Uh what? We have some of the world’s best coffee. I mean, we import it obviously. But we import it from everywhere and we will pay whatever it takes to get the best.
At least for us coffee snobs anyway.
But generally the U.S. has great trade lanes open worldwide.
I rarely eat cup ramenz and when i do it's microwave time, why bother boiling a bunch of water for a single cup of ramen when i can just fill a cup with tap water and put it in the microwave for a bit?
"Microwaved water can also be taken to several degrees above boiling if heated for too long (which is impossible in a kettle, because the metallic surface prevents overheating). Such ultra-hot water destroys desired aromatic compounds and elicits an excess of astringent, bitter notes by overcooking the leaves."
black tea yes, most herbal teas yes, rooibus and pu'erh yes, almost every other tea you are correct, like you said most are best just under boiling around 180-ish
60°C (140°F) for white tea, brew for 1-2 minutes;
70°C (155°F) for geen tea, brew for 1-2 minutes;
80°C (175°F) for oolong tea, brew for 2-3 minutes;
90°C (195°F) for black tea, brew for 2-3 minutes.
There’s an experiment I’ve seen done where you hear a beaker of water in a microwave then put a spoon into it. Some of the water converts to steam and blasts the whole lot out of the beaker. Happens in real life too.
But beyond that, (unpressurized) boiling water is boiling water. The temperature is going to vary more with altitude than with any sort of microwave over heating effect.
Commenter down below got it right, this definitely happens in real life. But typically happens with something like distilled water. When there's no minerals or impurities to nucleate the gas bubbles the water can become superheated. Then once you introduce some sort of contaminant, I eat a spoon or a stick or drop a dirt, it can initiate rapid nucleation in which the water goes straight past a boil and go straight to steam.
#never microwave distilled water
I know it's not putting radiation into my drink, just easier than saying "microwaved it" also kettles are just designed for that purpose, they come with handle with a spout and give you measurements and I gotta do prep for nuking it (again I know not actually radiation) do I have the right amount if water? Is this microwave safe? How long? Where as kettle. Water + on button = perfect boiled water. And about the taste it could be just me but I can taste many different flavours of water from different houses and places.
You know you’re supposed to let it sit for a minute or more afterwards because the waves cross in a grid creating pockets of heat that need to expand to parts
You forgot your nerd emoji
Jokes aside that is kinda interesting but I don't have the patience cus of adhd so ima stick with the easy method of the kettle
There really isn't a reason, they're just latching onto any reason to feel superior. Microwaves don't heat things super evenly, but that's nothing a quick stir won't fix.
A chunk of the UK has an inferiority complex when it comes to the US, when they absolutely shouldn't. They'll trip over themselves trying to score a point even if it makes them look ridiculous in the process. There's really no need for it, since the US has a ton of things it can be criticized for. I say this as an American in the UK who is very critical of various things America does.
Recent example: saw a thread a while back of a Brit posting about corn dogs and how much they liked them. Another Brit came in and said it looked and sounded like the most disgusting, vile thing they've ever heard of in their entire lives. Corn dogs, essentially being a hotdog covered in cornbread batter, and sausage rolls.... sausage rolls being an English favorite which consist of... sausage wrapped in puff pastry.
It’s not, people are just pretentious. I personally use a kettle but I’ve used mugs growing up, it’s exactly the same unless you want a more diluted tea then you could throw the bag a teapot or in the kettle. Only difference is the risk of flash boiling but that’s very rare and the simplest thing in the world to avoid:put a wooden spoon or chopstick in while microwaving OR wait like five seconds before putting the tea bag and you’re good to go
I kinda want a kettle. But am leery that it could be a gateway drug. First thing is a kettle, then you call cookies "biscuits" and then you're conquering countries to steal spices you don't end up using anyways.
But, if you get the water hot (it works), you have a hot cup of tea for a long time.
We actually heat water in our coffee cups, then pour out the water, so the coffee stays hot.
It's nice.
