electric kettles are the way and the light
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This is how everyone does it right? Right?! The only people that I know who don't use an electric kettle are in their 80s. Or is this some cultural thing where people in the US/UK/whatever don't use electric kettles?
US has 110 voltage that can't run a kettle for shit
Yep , I never realized how fast they are. 2 cups boils in under 2 minutes.
We have one for every bedroom, for teamergencies
Electric kettles are actually a scam. Look up any BIFL forum, they'll all say that stove top kettle is the way to go.
The best method (arguably not very energy efficient) is a Zojirushi water boiler that keeps the water hot (175F, 190F, 200F) and boils when a temperature change is detected.
It’s so nice to have if you drink a lot of tea, or as some Asian households prefer, hot vs room temp water.
Ur body is already made of like 70% water and also its already warm. Just eat the tea bag, thats what i do.
Using cold water is the quickest, most energy-efficient and convenient way to make tea. Or coffee. Or hot chocolate.
1 coffee mug/tea cup of water in the microwave for 1 minute is perfect for a single serving bag of tea. it doesn't have to be boiling, just hot. 1 min is also not long enough to dangerously superheat water. hot is water is hot water, it doesn't matter if you do it kettle or microwave.
No. Just no. You get shit cups of tea from coffee houses because the espresso machine doesn't dispense boiling water. The water needs to be boiling for black tea.
Also how do you microwave water? It takes ages to get water to boil in there and can explode. Use a stove if you must, buy a kettle if you can.
Also if you put a cup, teabag, and milk in the microwave at the same time I will find you, and I won't just force you to make a good cup of tea I will force you to make a perfect cup of tea that will ressurect the Queen of bloody England!
The culinary arts of my home country may be shit. But you fuckers make it worse by fucking up the most simple recipies!
How tiny are your mugs
microwaves water for tea
this is why america is fucked
The microwave melts out the microplastics tho
doesn't have to be boiling
Depends on the tea.
Black generally should. Green absolutely shouldn't.
Europeans when they discover that no, most Americans really do not own a kettle rule.
They're getting more common. I personally used a stovetop kettle as recently as six years ago. But electric kettles are a world of difference.
Minor problem for me is currently living in a very old house that we don't own and using a proper electric kettle will pop a breaker. I recently bought a travel kettle that uses like 1/5 the wattage instead
Hmmm. Most of the Americans I know have electric kettles now. It's probably my most used kitchen gadget. Great for making tea or coffee, or boiling water for oatmeal. I just used it tonight to get some warm water to soak my lizard (not a euphemism) and to thaw out a frozen mouse for a snake. Honestly it gets used probably 5 or 6 times a day most days.
to thaw out a frozen mouse for a snake
Was... Was that an euphemism?
So, I'm Greek and I also have never used a kettle. In fact, you won't find one in most households. But all of us have a briki. It's like a mini pot!
We use it to boil water/make cofee/tea/boil 1-2 eggs etc
I don't get it either, I've always made tea with a small pot. It is just something to heat up water. It has a lid. The only time I started seeing a lot of kettles around was when pour over / V60 / Chemex became fashionable and every place started selling gooseneck kettles.
let alone an electric kettle
I can’t imagine life without an electric kettle…
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lol no shit many Americans don’t own a kettle, they apparently rank 36th in tea consumption per capita. Breaking news lads, they aren’t as enamored with it as the next higher usage countries.
List of countries by tea consumption per capita
The UK is 3rd, behind Ireland and Turkey. Get your shit together, UK.
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Now we need to get the South Asians and East Asians fighting about putting milk in tea.
I went to a Thai restaurant and they said, "Milk?" And I made a disgust face. A good Thai dude at another table said, "It's not western milk." And I tried it.
Wow.
Then he said, "Try it on toast." And fuck me. Another wow!
This. It's so sweet and good.
Ooo condensed milk is also great with coffee and is how you make Vietnamese coffee!
Alternatively, if you prefer tea, Hong Kong milk tea uses black tea and condensed milk too.
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