elisi: (Tea)
elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2020-05-09 01:23 pm
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THIS IS THE WORST THING



(Direct link: https://twitter.com/YorkshireTea/status/1258303746313990144)

For anyone non-British, here is Yorkshire Tea's guide to How to make a proper brew
astrogirl: (The Brig)

[personal profile] astrogirl 2020-05-09 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Why do I feel the sudden, oddly panicky urge to rush in and swear up and down that this is not a normal American thing? :)

(We do often heat water in the microwave, though. Not me, because I encountered an electric kettle on a trip to Australia, went "WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE?" and immediately hunted down one for myself, but I think most Americans are not properly aware of their options in the matter, sadly. If they even drink enough tea to make specialized water-heating equipment seem worthwhile at all.)
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[personal profile] eve11 2020-05-09 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Agree, I am horrified. I am horrified by southern sweet tea in general, but omg, heating up iced tea powder in a microwave ... I think that bypasses Limbo/purgatory and puts one straight into like the 7th level of hell.

ETA and yes, the electric kettle is great! I got one for my dad a few years ago and he loves it. He never realized that they have an auto-off functionality once the water boils so he was worried about getting one for a long time.
Edited 2020-05-09 13:26 (UTC)
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[personal profile] eve11 2020-05-09 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Theft of innocence maybe? Or theft of a working insulin system. Good lord. The sugar levels in Tang, powdered lemonade AND iced tea mix are astronomical to begin with. Let's add two more cups of sugar for good measure! My teeth ache just thinking about it.

Yeah, Kettles are just not a thing here. I mean enough households have a teapot, but I'd wager it's mostly either stashed somewhere or used for decoration in country kitchens.
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[personal profile] owlboy 2020-05-09 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
how do you make cup a soup or instant noodles without a kettle? such foolishness
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[personal profile] eve11 2020-05-09 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, for the most part people use microwaved boiling water for those things. Those of us enlightened enough to have electric kettles use them though.
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[personal profile] owlboy 2020-05-10 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
that sounds like something Aziraphale would do
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[personal profile] eve11 2020-05-09 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Spot on for the inferno level for sure!

Egg cups are definitely uncommon. Well, I certainly don't own any :D
Edited 2020-05-09 15:45 (UTC)
astrogirl: (coffee)

[personal profile] astrogirl 2020-05-09 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, our lower electric voltage means they don't work as fast here as in the UK, but if you're only making a couple of cups' worth, it's still only a few minutes.
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[personal profile] wolfy_writing 2020-05-09 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, American, I made it a couple of seconds into the video and was all "We're not all like that!"

Electric kettles really caught on in my family after we found out about them. Even my grandmother who moved into a senior center so she wouldn't have to cook anymore and wanted to get rid of ninety percent of her kitchen equipment decided she could use an electric kettle.
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[personal profile] astrogirl 2020-05-09 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
After I bought my electric kettle, my mother decided she really wanted one, too, so I bought one for her, and then she bought one for her mother. I think more Americans would have them, probably, if they knew they were even a thing.

Before that, I was mostly either microwaving water or using a stovetop kettle, which is kind of an annoying thing to do. At one point, my mother tried buying one of these things, which was just... stupid. It seemed like a ridiculously overcomplicated way to make tea, and it wasn't quick. (And, wow, does that article say a lot about tea-drinking in America, I think. OMG.)