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.
I remember this sweep over the internet. Considering the speed and simplicity of kettles for decades, what a weird thing to see of Americans. Especially since they made the first one ever.
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
I think Americans boil their water in the microwave.
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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.
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.
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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1: I’m Australian.
2: Go take your victim complex and shove it.
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Turns Out, America Only Just Discovered The Electric Kettle & The Internet Is Going Wild
I remember this sweep over the internet. Considering the speed and simplicity of kettles for decades, what a weird thing to see of Americans. Especially since they made the first one ever.
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:
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
Plus they were boring and plain, who wants that in a kitchen. Now we have glass and chrome, cool electronics, blue LEDs, phone apps
Oooh. That actually makes a lot of sense.
Your linked article even says this
You actually read it? I doubt any of us did. It’s Marie Claire too; you really didn’t have to.
Technology Connections!
Maybe some use the microwave, but most Americans have a stovetop kettle. I use an electric kettle myself.
Yes and that’s why they’re so fat
They don’t even know about diet water.