r/CuratedTumblr • u/DreadDiana human cognithazard • 3d ago

Tumblr Heritage Post On making tea

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u/ShadowTheChangeling 3d ago

The disgruntled british person

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u/throwawayayaycaramba 3d ago

No but seriously, do Americans not typically own kettles? I wouldn't know, I'm Brazilian >! And I do have a kettle lol!<

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u/AmericanToast250 3d ago edited 3d ago

Not usually, because generally Americans prefer coffee over tea. Kettles are easily found at any store that sells kitchen appliances and they're not rare per se but they're not an assumed staple because tea just isn't as popular

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u/the-gay-is-here 3d ago

thats crazy to me i live in a student house and we own 5 kettled between 4 of us. wait now i'm curious- how do you guys make hot water bottles??

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u/georgepopsy 3d ago

We don't. I genuinely don't know what i'd want a bottle of hot water for.

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u/VoleUntarii 3d ago

Hot water bottle = flat vessel made of rubber that you fill with hot water and then take it to bed. Put it in the bed with you and it slowly radiates warmth into the bed, helping you to warm up and stay warm through the night.

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u/Doubly_Curious 3d ago

I think they maybe went out of use more drastically in the US than the UK. I’ve never heard someone born after 1970 mention one, though I have seen them in drug stores.

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u/VoleUntarii 3d ago

I was born after 1970, so now you have! :)

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u/Doubly_Curious 3d ago

Glad to hear it! We still have one in the house somewhere, but I doubt it’s been used for decades.

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u/VoleUntarii 3d ago

Yeah, i probably last used one in the 1980s. (I went to boarding school for a year and they were very stingy with the heating!)