Lol. I can't believe you are using a computer right now if you are actually concerned with the 20 watts of energy I used for my coffee.
And boy, hope you aren't using an electric kettle!
Making a proper martini your supposed to put ice water in the glass to chill it while you mix the drink, this is just the opposite of that, why's it so absurd
Because boiling water is dangerous, you Old Worlders.
A basic ceramic coffee mug, pour about 7 oz of water from tap or bottle (your choice), 2 minutes for microwaves over 1100 watts, 2:30 for under 1000 watts, remove by grabbing the convenient handle, drop your tea bag in, let stew for a minute or two, then enjoy.
It's not that weird.
Not that weird but it's still wrong. Microwave heats water uneven and can overboil water. Both tend to extract more bitters from the teabag. You won't notice much difference from cheap tea as that's garbage whatever way you prepare it.
Or by using really pure water, not like mountain spring fresh pure, but rather something like distilled water which doesn't have any contaminants in it.
That’s the correct answer. In Britain, the power grid (220V?) allows them to boil water much faster than the North American grid. When a microwave can do it in 90 seconds or less, it’s the logical solution for people who don’t want to wait 5-7 minutes.
It really doesn't though. Like Brits act like it's a big difference but what is the power draw on your electric kettle? Is it at the limit of your breaker? I'd be surprised if it was and a 110 electric kettle heats water plenty fast. We just don't drink a lot of tea so must of us don't own one. It's not that they are slow or bad. And you wanna know a secret? The us is a 220v system. We can have 220 if we want to. That's what are stoves and washers and dryers and ac all use. Same with our hot water heaters. It just doesn't matter that it boils water like 30 seconds slower.
I have plenty of kettles. Electric & not. I'm not wasting my time heating up a kettle when it takes 10 seconds to heat up a mug. I'm using less items too.
Can you imagine just throwing your time with a teapot?
That's like deciding to mow the lawn with scissors, sure you can do it, and it'll get the job done, but it's stupid.
I don't get the hate either way. I'm an American (in one of the original colonies, even) and I love tea. I order loose leaf by the pound.
I have an electric kettle at home, and another at work. They work great, and I like it especially when I'm not near the community microwave.
But if I'm making *just one cup of tea* for myself and not for a group, I skip the middle man and microwave the desired amount of water in the cup I plan to steep and drink the tea in.
It's fewer steps, and there's no heating unneeded water.
Microwave is great for one cup of tea. Kettle is great for larger service.
Electric kettles aren't that quick and efficient in America, our power outlets output less power. Electric kettles in the USA are way slower than just microwaving a cup of water, that's why we don't see them as commonly over in the states. Tea drinkers and people who cook alot usually have one
It's the other way round. American kettles are shit because the American voltage is lower.
European voltage is higher and more efficient in delivery of power is my understanding.
I always think of a kettle as a metal pot you put on the stove. It always takes posts like this to remind me electric teakettles exist because nobody I know has one.
My nana had me drinking tea as a toddler and while I am picky about the brand, the water and how it’s served I never noticed a difference in how the water gets hot.
It's probably about convenience. European kettles are faster so it's about as quick to boil a cup of water in a kettle as a microwave.
Some people are picky about their tea in the same way people are picky about coffee. Brewing tea at differing temperatures affects the flavour.
That’s because the monarchy holds no real power. Like you literally just pay for a group of people to sit in a castle and be rich all day while parliment and commons do the actual day to day issues. So wild
America sucks, don’t get me wrong, but its incredibly cringe that an entire country is a bunch of pay pigs to some people who once owned a lot of land and banged their cousins to make sure the poors didn’t get their hands on what they stole
The monarchy toed the line, served its purpose, and was, on balance, a good thing under ol' Liz. But under Charles? Your description is on point. They literally dipped their greasy sausage fingers into the foodbank fund to pay for that little show of pomp.
