• shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
    32·
    10 个月前

    Get an electric kettle. Tea should be brewed at an appropriate temperature for its style, and microwaving the water is inaccurate. Electric kettle will get you the right temp every time nearly as fast.

    • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
      22·
      10 个月前

      You can fuck right off with your electric kettle elitism. I won’t buy something that will get used 2 times per month if I have everything I need to make myself tea already.

      • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        10 个月前

        🤷🏻‍♀️ Needlessly aggressive but ok. I use my electric kettle once a day minimum and I use it for things other than tea as well. My husband uses it for his French press coffee, we use it for hot choccy or ramen or even rice sometimes. It’s just an easier way to heat up water to specific temperatures, no elitism here.

    • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      10 个月前

      Hey man, use a kettle, I got no problem with using a purpose made tool. I just hate the immediate, blind snobbery towards microwaves as if they somehow taint the tea, and not the brewers lack of care.

      • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        10 个月前

        … No? 212° F water is not the same thing as 170°F for a more delicate tea. And, ok, you could let it cool down before adding the tea, but are you going to put a thermometer in it? How will you know when it’s the right temperature? Why not just… get it to the right temperature the first time?