• RudeOnTuesdays@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    People in this thread are acting like microwaving coffee turns it into vinegar.

    Coffee tastes absolutely fine reheated in the microwave.

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      10 months ago

      Yup, can confirm. Sometimes I forget to finish my coffee too. James Hoffman on youtube did some testing and he agrees that microwave is perfectly fine and might even be the best method to reheat coffee

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        10 months ago

        Is it the nocebo effect and filthy microwave interior leeching pizza roll flavor into my coffee? No, it’s the micro-wavelengths vibrating water molecules who are to blame!

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    10 months ago

    Usa

    Good at :

    Dominating countries through cut throat capitalism

    Horrendous at:

    Brewed beverages

    providing universal healthcare

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      10 months ago

      A drink needs reheating so they use a convenient household equipment to reheat it. How controversial. How sacrilegious.

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        You wouldn’t. You’d make new coffee. Not trying to be condescending. I literally wouldn’t reheat coffee because if it’s been standing long enough to get cold, it no longer tastes good.

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          10 months ago

          I don’t think what you said was condescending, it just sounds wasteful to me tbh. I’m not throwing it away just because it got cold and it doesn’t taste fresh anymore.

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            Ah, so it’s a sort of punishment for yourself for not drinking it while it was hot? You made it, so now by god you’ll drink it? Maybe invest in an insulated cup or thermos then. 😂

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              Not really, it would just feel like unnecessary waste. Though I did make a comment about punishment as a joke.

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          Because there’s no temperature control and it can explode.

          My kettle will heat water consistently to boiling point every time without going over.

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            It really takes some very special conditions for that to happen. Every time I’ve boiled water in the microwave it’s always boiled fine just like on the stove.

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              It takes leaving it in a bit too long and either moving or adding something to your water, it’s not that difficult.

              Third-degree burns aren’t something I’d really want to risk just for some coffee.

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          10 months ago

          Historically kettles never really caught on because we only have 110v power, so our kettles are bogus compared to nearly everywhere else in the world.

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            I have to believe it’s also the popularity. Maybe it’s too much my own experience but:

            • most people drink coffee
            • tea drinkers historically didn’t have a high end

            Maybe I’m not sure how to phrase it but in my lifetime, coffee went from hideous burnt crap to something where we care about a high end. Coffee in general has gotten much better, there are way more choices, and there is a visible niche of people who spend way too much time and money looking for the perfect brew.

            In the US, tea is following this path, but much later. Most of my life tea drinkers may have argue over the best brand of tea bags, but it was the same old swill their Moms may have used (they may disagree with that characterization). It’s only much more recently that tea in the US has become a “thing” something people pay attention to, something with a “high end”. At the grocery, tea choices are not as wide as coffee, but now you have a much greater variety of brands, sources, flavors, preparation methods. Tea is only in recent years enough of a “thing” to get excited over, pay too much time and attention to.

            Or in my house, I don’t understand my teenagers and their weird tea drinking ways, when I have three different ways of making coffee. However this kettle thing is great for hot chocolate and caffe mocha

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            Plus they were boring and plain, who wants that in a kitchen. Now we have glass and chrome, cool electronics, blue LEDs, phone apps

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    10 months ago

    I’m amazed at this person being amazed at having two identical cups. Who even does that, who buys multiple cups that match… /s