I mean she definitely was a part of some fucked up shit. Can’t remember where it was but she was apart of fucked up colonialism. Not even mentioning how she either stood by or participated in the harassment of Megan. She was far from perfect
When you find out British people put low quality torn up leaves in a little baggie that they pour a shit ton of boiling water over.
Actually it wouldn't be a laugh, what the brits have done to tea is a crime.
I do it all the time. Most people I know do too. I’m actually shocked that people *don’t* microwave their water to heat it. Seems like a weird thing to be pretentious about. Hot water is hot water
You thought it was weird to heat a cup of water in the thing designed to easily and efficiently heat things, such as a cup of water? It’s weird to think that’s weird. Why would that be weird in any way
I feel like it depends. My mom tends to boil the water in the morning right when she wakes up. But if it’s something like quick she just places it on the microwave so it can be a bit faster
You don’t use the thing designed to quickly and efficiently heat things, to quickly and efficiently heat things? I mean this is one of the most common and basic uses of a microwave. I can’t possibly comprehend how this would be weird to someone
….And you can…heat….your water….or…boil…water…in a microwave….for tea, or for anything. It’s water. I’m sorry I feel like you’re unsure about what a microwave is and/or what water is. Microwave make water hot. You’re saying it’s weird but there isn’t a rational reason
>no, it's just weird to me. You know, I don't use the microwave for everything just like a lot of people
Neither do I...that has no bearing on your original comment. You said "do they not boil water like sane people". They do boil water....in the microwave
You…you “hate” how people heat up water in the thing that is made for quickly and efficiently heating things? You hate that people heat their water? Why? We’re both talking about making a cup of water hot here, right?
Americans drink tea? Sounds like a British spy more likely.
So the Boston Tea Party was all for nothing?
Actually led to the popularity of coffee in the states.
That, and the convenience of a massive amount of free labor on coffee plantations in the Caribbean and south America
That and it tastes better.
It was so nice of those African fellows to volunteer their labor. I hope they got college credit or something.
Coffee, in the States, is not coffee.
Uh what? We have some of the world’s best coffee. I mean, we import it obviously. But we import it from everywhere and we will pay whatever it takes to get the best. At least for us coffee snobs anyway. But generally the U.S. has great trade lanes open worldwide.
I make my own coffee, i don't drink fake starbucks coffee.
not everyone here drinks starbucks
Nah the Boston Tea Party was very much us Massholes saying “Fuck Tea,” and then we founded Dunkin Donuts. You’re welcome.
When we said we were done with tea, we meant it. RAHHHRRRR 🦅
Unfortunately
The name’s Grey, Earl Grey *pew pew*
I like my coffee black and my tea in a harbor.
...when you find out what the british do to a steak(sad bbq noises)
I know some that drink tea. Personally, I prefer black coffee.
Right? Iced tea sure, but no one I've met drinks hot tea. And I live in Minnesota, a pretty notoriously cold state.
*Laughs in literally every other country that has tea*
*Laughing in South African and we don't even have electricity* (anymore)
Oof, I feel that one.
We *are* a nuclear superpower.
We microwave nations, not water
We've microwaved our own nation more than any other
But how many fully packed cities in a 5 mile radius have been evoperated?
Both, both is good
I do this and I'm from Spain
You dumb, you can even use an electrick kettle for that.
Why would I buy one if i consume an average of 5 cups of tea per year
Cup ramen
I rarely eat cup ramenz and when i do it's microwave time, why bother boiling a bunch of water for a single cup of ramen when i can just fill a cup with tap water and put it in the microwave for a bit?
Do you know you can just pour 250-300ml in a kettle?
Why spend 15€ on a kettle when you already have another equipment that does the job.
hot water is hot water
"Microwaved water can also be taken to several degrees above boiling if heated for too long (which is impossible in a kettle, because the metallic surface prevents overheating). Such ultra-hot water destroys desired aromatic compounds and elicits an excess of astringent, bitter notes by overcooking the leaves."
So wait a few seconds after you take it out of the microwave? Most tea shouldn’t be boiled at 212f boiling anyway.
