• Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
      32·
      10 months ago

      There is actually zero difference. I promise you won’t be able to blind pick the microwaved cup better than chance, assuming all other prep is the same.

      • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
        21·
        10 months ago

        Exactly. I usually microwave a cup and then throw in the teabag. If gas stoves were not so inefficient I wpuld heat it on there but it takes about 5 times as long as in a microwave and tastes the same.

        • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
          32·
          10 months ago

          Get an electric kettle. Tea should be brewed at an appropriate temperature for its style, and microwaving the water is inaccurate. Electric kettle will get you the right temp every time nearly as fast.

          • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
            11·
            10 months ago

            Hey man, use a kettle, I got no problem with using a purpose made tool. I just hate the immediate, blind snobbery towards microwaves as if they somehow taint the tea, and not the brewers lack of care.

          • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
            22·
            10 months ago

            You can fuck right off with your electric kettle elitism. I won’t buy something that will get used 2 times per month if I have everything I need to make myself tea already.

            • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              🤷🏻‍♀️ Needlessly aggressive but ok. I use my electric kettle once a day minimum and I use it for things other than tea as well. My husband uses it for his French press coffee, we use it for hot choccy or ramen or even rice sometimes. It’s just an easier way to heat up water to specific temperatures, no elitism here.

            • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              … No? 212° F water is not the same thing as 170°F for a more delicate tea. And, ok, you could let it cool down before adding the tea, but are you going to put a thermometer in it? How will you know when it’s the right temperature? Why not just… get it to the right temperature the first time?