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US scientist recommends adding salt to make perfect cup of tea - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by variance95 to c/ukcasual

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[–] Hawke 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, microwave water to make tea.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

shudders

What's wrong with the kettle? Or are they not commonplace in the states?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

American power is too weak for kettles.

[–] RestrictedAccount 1 points 10 months ago

Winner winner chicken dinner!

[–] Hawke 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nothings wrong with the kettle, but nothings wrong with the microwave either. I use a kettle and it’s fine.

Electric kettles are indeed less common, I understand that it’s because the 120V power is less effective for heating

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They are pretty common in America, and have been for quite a while. Less so than in the UK (which is probably your point). But still pretty easy to find in my experience.

I got one about 20 years ago from Target - nothing too fancy, just an Oster or something. It finally died a couple of years ago and I got a new one from Amazon, where they had a very wide selection.

[–] Hawke 1 points 10 months ago

No disagreement. They’re available but less common than other heating methods. I feel like stovetop is probably the most common but microwave is certainly in there too.