smeg@feddit.uk to Tea@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoMaking Tea, xkcdxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up170file-text
arrow-up170external-linkMaking Tea, xkcdxkcd.comsmeg@feddit.uk to Tea@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoDo British really think tea is affected by the method the water was heated?
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoMicrowaves are between 60-80% less cozy than kettles, so that’s a pretty big impact
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month 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-squaresmeg@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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-up8·1 month agoYour microwave makes water foamy? I think you have a problem with your water, not the microwave.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoPossibly, but I’ve only ever tried it once so it’s not a very scientific study
minus-squareJokklMaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoThey do and they’re horribly incorrect.
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
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
They do and they’re horribly incorrect.