The ceramic material keeps the original taste of water and can have you be closer to the nature, no smell or strange taste comparing with similar but different teapot in material China Vintage Style Electric Teapot Making Chinese tea, boiling water with a ceramic but modern electric teapot, you are experiencing Chinese culture in UK. Beautify your kitchen Just try a different style electric kettle and put it in your kitchen, it's the highlight out of all kitchenware. Body-dry protection High-quality temperature control components, accurately control the water temperature, enables it switching off automatically when water boiling. Use it without worry The main body of the kettle is made of ceramic which don't allow to pierce a hole and tighten a screw on it so we use the harmless silicone (material of baby nipple). Water level cap At the top part there is a water level cap made of harmeless Poly Propylene (PP7) in order to mark the maximum water level and to avoid water overflow. Attention We suggest you boil water and empty the kettle when you are using for the first time for cleaning purpose.