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Tea. Earl Grey. Cold? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[+] -15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is one of those posts that the English like to answer right away with nonsense about electric kettles and the minutes saved, questioning the sanity of approaching water boiling like it's absolved problem. But turn it on it's head and see why the English don't understand the problem. Limit the question to just "how do you boil water" to see which cultures actually cook. The English don't cook so they make a mug's worth of water at a time.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago
    1. Not English, have kettle. Also both my partner and I cook.
    2. For tea(and coffee), it has multiple temperature settings and can keep the water at that temperature.
    3. Yes the different temperatures absolutely make a difference in taste.

    Also, Asian households typically have a a countertop boiling water tank.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I'm not really sure what you mean. Even if you're going to boil a pot of water, it's much quicker and energy efficient to boil in an electric kettle first and then pour that water into the pot, repeating until full. (Unless heating slowly is necessary, which I think is the case for boiled eggs?)

    If you're only going to drink a single mug of tea then the kettle is actually horribly wasteful. It's better to microwave a single mug.

    I also don't really understand the allegation that the English don't cook. Surely they're making macaroni and ketchup at the very least. Or why the English are relevant to the conversation at all.

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