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Man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle

English data specialist spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle
[A waitress pours tea at Bettys Tea Room, Harlow Carr on February 12, 2009 in Harrogate, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)]

Mark Rittman’s Tuesday morning was no cup of tea.

The Englishman waited 11 hours for his new, Wi-Fi-enabled kettle to boil the water for his drink.

Rittman, who is a data specialist from the town of Hove on the south coast of England, began his attempt at making a cup of tea at 9 a.m., but three hours later he still hadn’t produced a drop.

According to the Guardian, the crux of the issue stemmed from the fact that the base couldn’t seem to communicate with the kettle itself.

The key problem seemed to be that the new-age kettle didn’t come with the software that would allow for it to be integrated with other devices in Rittman’s home, including the Amazon Echo, which he was using for voice commands.

So the data specialist went about integrating the technologies himself.

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After 11 hours of troubleshooting, the kettle finally started responding to voice control.

And shortly after, Rittman got his oolong-awaited cup of tea.

In response to Rittman’s tweets about his tea troubles, some social media users expressed their worries about the integration of technology in the kitchen.

Because you don’t mess with English Breakfast.