My grandfather used to put tea bags in a metal kettle and keep it on the stove on a low boil all day until it was the consistency of tar. I presume it went back to his time as a sailor where they could have a warm drink ready at any time but also be able to repair the boat too.
There are kettles out there with steeping baskets like you’d put in a mug for loose leaf, but those probably get stained/dirty quickly. I wouldn’t use one.
I can verify that this has happened. In my defense, Americans mostly learn fuck all about tea. And the difference between a tea kettle and a teapot is something which isn’t common knowledge throughout the States.
I’m really unsure if the left-most one should have been “made in a teapot” or “boiled in a kettle, steeped in a mug”
“Boiled in a kettle” really makes me worry that they’re putting the tea bag in the kettle
Greetings Lister of Smeg.
Yeah man, anyone puts a teabag in my kettle, I’ll be furious!
My grandfather used to put tea bags in a metal kettle and keep it on the stove on a low boil all day until it was the consistency of tar. I presume it went back to his time as a sailor where they could have a warm drink ready at any time but also be able to repair the boat too.
There are kettles out there with steeping baskets like you’d put in a mug for loose leaf, but those probably get stained/dirty quickly. I wouldn’t use one.
I can verify that this has happened. In my defense, Americans mostly learn fuck all about tea. And the difference between a tea kettle and a teapot is something which isn’t common knowledge throughout the States.
Randall Munroe is American.