• @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      I don’t think I’ve ever been in a house that doesn’t have a kettle, is this not a common applience in all kitchens?

      • JackbyDev
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        21 year ago

        More folks need to realize the microwave is great for heating water.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          It’s great for heating a thing but the kettle is faster I think. Also to properly extract a teabag you need to pour over it.

          • JackbyDev
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            11 year ago

            You don’t own two cups? Just heat the water in one thing and pour over another lol.

            • @xX_fnord_Xx
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              21 year ago

              Two cups?!

              Look at the queen of England over here, drinking outah cups…

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              What if you’re making tea for multiple people. I can do about 5 good mugs with a couple of minutes boil in the kettle.

              • JackbyDev
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                11 year ago

                I’m not saying a microwave is better or not to get an electric kettle. I’m just saying folks never seem to even consider a microwave. In the US it is more likely that a microwave is present than an electric kettle and it is much easier to use than a stove top kettle (unless maybe you have an induction stove).

                I think another part of it is that in the US hot tea is often seen as a more quaint sort of ritualistic thing than hot coffee is. Yeah, some folks like to do fancy pour over coffee but it’s rare. I think stove top kettles just feel more whimsical than a microwave. I think many US hot tea drinkers would view someone saying “why don’t you use a microwave” the same way an audiophile listening to vinyl might react to someone asking why don’t they just use Bluetooth with Spotify. That’s all fine and good, I don’t see a problem with it, but even apart from those folks people just never seem to even realize they can use a microwave to heat water.

          • @paiaw
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            11 year ago

            Yeah, I’m an American tea drinker, always have used an electric kettle. It still just takes a couple minutes or something, nothing major. I think it’s just fewer tea drinkers, maybe.

      • LifeBandit666
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        11 year ago

        I got a Breville kettle that only boils a cup worth at a time. Game changer, meant I could brew up between games of COD back when I played it. I’ve never gone back to a regular kettle.