Seriousely how many of you do that? Sincearly a european

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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I did it when having no kettle,

Main problem is that you don't have a good temperature control, sometimes, you get mid-walm water, sometimes you get boiling water.

Even worse, you have this physical phenomena where water is above 100 degree but doesn't boil, and as soon you move-it it starts boiling. At best it's impressive but it can move into burn quickly.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Has that happened to you? I've not managed to make super heated water in the microwave.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    If you're using distilled water there's not enough minerals in the water to start the boiling process before the temperature crosses 100 C because microwaves heat it up so fast.

    It also doesn't necessarily have to be distilled water, but the the closer it is to just H2O, the higher the chance this will happen.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The water continues to heat ~1 minute after microwaving stops, so I guess it could happen if you take it out very close to the boiling point.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yeah I grew up without a kettle and just lived with shitty badly heated water. Got myself a kettle after moving out and improved my tea experience greatly.

    I got my parents a kettle though because my mom, especially, drinks about 10 cups of hot water a day, but she hates the kettle and won't use it. I do not understand.

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