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xkcd #3022: Making Tea (xkcd.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/xkcd

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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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[–] SkunkWorkz 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

How does a kettle warm the water more evenly but a microwave doesn’t? When a kettle has it’s heating element only at the bottom but a microwave blasts the entire mass of water with energy because it sits on a rotating plate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Exactly because of that.

Hot water moves upwards, and if you heat it from the bottom, you get a more even result than if you blast it from all sides.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Cold water falls to the bottom of a kettle and boils on the bottom. Microwaves can miss the bottom, possibly?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago

Microwaves can miss the bottom, possibly?

Boiling water mixes itself, also: no