smeg to TeaEnglish · 2 days agoMaking Tea, xkcdxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: xkcd@lemmy.world
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkMaking Tea, xkcdxkcd.comsmeg to TeaEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: xkcd@lemmy.world
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoDo British really think tea is affected by the method the water was heated?
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 days agoMicrowaves are between 60-80% less cozy than kettles, so that’s a pretty big impact
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days 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
minus-squareJokklMaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoThey do and they’re horribly incorrect.
minus-squaresmegOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·2 days 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-up8·2 days agoYour microwave makes water foamy? I think you have a problem with your water, not the microwave.
minus-squaresmegOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoPossibly, but I’ve only ever tried it once so it’s not a very scientific study
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
They do and they’re horribly incorrect.
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