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No, of course we don't microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately.

https://explainxkcd.com/3022/

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In my experience you won't actually boil water in the microwave because it takes an eternity so you end up with tea in "warm" water instead. Or apparently some people also put the tea bag in the microwave ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Brother it takes 3 minutes to boil water in the microwave. I have done this without fail.

It cools down much faster though. Not sure how that works.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 20 hours ago

Because only some of the water boils, not all of it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn't cool down faster. That makes no sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Listen I can't prove it, but I swear on my mother it does

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

You can prove it by boiling the water in different ways, putting a thermometer inside and then filming/timing it :D

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

It may appear that way if it was unevenly heated, causing pockets of boiling water surrounded by comparatively cool water. This would make it look like it's boiling, but then, when mixed, it is then much cooler than if heated by a kettle that relies on convection to mix the water.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My microwave must be really weak then. The kettle is still faster though

[–] maxwellfire 1 points 1 day ago

It definitely depends on the microwave. In my office, one boils a mug in 2:20, while the other requires over 3 min