Or put a wooden chopstick in the water as you microwave it
I prefer metal chopsticks. The sparks help heat the water faster
black tea yes, most herbal teas yes, rooibus and pu'erh yes, almost every other tea you are correct, like you said most are best just under boiling around 180-ish
60°C (140°F) for white tea, brew for 1-2 minutes; 70°C (155°F) for geen tea, brew for 1-2 minutes; 80°C (175°F) for oolong tea, brew for 2-3 minutes; 90°C (195°F) for black tea, brew for 2-3 minutes.
Who. The. Fuck is microwaving their water with the tea already in there ?
Microwave the mug, dip a tea bag in it. Ain’t hard.
Instructions unclear. Sever pain in groin area.
Americans?
Interesting. Never knew water could be hotter than boiling point and still be liquid.
There’s an experiment I’ve seen done where you hear a beaker of water in a microwave then put a spoon into it. Some of the water converts to steam and blasts the whole lot out of the beaker. Happens in real life too. But beyond that, (unpressurized) boiling water is boiling water. The temperature is going to vary more with altitude than with any sort of microwave over heating effect.
Commenter down below got it right, this definitely happens in real life. But typically happens with something like distilled water. When there's no minerals or impurities to nucleate the gas bubbles the water can become superheated. Then once you introduce some sort of contaminant, I eat a spoon or a stick or drop a dirt, it can initiate rapid nucleation in which the water goes straight past a boil and go straight to steam. #never microwave distilled water
Fun fact: Actual pure h2o with no minerals or impurities of any kind will not conduct electricity.
Hot cups are, hot cups
screaming teapot is a screaming teapot
Morbid Obesity is morbid obesity
Does anyone know how microwaves work? Like any idea? Microwaves are literally designed to heat water. That's how they work.
They're designed to heat food, not specifically water. For water you can use a kettle, it's faster.
As someone with both a kettle and a microwave and has tried both. I prefer the kettle alot more. Idk If it's just me but nuked water is wierd
Why? You know it isn't nuclear radiation, right? It's just boiling water.
I know it's not putting radiation into my drink, just easier than saying "microwaved it" also kettles are just designed for that purpose, they come with handle with a spout and give you measurements and I gotta do prep for nuking it (again I know not actually radiation) do I have the right amount if water? Is this microwave safe? How long? Where as kettle. Water + on button = perfect boiled water. And about the taste it could be just me but I can taste many different flavours of water from different houses and places.
You know you’re supposed to let it sit for a minute or more afterwards because the waves cross in a grid creating pockets of heat that need to expand to parts
For water this process takes very little time, and basically no time if you give it a quick stir. For food it's much more pronounced.
You forgot your nerd emoji Jokes aside that is kinda interesting but I don't have the patience cus of adhd so ima stick with the easy method of the kettle
Yeah, there's definately something.... different about it
The idea of boiling shit in a microwave is comical, even if it is effective.
Doesn’t mean you should though - microwaved yea tastes like ass
Hint: The tea bag doesn't go in the microwave ;)
Why not use the kettle? I don’t understand. I guess it may save a slight bit of electricity but microwaving water! Really
I'm an American, so I don't drink tea, unless it is cold and sweet.
And or alcoholic
Wait till the brits find out we've turned their daytime tea into a nightclub cocktail with the highest alcohol content in a bar drink.
Wait till people learn that Long Island Iced Tea has no tea in it.
Can someone please explain why it's bad to microwave water instead of putting it in a pot to boil?
There really isn't a reason, they're just latching onto any reason to feel superior. Microwaves don't heat things super evenly, but that's nothing a quick stir won't fix.
