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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 year agoDo British really think tea is affected by the method the water was heated?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•1 year agoMicrowaves are between 60-80% less cozy than kettles, so that’s a pretty big impact
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 year 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-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 year agoYour microwave makes water foamy? I think you have a problem with your water, not the microwave.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year 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?si=ihvykWzq1zqdjndf
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