The Quooker Nordic Square Single Tap (NSSCHR, Quooker article 21.048.01) in polished chrome adds a dedicated 100 °C boiling water tap beside the mixer you already have. It suits a kitchen with straight lines and square edges, and lets you add boiling water without replacing your main tap.

What it does

This is a boiling-water-only tap: your existing mixer still gives you hot and cold. Beneath the worktop, a small Quooker tank on the water mains works like a vacuum flask. It keeps the water at 108 °C, and since the air in its insulated wall is so thin, that takes only 10 W. When you open the tap the water boils as it flows out at 100 °C, and fresh water refills the tank at once. An active carbon filter inside the tank purifies the water further.

Using it every day

Boiling water won't flow until you press the handle twice and turn it. The spout is insulated and rotates, and the water isn't a solid jet. Use it for tea, pasta, peeling tomatoes or filling a hot-water bottle, without waiting for a kettle to boil. Polished chrome is a bright metal finish with a white-blue tint; Quooker says it resists oxidation and protects the tap well against scratches. With a Quooker CUBE added, you can also have chilled filtered and sparkling water.

Size and installation

Quooker gives the tap a maximum height of 350 mm and a 160 mm spout. It fits on the worktop next to your mixer and connects to a Quooker tank in the cupboard below, which is plumbed to the mains and plugged into a 13 amp socket. There are three tanks: the 3-litre PRO3, Quooker's standard tank for homes; the 7-litre COMBI, which doesn't need a hot water supply; and the 7-litre COMBI+, which does. The Nordic Square single tap also comes in stainless steel.