Need a new way to make tea?

I wanted to share a new step-by-step method that I recently got to try...
(I DO NOT at all condone re-trying this)

So you get a large pot. Nothing too big, but big enough for more than one cup. You don't want to have to wait to boil more water in the case you want a second cup! I like to use a kettle. It's easy to pour and audibly indicates when the boiling water is ready.

So you take the pot to the stove top, place it on an eye, then turn on an alternate eye to high. (Preferably, you should pick an eye with something sitting on it. Something that's only slightly heat tolerant, but DO NOT turn on the eye with the kettle- that's too easy)

Next walk away, take a seat on the couch, watch TV, and wait to hear the whistle from the pot.

Realize in about 15, no let's say 20 full minutes, that you haven't heard anything. Have your husband, significant other, friend, (doesn't really matter who) walk into the kitchen and say, "What is that smell"? Rush over and check why there's no whistle and what "that smell" could be. Stare at the stove for a second, puzzled.

Realize that since you turned on the control for the OPPOSITE eye the water in the kettle is NOT boiling and immediately see that the ceramic sugar storage jar is actually heating up. Even better it's currently sealed and full of sugar, so that's probably caramelizing away.

Immediately remove the sugar jar (preferably with a pot holder) and transfer to the sink. Unseal the jar, and surprise- bubbly, piping hot, homemade caramel is beginning to form ;-)

I would suggest immediately dumping the boiling, caramelizing sugar as soon as possible, before it hardens. Then rinse the jar and leave it in the sink to dry.

Laugh out out loud at yourself (and thank God, your house didn't burn down)

Return to the stove, turn on the CORRECT eye that sits UNDER the kettle. Remain in kitchen and wait for pot to whistle. The water should be ready in 5-7 minutes.