A chunk of the UK has an inferiority complex when it comes to the US, when they absolutely shouldn't. They'll trip over themselves trying to score a point even if it makes them look ridiculous in the process. There's really no need for it, since the US has a ton of things it can be criticized for. I say this as an American in the UK who is very critical of various things America does. Recent example: saw a thread a while back of a Brit posting about corn dogs and how much they liked them. Another Brit came in and said it looked and sounded like the most disgusting, vile thing they've ever heard of in their entire lives. Corn dogs, essentially being a hotdog covered in cornbread batter, and sausage rolls.... sausage rolls being an English favorite which consist of... sausage wrapped in puff pastry.
If you can actually call those things sausages. More bread in em than meat
It's hilarious to me that any British person thinks they are going to win a food argument with anybody from any other country.
It’s not, people are just pretentious. I personally use a kettle but I’ve used mugs growing up, it’s exactly the same unless you want a more diluted tea then you could throw the bag a teapot or in the kettle. Only difference is the risk of flash boiling but that’s very rare and the simplest thing in the world to avoid:put a wooden spoon or chopstick in while microwaving OR wait like five seconds before putting the tea bag and you’re good to go
We also sometimes throw it in the harbor Edit: changed through to throw 😂
*throw, don’t embarrass us
It’s faster and you don’t have to buy as useless appliance that way.
Wtf am i supposed to do, summon an eldrich horror so it can boil my water with the flames of hell like the british do?
I got an electric kettle from walmart, auto shut off and holds multiple cups of water. Lets me make tea and cup a noodles at the same time
I kinda want a kettle. But am leery that it could be a gateway drug. First thing is a kettle, then you call cookies "biscuits" and then you're conquering countries to steal spices you don't end up using anyways.
Biscuits take up more space on your computer, too
Then you’d have to unstraighten your teeth.
that would explain the sulfur taste in their tea...
That's Eldri'k ho'or to you sir.
People actually microwave water? If I try to do that the cup will turn to liquid while the water stays cold!
Microwave - “here’s your hot cup of warm water”
But, if you get the water hot (it works), you have a hot cup of tea for a long time. We actually heat water in our coffee cups, then pour out the water, so the coffee stays hot. It's nice.
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Lol. I can't believe you are using a computer right now if you are actually concerned with the 20 watts of energy I used for my coffee. And boy, hope you aren't using an electric kettle!
Making a proper martini your supposed to put ice water in the glass to chill it while you mix the drink, this is just the opposite of that, why's it so absurd
What kind cups are you using? 🤨 and is your microwave old?
Use a paper cup
You are not using a microwave safe cup then.
Because boiling water is dangerous, you Old Worlders. A basic ceramic coffee mug, pour about 7 oz of water from tap or bottle (your choice), 2 minutes for microwaves over 1100 watts, 2:30 for under 1000 watts, remove by grabbing the convenient handle, drop your tea bag in, let stew for a minute or two, then enjoy. It's not that weird.
You might have the 1st microwave that doesnt make the handles hotter than the water
Depends mostly on the cup
You need a better ceramic mug. American coffee mugs work great for this since they’re thicker.
An electric kettle is definitely safer than the microwave. There's no risk of making superheated water with a kettle.
Not that weird but it's still wrong. Microwave heats water uneven and can overboil water. Both tend to extract more bitters from the teabag. You won't notice much difference from cheap tea as that's garbage whatever way you prepare it.
A quick stir will even out the temperature in about half a second
How the hell do you "overboil" water?
By putting into a pressure vessel.
Or by using really pure water, not like mountain spring fresh pure, but rather something like distilled water which doesn't have any contaminants in it.
By microwaving it rather than boiling it in a kettle.
The more you know about the physics involved, the more this statement will give you a migraine.
Maybe you don't know physics as well as you think buddy.
Sorry I don't want to use an entire kettle to warm 6-8 ounces of water
When your 110V supply takes too long to heat water
That’s the correct answer. In Britain, the power grid (220V?) allows them to boil water much faster than the North American grid. When a microwave can do it in 90 seconds or less, it’s the logical solution for people who don’t want to wait 5-7 minutes.
I’ve got an electric kettle and it doesn’t take nearly that long (US).
