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xkcd #3022: Making Tea (xkcd.com)

submitted 10 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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No, of course we don't microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately.

https://explainxkcd.com/3022/

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[–] MicrowavedTea 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't cool down faster. That makes no sense.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Listen I can't prove it, but I swear on my mother it does

[–] 0xD 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Because only some of the water boils, not all of it.

[–] MicrowavedTea 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My microwave must be really weak then. The kettle is still faster though

[–] maxwellfire@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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