xkcd #3022: Making Tea

Yeah the kettle is just for boiling the water, nobody makes tea in it, that would wreck it. Yes, I'm English.

The patriot in me smiles every time I microwave the water. Yankee Doodle, motherfuckers.

You boil water in a pot if you want to drink a cup off tea late at night and don't want the loud kettle to wake up the whole house.

<Shaking the head with a samovar, smiling slightly disgusted about the paper taste.>

Where's throwing it into the harbor fall on this chart?

:(

Ok, but, why is microwaved water any different the water warmed in a kettle?

This seems like a pointless thing to get worked up over.

Loose leaf or bust! Keep the tea bagging to online shooters

Patrick Stewart once said American tea was one thing he would never get used to. "For a proper cup of tea the water must be boiling when it hits the leaves." He really didn't like being brought a carafe of somewhat hot water with a teabag next to it. Even as an American I can relate.

How about someone who leaves the tea bag in the mug, sometimes for multiple days? Sips the tea with multiple bags still in it? It creeps me out and I am not even a big tea drinker.

Do Americans make tea in a kettle? Teabag inside the kettle?

I’m an American who drinks tea. I’d love to hear from our distant countrymen on how accurate this is.

My husband is Northern German, close enough to England that he was horrified at the thought of making tea in the microwave. And he doesn't even really drink tea when he's not sick.

Not perfectly relevant, but I've always enjoyed Professor Elemental's take on tea.

is it even on the chart when my water cooler at home has a hot spigot that dispenses water at just the right temperature for tea brewing? it's basically like having a kettle that's always ready...

tea@feddit.uk

Needs to map sweet tea that the south enjoys.

So, where do I put my gaiwan on the spectrum?