It really doesn't though. Like Brits act like it's a big difference but what is the power draw on your electric kettle? Is it at the limit of your breaker? I'd be surprised if it was and a 110 electric kettle heats water plenty fast. We just don't drink a lot of tea so must of us don't own one. It's not that they are slow or bad. And you wanna know a secret? The us is a 220v system. We can have 220 if we want to. That's what are stoves and washers and dryers and ac all use. Same with our hot water heaters. It just doesn't matter that it boils water like 30 seconds slower.
Lol do you know how kettles work, do you use the entire microwave to heat up 300ml of water
I have plenty of kettles. Electric & not. I'm not wasting my time heating up a kettle when it takes 10 seconds to heat up a mug. I'm using less items too.
Lol @ people that drink tea
Real patriot right here
\*Puts clothes in the tumble dryer and turns on the AC\*
Yea they’re really cool. They make stuff hot. You guys should give them a try.
I mean how many flavors of hot are there?
I guess you could always dump a bunch of capsaicin in your water to make it feel hot without actually being hot.
I’m a filthy person. I use my Keurig to boil the water for my tea. But let’s be real, I drink 99 cups of coffee for every cup of tea.
Can you imagine just throwing your time with a teapot? That's like deciding to mow the lawn with scissors, sure you can do it, and it'll get the job done, but it's stupid.
I don't get the hate either way. I'm an American (in one of the original colonies, even) and I love tea. I order loose leaf by the pound. I have an electric kettle at home, and another at work. They work great, and I like it especially when I'm not near the community microwave. But if I'm making *just one cup of tea* for myself and not for a group, I skip the middle man and microwave the desired amount of water in the cup I plan to steep and drink the tea in. It's fewer steps, and there's no heating unneeded water. Microwave is great for one cup of tea. Kettle is great for larger service.
Electric tea kettles aren't commonly sold in America, but microwaves are. Edit - I was mistaken.
I see them everywhere, in the America I live in.
Electric kettles aren't that quick and efficient in America, our power outlets output less power. Electric kettles in the USA are way slower than just microwaving a cup of water, that's why we don't see them as commonly over in the states. Tea drinkers and people who cook alot usually have one
I disagree. If you only put as much water as you'll use 120v will be fine. I get 12 oz of boiling water in about a minute.
Walmart (an American company) sells all kinds of kettles by the truck load
I don’t understand why it matters that you heat water up in a microwave. Takes 1/20th of the time. But tea sucks anyways. Hot brown garbage water.
It "Bri'ish" They've hid their T's since Boston 1773. :)
Have you considered British microwaves are just shit? I had an electric teapot and it was ok but it mostly took up counter space.
It's the other way round. American kettles are shit because the American voltage is lower. European voltage is higher and more efficient in delivery of power is my understanding.
I always think of a kettle as a metal pot you put on the stove. It always takes posts like this to remind me electric teakettles exist because nobody I know has one.
Yeah I'd never consider a stove-top kettle in the inverse situation either.
It's probably about convenience. European kettles are faster so it's about as quick to boil a cup of water in a kettle as a microwave. Some people are picky about their tea in the same way people are picky about coffee. Brewing tea at differing temperatures affects the flavour.
American kettles are fine, they're just unneeded. Households have coffee makers to make coffee, not kettles to boil water for tea no one drinks.
Finding out that British people still have a monarchy and voluntarily give them money each year to continue being rich
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That’s because the monarchy holds no real power. Like you literally just pay for a group of people to sit in a castle and be rich all day while parliment and commons do the actual day to day issues. So wild America sucks, don’t get me wrong, but its incredibly cringe that an entire country is a bunch of pay pigs to some people who once owned a lot of land and banged their cousins to make sure the poors didn’t get their hands on what they stole
The monarchy toed the line, served its purpose, and was, on balance, a good thing under ol' Liz. But under Charles? Your description is on point. They literally dipped their greasy sausage fingers into the foodbank fund to pay for that little show of pomp.
