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

Making Tea, xkcd

xkcd.com Making Tea

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

xkcd @lemmy.world schnurrito @discuss.tchncs.de 2w ago

xkcd #3022: Making Tea

xkcd.com /3022/

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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.
- Would they be more or less angry if Boston threw another tea party? 🤔
  
  Also: I wonder if anyone drank the water after dumping the tea into it just because they wondered if it tasted like tea.
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
- They do and they're horribly incorrect.
- 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.
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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