Seriousely how many of you do that? Sincearly a european

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    My boomer mom will put a tea bag in a mug of water then nuke that until it bubbles to make tea. (Yes, even when the tea bag has a staple).

    But, if she is heating up a can of soup, she will dump that into a sauce pan and heat that up on the gas range, on the burner right next to the nice kettle I got her years ago.

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    Tangential, but I just learned of a Quooker yesterday. Guy ran boiling water straight from the tap instantly at a house I was viewing. Blew my mind.

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    I don’t, my water dispenser has a tap for hot water. If I’m out of water in the dispenser I usually boil it in a pan. That being said heating water in the microwave is not an issue for me, as long as it’s just the water before adding the tea.

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      4 hours ago

      I always heard that drinking hot water from the tap was unsafe (at least where I’m from) due to the risk of lead being picked up from old pipes. Also sediment from the water heater.

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        Yes, you shouldn’t drink hot water from the tap. I have a water dispenser, as in an equipment where you put a 20L mineral water bottle and you can pour either cold or hot water.

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          Been wondering if those Brio things were any good, I just don’t have the money to spend on replacement filters. But hooking a water line up to it and having hot/cold water that has gone through the reverse osmosis process would be nice. They are like $400 though, and $150 after that a year in filters last I saw.

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      15 hours ago

      Generally you need super pure water though, so if you don’t have a distiller and brand new unused dishes, it’s probably not an issue.

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        I use distilled water for espresso and tea… Thankfully I started because of my electric kettle and espresso machine. Keeping the machines cleaner.

        Never microwaved distilled water.

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      15 hours ago

      I’ve doon thot several times now. And so I -almost always- remember to check that the left digit on the timer is one.

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    Im not against it, but an electric tea kettle is no slower, and less hassle. Seriously, 2 cups of water boils in under 2 minutes, it’s insane.

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      I recommend getting an electric kettle and leaving it on the counter. It’s extremely fast. You can fill a measuring cup, dump it in, and 2 minutes later it’s boiled hotter than the microwave. And if you drink coffee, a French Press is 100% better than drip.

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    17 hours ago

    I was fighting a cold recently so used the microwave to heat the lemon juice / honey / gin mixture I was self medicating with.

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      Lemon juice, honey, and also gin?!? Genius! Any water, or just that?

      We ran out of JD Honey - trump tax and Canadian embargo - and I was gonna add a local bourbonesque booze … but I never even thought of a gin base.

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        Gin is just what I had available. It’s a hot toddy, normally made with whiskey but I’m not a big fan of wood cask spirits. I put it in a thermos to take to a funeral. It was about a 3:2:1 gin:lemon:honey mix. It was sippable but sweet like cordial from the honey. I was putting it in hot water.

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    Jesus invented kettles for a reason, only commies and the god forsaken use the stove or microwave :)

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    My wife is a purist from the south of England with several tea brewing options. If I boiled water in the microwave I’d be at real risk of divorce

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      I used to do house calls a decade ago for IT work. Often customers offered me beverages.

      Had a European who worked at the UN for decades make me tea. Blew my socks off. I’ve never enjoyed tea, but it seems like we just don’t know how to make it!

      … The next month I was offered tea by a American. I wasn’t expecting it being made by a pro, but let him try.

      He put “hot” tap water into a cup and tossed a teabag in.
      I fake drank it.

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      As a guy who recently got into tea, any recommendations? I got a box of Yorkshire gold, it’s pretty good, but almost tastes a little… chalky? Malty I suppose is the word. It’s good, I’m not complaining, but would be interested to hear recs from someone who knows what’s what

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        I’ve been on a real chai kick and got the biggest available size of this tea a month or so ago and I’m already nearly through it. I love it with milk and sugar, it has some caffeine and a spicy complexity that gets me going in the mornings. It’s amazing cold too, if I don’t finish the pot before it goes lukewarm I’ll put in a glass bottle in the fridge for later.

        Oh and buy loose leaf tea. Even cellulose and paper teabags are apparently riddled with micro plastics.

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          Ya, I need to get off the bags. I had no idea about the micro plastics. I’m running by my kitchen store here in the next few days and buying a basket strainer.

          How do you brew yours? I’ve also seen the little baskets on a string. It seems like that could work. Idk the basket seems like the most straight forward easiest thing to do.

          I’m not sure how I feel about the flavors, I always hated them in coffee, I’m hesitant to order flavored tea.

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            10 hours ago

            The latching baskets, the little spring spoons, cages, muslin bags, I’ve tried them all and absolutely nothing is as convenient or easy as just getting a pot with an inset stainless steel infuser. The infuser just fits around the inside of the tea pot rim underneath the lid, and when my tea is ready I can dump used tea leaves right in the compost bin with a good tap or two, rinse it and it’s ready for another pot. Highly recommend it, don’t mess with anything more complicated.

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        I always recommend this site: https://theteahouseltd.com/

        We’ve visited them in person and their tea was so fantastic that even non-tea people loved it. They ship worldwide. I tend to order in bulk these years.

        Only one tea has ever come close, and it was a small Asian restaurant out of Vancouver, BC. This store has dozens of amazing varieties.