smeg@feddit.uk to Tea@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoMaking Tea, xkcdxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: xkcd@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoDo British really think tea is affected by the method the water was heated?
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoMicrowaves are between 60-80% less cozy than kettles, so that’s a pretty big impact
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoBut electric kettles are a modern abomination like the Beatles. Shouldn’t you heat your water on a coal stove like a proper Englishman? https://youtu.be/p7uciURYjvI?si=ihvykWzq1zqdjndf
minus-squareJokklMaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoThey do and they’re horribly incorrect.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·2 months agoMicrowaving your water is just wrong, partly because a kettle is more efficient and doesn’t make the water go all foamy and weird, but mainly because it’s WRONG!
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoYour microwave makes water foamy? I think you have a problem with your water, not the microwave.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoPossibly, but I’ve only ever tried it once so it’s not a very scientific study
Do British really think tea is affected by the method the water was heated?
Microwaves are between 60-80% less cozy than kettles, so that’s a pretty big impact
But electric kettles are a modern abomination like the Beatles.
Shouldn’t you heat your water on a coal stove like a proper Englishman?
https://youtu.be/p7uciURYjvI?si=ihvykWzq1zqdjndf
They do and they’re horribly incorrect.
Microwaving your water is just wrong, partly because a kettle is more efficient and doesn’t make the water go all foamy and weird, but mainly because it’s WRONG!
Your microwave makes water foamy?
I think you have a problem with your water, not the microwave.
Possibly, but I’ve only ever tried it once so it’s not a very scientific study