Fun fact: electric kettles are nerfed in the US and other 110V countries (~1kW vs ~2kW of power usage)
Buying an electric kettle, prob one of my better decisions.
When I was very young, I tried to make tea for the first time on my own by putting a mug full of water on the burner and turning the heat to the max. When I raised the mug, the bottom just came off and it spilled hot water all over the place. Thankfully I didn’t burn myself.
cold tea belong to sinkhole
I just gotta say it does not take three minutes for a microwave to heat water
It takes 3 minutes for me as well
then you got something wrong with your microwave, they literally work by heating the water molecules in the food
It all comes down to the wattage and how much water you are trying to boil. A 900W microwave takes about 2½ minutes to boil 300 ml of water. And thats without needing to heat the mug.
Like… for 700W microwave it’s about 50% efficiency. Don’t know any other device this efficient in my house
You guys don’t use Turkish Combustion Kettle to boil water?
Damn that’s some serious whistle
That looks epic
You turn the stove on with the vessel. Go and do something else did ten minutes. Bam, boiling water
This post stresses me out so much. Why is how people warm water such a tribalistic topic???
I did not choose to be part of the stove kettle tribe, I was born into it.
Pretty funny to complain about how long it takes to boil water when it would take way longer to cold-brew tea.
You can leave cold brew in the fridge and it’s ready when you want it. For hot drinks, you need to heat up the water, so that’s extra time between when you decide you want tea and when it’s ready for consumption.
Counterpoint: I actually like cold drinks quite a bit, e.g. cooled-down coffee with lots of cold milk, but I rarely have the patience to actually plan for that.
You’re assuming they’re doing a good job making cold tea and not just drinking lightly flavored cold water.
The best is that someone then took this exchange and made it into a Shakespeare script:
I know someone else drew it into a comic but I’m having trouble finding it.
That was magnificent.
Did they suggest putting a mug full of water on the stovetop?? That’s so dangerous. Mugs are not meant for that kind of direct heat, and picking it up will be tricky too.
Everyone in this entire thread is hearby banned from entering the UK.
Don’t worry, they’re not missing much, though if things get a bit dicy here, we may need to capture these folks and put them in the stocks to unite the country around a common enemy.
I’m used to stoves taking at least ten minutes just to warm up
The nice thing about gas stoves is they get hot instantly. I now have an induction stove and it’s a lot slower.
Induction doesn’t need to get hot, it heats up the pot directly. Maybe you’re referring to electric heaters? The ones that glow red/purple?
Every study I’ve seen comparing gas and induction stoves shows induction stoves boiling water more quickly. Have you measured it?
Edit: Are you thinking of electric or induction? They’re different.
Fuck gas stoves. Takes twice as long to boil water compared to induction.
Yeah my induction can boil a cup of water in like a minute, minute and a half.
I cold brewed tea before. It’s not bad.
I’m a lunatic, I do both. Hot for actual tea, or cold for tea flavored water with green tea.
