• RupeThereItIs@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    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.

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      14 days ago

      Went to see Randall doing his book promo and being interviewed by Matt Parker (in the UK) recently and this was his exact position on it

      The audience were not on his side 😆

    • MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub
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      14 days ago

      In my experience you won’t actually boil water in the microwave because it takes an eternity so you end up with tea in “warm” water instead. Or apparently some people also put the tea bag in the microwave ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      • meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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        14 days ago

        Brother it takes 3 minutes to boil water in the microwave. I have done this without fail.

        It cools down much faster though. Not sure how that works.

            • TechieDamien@lemmy.ml
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              14 days ago

              It may appear that way if it was unevenly heated, causing pockets of boiling water surrounded by comparatively cool water. This would make it look like it’s boiling, but then, when mixed, it is then much cooler than if heated by a kettle that relies on convection to mix the water.

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              13 days ago

              You can prove it by boiling the water in different ways, putting a thermometer inside and then filming/timing it :D

          • Max@lemmy.world
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            13 days ago

            It definitely depends on the microwave. In my office, one boils a mug in 2:20, while the other requires over 3 min

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      14 days ago

      Could be a problem if you microwave it together with the tea bag.

      Also I find microwaves to not heat up the water properly, leaving some cold spots.

      • marcos@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        The microwaves will heat your water more evenly than a kettle.

        Liquids have this amazing property, that if you heat them , they auto-stir just by themselves.

        (But personally, I’m uneasy about microwaving a tea bag with paper on one end, or worse, a staple. There’s probably no problem at all, but it doesn’t feel that way.)

      • nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        So give it a quick stir? Also if it’s at a boil, the bubbles are going to mix the fluid well.