Comment on I'm in a hotel in America with no kettle in my room, if I want tea I have to microwave it.

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• truthfultemporarily@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Because of lower voltage in the US, total available power of a wall socket is lower. So kettles take forever.

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  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think it’s 50% this, and 50% “boiling water repeatedly all day is simply less important to them”.

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    • kaki@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Kettles are common in Japan despite having an even lower voltage than the US. So I think it’s mostly the latter.

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      • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

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        There’s probably other differences too. Lack of KitKat flavor variants, for example.

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• ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They do, but they’re smaller and not as ubiquitous.

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