• @[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.