Seriousely how many of you do that? Sincearly a european
American electric kettles are also quite a bit slower to boil because our mains voltage is so low. https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c
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.
Does the staple cause any issues?
Technically, any metal is a no no, but her microwave has never exploded.
I walked out of a hookup when she offered tea and put the mug in the microwave
In America this is the default method for small amounts of hot water.
We have a spigot in the kitchen that only puts out boiling-hot water, so I use that. If that’s not working, I’d just boil it in a pan on the stove.
We just have an instant hot water tap. Can’t live without it, haha.
Not once in my life.
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.
At home, I always heat the water in a saucepan on my stove. I only use a microwave when I’m making tea at the university, where it’s the only way I can get hot water. These microwaves are always a bit dirty because most students don’t clean after themselves, and I can’t fully enjoy my tea because it feels tainted.
I’ve used an electric gooseneck kettle for about a decade, before that I used a stovetop kettle or, if so was really desperate, a saucepan.
Always for coffee only sometimes for tea.
Reminds me of a Technology connections on electric kettles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yMMTVVJI4c
And there was a followup on microwaving water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpoXFk-ixZc
Its very enlightening from both US and European perspectives.
I don’t drink tea or coffee, but my mom microwaves her water for tea.
Are you say its only the water temperature that matters, then? Is yer last name ‘Kelvin’ by any chance?
I honestly have no idea what your point is
I was fighting a cold recently so used the microwave to heat the lemon juice / honey / gin mixture I was self medicating with.
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.
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.
PSA: Microwaving water can actually be super dangerous because it’s possible to superheat it. When the surface is disrupted, it can violently boil all at once and hurt you.
I’ve doon thot several times now. And so I -almost always- remember to check that the left digit on the timer is one.
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.
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.
Well, I think it also needs to be in a pristine dish with no scratches. Basically it can only happen if there’s nothing in the water to create bubbles and disrupt it, then it could possibly heat up without visibly boiling.
