neither listing says what the extra money buys.

What the maker puts in writing

  • Capacity: 0.8 L / 27 oz
  • Stainless steel body
  • Cork handle and knob
  • Power switch on the base, automatic shut-off
  • Cordless

Two listings, one text

The other Bodum on this shelf carries these same six bullets in the same order with the same wording. The capacity is the same. The handle is the same. The switch is the same.

What differs is the finish and the price. If that is the whole difference, the cheaper one is the better buy; if it is not, neither listing says so.

No temperature, and what that costs

Three kettles on this shelf hold a set temperature. This one boils. For pour-over the usual answer is to boil and wait thirty to sixty seconds, which costs nothing but attention — and that is the trade this kettle makes in exchange for having nothing to break.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $47 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

What it gets right, and wrong

Strengths

  • A cork handle and knob, which only the two Bodum kettles on this shelf have and which stays cool without a plastic grip
  • Publishes its capacity in both liters and ounces, where the most expensive kettle here publishes none at all
  • Cordless with automatic shut-off, on a kettle with nothing else to go wrong

Compromises

  • No temperature control of any kind, on a shelf where three kettles let you set one
  • Its listing is identical, bullet for bullet, to the cheaper Bodum here — so the price difference is undocumented
  • No wattage, no boil time, no keep-warm

Where this one stands among its neighbors

At $47, it is the 5 cheapest of the 7 models in this category published here.

  • Least costly of the neighbors$21
  • Median$40
  • Most costly of the neighbors$120

Specifications

TypeElectric, cordless
Capacity0.8 L / 27 oz
BodyStainless steel, brushed
Handle and knobNatural cork
ControlsPower switch on the base
Shut-offAutomatic
Temperature controlNone
PowerNot stated by the maker
Keep warmNot stated by the maker
Amazon referenceB07P15ZL3V
EAN0699965400613

What people want to know

What is different from the Bistro Bodum on this shelf?

By the listings, nothing: the same six bullets appear word for word on both, with the same 0.8 liter capacity, the same cork handle and the same switch. The visible difference is the finish — brushed steel here, matte black there — and this one was read at a higher price.

Can I set a temperature?

No. It boils and stops. Three kettles on this shelf set a temperature; two more read one off a dial because they sit on a cooktop. For pour-over that means boiling and waiting, which works and takes a minute.

Does cork stay cool?

That is the maker’s claim — a non-slip handle and knob that protect your hands. No figure accompanies it, and no other kettle on this shelf uses cork to compare against.

Compared with the neighboring coffee machines

These coffee machines share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.

Model Price TypeCapacityKeep warm
Bodum Melior Gooseneck Kettle $47 Electric, cordless0.8 L / 27 ozNot stated by the maker
Elite Gourmet Electric Kettle EKT3001 $50 Electric, cordless, 360° swivel base1 LUp to 2 hours
Bodum Electric Gooseneck Kettle $40 Electric, cordless0.8 L / 27 ozNot stated by the maker
Coffee Gator Stovetop Gooseneck Kettle $33 Stovetop — gas, electric, radiant, halogen and induction40 ozNot applicable

The difference between the models, in coffee machines

  • If price decides: Coffee Gator Stovetop Gooseneck Kettle, at $33.

Today’s price and availability, for coffee machines

Details checked on October 30, 2026.

This one and its buyer, among coffee machines

Someone who boils and pours, and wants the cork rather than the electronics

What buyers actually choose

Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 300.

The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for coffee equipment and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

The way we judge these coffee machines