I do, water is water.
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Wait, you guys have microwaves?
Sincerely, Someone who does not own a microwave
So you heat a whole oven or stove every time you want some leftovers? cries in planet
Not by choice, but unfortunately that is my only option. cries in wallet
What is the difference on environmetal impact for running a gas burner for 5 minutes vs. running an electric microwave for 30 seconds?
It turns out gas stoves are wildly inefficient and spew most of their heat into the atmosphere instead of the food. This video comparing has been making the rounds again lately.
Just eat them cold.
My in-laws do that. Just today I ordered them a lighted electric kettle.
My wife is a purist from the south of England with several tea brewing options. If I boiled water in the microwave I’d be at real risk of divorce
I used to do house calls a decade ago for IT work. Often customers offered me beverages.
Had a European who worked at the UN for decades make me tea. Blew my socks off. I've never enjoyed tea, but it seems like we just don't know how to make it!
... The next month I was offered tea by a American. I wasn't expecting it being made by a pro, but let him try.
He put "hot" tap water into a cup and tossed a teabag in.
I fake drank it.
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No. I put it in the air fryer
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.
Has that happened to you? I've not managed to make super heated water in the microwave.
Yes it already happened a couple of time. It starts boiling either when pulling-out or when putting the tea inside.
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Why not heat it on the stove in a small pan?
For me it's the fact that my cast iron stove takes ages to heat up
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Yes, if I need only 1 cup of hot water, I use the microwave.
The electric kettle wants a minimum of 2 cups (1/2 liter), or else it makes funny noises.
Mine makes funny noises too, but since it has a marker for one cup, the noises obviously don't matter.
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I used to microwave water for all sorts of things before getting an induction stovetop.
Seriously, it goes from tap water to boiling in 2 minutes. It's a game changer.
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I did that in the past because we had no electric kettle at home. Today it's the over way round: I have a kettle but no microwave
PSA: Microwaving water can actually be super dangerous because it’s possible to superheat it. When the surface is disrupted, it can violently boil all at once and hurt you.
Generally you need super pure water though, so if you don't have a distiller and brand new unused dishes, it's probably not an issue.
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American electric kettles are also quite a bit slower to boil because our mains voltage is so low. https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c
Not once in my life.
I live in the US and I heat my tea water in an electric kettle. It probably isn't as fast as yours, but it is still close to microwave speed. And I can heat up enough for several cups of tea and have it keep the rest hot. I usually drink more than one at a sitting.
Unless I'm misunderstanding your statement, you're saying it's faster to boil water in the microwave than the kettle? How's that possible? I would think the microwave has more wasted energy
My microwave can boil a single cup of water faster than my kettle. My kettle can boil four cups of water a lot faster than my microwave. It all depends on the microwave and kettle (and the voltage available).
Huh. I guess the kettle has some thermal mass to it making it less efficient for small amounts
Microwave is blasting radiation at 100% efficiency as soon as you turn it on. Kettles heating elements need to heat up before they can heat the water.
I wonder what the efficiency of absorption is, though. Does 100% of emitted radiation get soaked up by the cup, or does some escape into the surroundings?
It doesn't get absorbed so much as excite the water particles as it passes through. I'd imagine it would be more effective in the beginning when they're standing relatively still.
We use a kettle or boil it in a pot. I would not even entertain the idea of microwaving the water.
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