OMG!... wow ! very very well made I just received it Thursday, it took about 2 and half weeks for me to get it but it was worth the wait. It was packaged very well it came in a beautiful Kate Spade box with gold foil polk dots. I recycled the box(I did not break the box down) I just sat it on top of my recycling trash bin and someone grabbed it, anyway. yesterday was the first time me using the Tea kettle i washed it out with mild dish soap(Mrs Meyers Honeysuckle sent) the inside is painted black. I added my Alkaline water just enough for two cups of tea. I took all of about maybe 7 min to bring to a nice rapid boil. also I  have a glass top stove I used the smallest burner for the tea kettle I notice that the handle was not hot at all I did not need to use a pot holder to pour my tea. it was very cool to the touch. over all the tea kettle is beautiful it works well with my modern kitchen