Tower Empire Toaster Review

The Tower Empire Toaster is a textured 2 or 4 slice toaster with a 1920s inspired textured design. It's based on an Art Deco style, and is available in three colours - Midnight Blue (pictured), Black and Grey. It's available as a two slice toaster or a four slice toaster, with almost identical designs. There's also a matching kettle available to allow for a coordinated kitchen look.

Its features are more or less standard for a modern toaster. There's a variable browning option to allow for full control over the colour and texture of your toast, a defrost function to toast frozen bread, a stop button to prematurely cancel the toasting, a removable crumb tray for convenience, a self-centring guide for an even toast, and more. The four slice model has another set of these controls for the second pair of slots.

About Tower

Tower are an iconic British brand of kitchenware and home appliances. Their products include kettles, toasters, fryers, coffee makers, mini ovens, slow cookers, sandwich toasters, soup makers, bread makers, blenders and more. They're especially well known for their high quality and durable products.

Specification

Let's take a quick look at the features in more detail:

• Browning Control - There are seven choices of browning, controlled through the use of a dial on the side. Whether you like your toast lightly tanned, golden or a crunchy dark brown, this toaster caters for you. The four slice toaster has a browning control for both pairs of slots.
• Frozen - The "Frozen" button will toast a frozen slice of bread straight out of the freezer without it becoming soggy.
• Stop - The "Stop" button will end the toasting cycle if needed.
• Self-Centring - The automatic guide centring helps the toaster to provide an even browning.
• Anti-Jam - The mechanism has been designed not to get stuck.
• Removable Crumb Tray(s) - There's a tray underneath the toaster which collects crumbs. It easily slides out for emptying. The four slice model has two of these trays - one for each side.

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Matching Kettle

If you're looking to coordinate a new look in your kitchen, then you're in luck. Tower sell a matching kettle, known as the Empire Kettle.

Summary

All things considered, the Empire Toaster is a very good toaster, both in terms of style and practicality. Its 1920s Art Deco design with textured pattern brings out a traditional feel, particularly on the midnight blue version. The toaster is perfect for big and small families, and there's a 2 slice and 4 slice version to accommodate this. Its features include variable browning, a defrost function, an anti-jam mechanism, and more. Overall, we rate the Empire Toaster 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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