Comment on Why don't Americans use electric kettles?

GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I have a small cast iron kettle that I usually microwave.

  it makes spicy water.

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  • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Jokes aside, you can microwave small smooth metal vessels. Like mixing bowls and such.

    Do so at your own risk, if it doesn’t specify that it’s microwave safe.

    But you can buy ones that specifically say they are microwave safe. It just means they’re extra smooth, nowhere for charges to accumulate or concentrate. Might have something to do with it’s size too, not being resonant at 2.4ghz, but don’t quote me on that part.

    Useful if you don’t want to take leftovers out of the plastic container first, and if you’ve had glass explode on you before.

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• Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’d rather not because of the obvious dangers

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The conditions for that to happen are quiet rare. Not worth worrying about.

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• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  My wife does. I have a thing for using a kettle on the oven.

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• simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I have a nice electric kettle that I use for pour over coffee, but my morning tea, I just nuke a tea bag in water for a minute and a half, and move on with my morning.

  I’m great in the AM. I just want caffeine.

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  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You microwave the water with the tea bag already in it? At least drop the bag in after microwaving…

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    • simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I microwave with the bag in. You want nucleation sites during heating so bubbles can form. If you ge over 100c with water in a smooth container, then add tea, that’s how you instantly boil over.

      That said, I’m in the camp that wants their black tea just under the boiling point. It’s less bitter and doesn’t need cream or sugar. I know that a certain time, cup size, and power level usually sticks the landing between 95c any 100c.

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    • topherclay@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The superheated instant boiling thing can be mitigated with basically anything in the water.

      A teabag, for example.

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• joel_feila@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I would but I have a rather small one. I used to at my old house microwave the tea water.

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