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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] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For that there is a teapot. Some can be continuously heated up, just through external heating methods, such as a candle!

Making tea in a kettle severely decreases life of the kettle and even after washing, some amounts of aroma compounds will remain, affecting the taste and aroma of whatever you boil water for next

[–] maxwellfire 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I think we may have different definitions of a kettle. I mean something like this:

Which you put on the stove. I can't imagine that having tea in this is a problem at all. It's just glass.

I've also done this with something like:

Which I could imagine keeping more of the taste/being a problem.

I assume you mean something like this by a kettle?:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Yes, I mean an electric kettle indeed, the last one

No problem brewing tea in glass, that's how teapots work.