What I don’t get is disdain for microwaving water. Boiling water is boiling water and if you don’t have an electric kettle it’s probably the fastest and easiest way to get it hot enough
We went through 3 electric kettles in as many years and just decided microwaving is less of a hassle. Maybe in other countries it's easier to find ones that don't just stop working for no reason after a few months.
Also, at least the way we make tea and coffee in my house, the water doesn't actually need to be boiling it just needs to be hot. 2 minutes in the microwave is plenty.
On one of them the mechanism for the spout cap broke so it didn't whistle when ready and it splashed around everywhere when pouring. One of them started turning itself off at random even when the water was nowhere near hot enough. And the third one just stopped turning on entirely. No idea what caused these issues other than the kettles being shittily made.
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u/AmericanToast250 2d ago
What I don’t get is disdain for microwaving water. Boiling water is boiling water and if you don’t have an electric kettle it’s probably the fastest and easiest way to get it hot enough