Tea @feddit.uk smeg @feddit.uk 2mo ago

Making Tea, xkcd

xkcd.com Making Tea

As for the middle one I think I'd just be impressed at the effort

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- 10 fucking minutes just to boil a mug of water?
  
  The powers of the air fryer are incomprehensible for us mere mortals.
  
  ...what do you mean you can boil it faster in a kettle?
- Then burn the shit out of your hand trying to get the mug out
I like that the graph implies that even in the best case scenario, British are at some level upset that Americans are making tea.
- Being slightly upset about Americans is a core British value, we need something to pointlessly moan about to help us get through the day!
  
  Psst.. We sometimes brew tea in a drip coffee maker, then water it down, and then put it in the refrigerator to drink cold..
  
  And! Some of us will just throw tea bags in a big jar, put it in the sun for a few hours, then chill it.
I'm really unsure if the left-most one should have been "made in a teapot" or "boiled in a kettle, steeped in a mug"
- "Boiled in a kettle" really makes me worry that they're putting the tea bag in the kettle
  
  There are kettles out there with steeping baskets like you'd put in a mug for loose leaf, but those probably get stained/dirty quickly. I wouldn't use one.
  
  Randall Munroe is American.
  
  My grandfather used to put tea bags in a metal kettle and keep it on the stove on a low boil all day until it was the consistency of tar. I presume it went back to his time as a sailor where they could have a warm drink ready at any time but also be able to repair the boat too.
  
  I can verify that this has happened. In my defense, Americans mostly learn fuck all about tea. And the difference between a tea kettle and a teapot is something which isn't common knowledge throughout the States.
  
  Greetings Lister of Smeg.
  
  Yeah man, anyone puts a teabag in my kettle, I'll be furious!
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
- 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.
- They do and they're horribly incorrect.
wasn't there an article recently about how british people think tea is for old people now? is there anyone left actually bothered by this?
- I'm very bothered by this, but I'm decidedly not British or young.

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