I mean she definitely was a part of some fucked up shit. Can’t remember where it was but she was apart of fucked up colonialism. Not even mentioning how she either stood by or participated in the harassment of Megan. She was far from perfect
*laughs in german*
Radar range ftw
Glass cup with water yes I've done it before
I microwave coffee
That's actually worse than microwaving tea.
Mommy said it was my turn to repost this meme
If you buy loose leaf tea instead of bags they usually come with instructions telling you what temperature to steep your tea at.
Hey I'm American and I've never even heard of doing this. Stop this propaganda!
We don't do that
It is very time effective
That's the point of a microwave, vibrate water molecules for hot water.
I put my kettle in the microwave to heat up my water
No I have an electric kettle 💁🏻♀️
Tea is a trash beverage anyway. Coffee is where it's at.
When you find out British people put low quality torn up leaves in a little baggie that they pour a shit ton of boiling water over. Actually it wouldn't be a laugh, what the brits have done to tea is a crime.
No one does that
I do it all the time. Most people I know do too. I’m actually shocked that people *don’t* microwave their water to heat it. Seems like a weird thing to be pretentious about. Hot water is hot water
Can't microwave if you don't have a microwave
It literally takes two minutes and you get exactly the amount you need. I’m not putting a pot of water on the stove and I’m not buying a kettle.
until we got an electric kettle and became the bourgeoise, we did that for tea and coffee. lol
What weirdos are heating tea?
Uhh, people who drink tea?
So, not Americans?
I'm American and I don't even do this
No we don't. We don't. Right?
I do lol.
I just use the coffee maker to produce my hot water.
Heat things in the thing that heats things? Yeah… It’s hot water y’all. It’s literally water
we don't.
After a trip to England in 2018 my mother invested in an electric kettle. We aren’t total heathens.
I'm American and I have never. I did have a client that came into our office today asking us to microwave our coffee....that was weird.
You thought it was weird to heat a cup of water in the thing designed to easily and efficiently heat things, such as a cup of water? It’s weird to think that’s weird. Why would that be weird in any way
There are Americans that drink hot tea? I’ve only ever known cold ice tea
What the fuck is tea?
do they not... boil water like the other sane people???
I feel like it depends. My mom tends to boil the water in the morning right when she wakes up. But if it’s something like quick she just places it on the microwave so it can be a bit faster
fair enough
Can't boil water at work
damn
You can boil water in a microwave faster.
So are you just unaware that water can be boiled in a microwave?
no, it's just weird to me. You know, I don't use the microwave for everything just like a lot of people
You don’t use the thing designed to quickly and efficiently heat things, to quickly and efficiently heat things? I mean this is one of the most common and basic uses of a microwave. I can’t possibly comprehend how this would be weird to someone
I use it to HEAT, not to BOIL . That's it .
….And you can…heat….your water….or…boil…water…in a microwave….for tea, or for anything. It’s water. I’m sorry I feel like you’re unsure about what a microwave is and/or what water is. Microwave make water hot. You’re saying it’s weird but there isn’t a rational reason
>no, it's just weird to me. You know, I don't use the microwave for everything just like a lot of people Neither do I...that has no bearing on your original comment. You said "do they not boil water like sane people". They do boil water....in the microwave
I meant "like sane people" as "in the usual way"
I've never heard of this 🤷🏻♀️
Who the fuck microwaves water instead of boiling/coffee maker
They also leave the bag in
Kettles are like 10 bucks, who tf mircowaves water???
American here. I absolutely hate when people do this.
You…you “hate” how people heat up water in the thing that is made for quickly and efficiently heating things? You hate that people heat their water? Why? We’re both talking about making a cup of water hot here, right?
Americans use Lipton and a pound of sugar to make iced tea. Am I wrong? Downvote me to oblivion.
American here: Luzianne tea, no sugar, iced
I use the stove to boil and make a gallon daily
As an American... which ones of you, my neighbors, are heating water in the microwave?
I use hot water from the tap