Seriousely how many of you do that? Sincearly a european
Never. Because I don’t drink tea.
However, the ones in my household who do use an electric kettle. I’ve never seen them use the machine crowave for tea.
We use a kettle or boil it in a pot. I would not even entertain the idea of microwaving the water.
My wife is a purist from the south of England with several tea brewing options. If I boiled water in the microwave I’d be at real risk of divorce
She is a keeper
For sure. I am punching and I know it
Yes, if I need only 1 cup of hot water, I use the microwave.
The electric kettle wants a minimum of 2 cups (1/2 liter), or else it makes funny noises.
Was gonna say, for one cup it seems like a better use of resources (in terms of power), the only obvious downside is temperature control
Mine makes funny noises too, but since it has a marker for one cup, the noises obviously don’t matter.
I did it when having no kettle,
Main problem is that you don’t have a good temperature control, sometimes, you get mid-walm water, sometimes you get boiling water.
Even worse, you have this physical phenomena where water is above 100 degree but doesn’t boil, and as soon you move-it it starts boiling. At best it’s impressive but it can move into burn quickly.
Why not heat it on the stove in a small pan?
For me it’s the fact that my cast iron stove takes ages to heat up
Has that happened to you? I’ve not managed to make super heated water in the microwave.
Yes it already happened a couple of time. It starts boiling either when pulling-out or when putting the tea inside.
Apparently you can do it by turning off the microwave as soon as it starts boiling, turning it on again and repeating until everything boils at the same time and explodes.
We don’t. Our simple kettle with its whistle is working great, despite its age. And its much nicer to look at than a microwave too ;)
I used to microwave water for all sorts of things before getting an induction stovetop.
Seriously, it goes from tap water to boiling in 2 minutes. It’s a game changer.
My electric kettle does about the same. Long enough to finish a piss before doing the water things.
My kettle boils a mug’s worth of water in less than a minute, and it takes me longer than that for even a brief toilet visit and washing of hands. I have learned not to switch the kettle on until I get back from the bathroom, otherwise I’ll be boiling the water twice.
Important factors: 1) Britain has 230V mains power so electric kettles can boil water incredibly quickly, 2) The stereotype about Brits and tea is true in my case. I get through three to six mugs of the stuff per day. 3) Hot tea must be made with boiling water. Power isn’t cheap and re-boiling the water adds up over time.
Never mix up things there… 😇
Too late. Dumped my tea and drank my piss.
Induction hobs I think are still less efficient than an electric kettle, right? Correct me if I’m wrong. (I have both but I don’t have the know-how to measure the effect of either. Just what I’ve heard.)
It would be interesting to test. quick, someone poke Technology Connections.
If you have both, and a timer on your phone, should be easy enough to check. Put the same measured amount of water in both and see how long it takes to boil.
this only works if both have the same energy consumption.
this is probably not the case, so you also have to measure the energy consumption and then adapt the measured time accordingly.
I did that in the past because we had no electric kettle at home. Today it’s the over way round: I have a kettle but no microwave
I used to at work. I would do a half filled mug, give it 2-3 minutes of heat so it didn’t suddenly boil over, then drop in the tea bag and fill with regular water.
I’ve always had a stove top kettle, there was no reason to boil water in the microwave for tea. Up until a few years ago, I did not have a microwave. I prefer the even temperature of water boiled in a kettle.
Takes longer and usually don’t get it hot enough.
Never tried it. Is it faster than an electric kettle?
In the US a microwave is faster. Your 220v heats things up faster than our 110v.
V is irrelevant. A determines how much actual power something gets.
Amperage determines how much current something gets.
Voltage times amperage determines the power something draws.
More current needs thicker wires, while higher voltage does not.
japanese have 100v and don’t have this problem
