Somebody had been considering what could be worse than microwave tea.
There’s nothing wrong with microwaving water. It’s all just getting water molecules to move faster.
microwaving anything is microwaving the water it contains
Alternatively, the best use of an air fryer.
Americans will do anything other than buy an electric kettle.
Americans who drink hot tea have them (source: have had one for like 20 years).
Americans in general are just more hot coffee cold tea people. Exceptions abound of course, but in generalities.
Pourover coffee is the shit though
🤷 I think all coffee is shit, personally
I’ve heard electric kettles are slower here because of the limits of our electrical system. I do have a kettle for the stove, though. I also rarely drink tea.
Standard outlets in the USA are 120v at 15A (1800W max peak, 1440W max continuous). In comparison, standard UK outlets are 230v at 13A (2990W peak)
This also affects other things. For example, standard electric heaters (resistive heat) can’t get as hot in the USA.
Edit: Also, dryers in countries like UK and Australia don’t need a special type of outlet.
That’s true, because you use a 110V based system you have less power available to the kettle. It’s still a lot faster than an electric stove though. Not faster than an induction stove, probably.
We have a 2 phase, 120v or 240v. Standard wall outlets only have 1 phase at 120v and a 15amp limit.
Split phase; two phase is something else that’s not really used because it’s a massive pain in the ass compared to single or three phase
Residential service is a single split 240v phase off of a 480V 3-phase line, while something like an apartment is 2 phase 208Y, with a single phase is 120V.
2 phase 208Y
3 phase 208. But I imagine you know that, and just fat fingered the wrong key
Ah, I guess I meant that you’re getting 2 of the 3 phases, which is 208V phase-to-phase, or 120V phase to neutral.
Ah, that makes sense
my electric kettle takes maybe 20 seconds to get to boiling water here in the USA
Okay this is a shitpost, but ffs don’t try this. That’s a small electric fan-forced oven. There’s a nonzero chance the airflow will splash water all over the inside, which is absolutely not liquid proof. Water + electricity == bad.
Are you sure about the waterproofing? You can usually steam in an oven.
Yeah, its basically just a heating element with a fan, there should be nothing to break even if exposed to liquids.
Magic machine goes bum bum
You have just united the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom blind rage. Congratulations.
Shout out to Asian water boilers and warmers.
Hot water on demand, no fuss.
Me using a hardware store heat gun:
Patheticy’all don’t stick your soldeing iron inside the cup?
The flux residues give it that exta taste
This is probably just bait but I can’t help myself. A pot of water and a stove would do it in less time and you won’t have to deal with a burning mug.
Oh using stuff not rated for those conditions could be an easy way to end up with glass in your eyes.
Least redundant air fryer usage.
Pfff I was wondering whne the mug will explode or crumble in the person’s hands…
