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Heating water in a microwave also works well.
by lutorm 13y ago
Heating water in a microwave also works well.
- gadders 13y agoAs long as you watch out for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_OXM4mr_i0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_OXM4mr_i0 and don't inadvertently superheat the water.
- mjburgess 13y agoNot for tea. There is a substantial difference in flavour if the water isnt boiling. It's one of the shocking things a british person experiences in america, handed tea made with a microwave. It really is quite disgusting in comparison.
- wtallis 13y agoDo you mean to imply that a microwave cannot boil water, or brings it to a different kind of boiling?
- mjburgess 13y agoI think it's more that no one ever actually boils it. They microwave it to drinking temperature. I'm not sure it would be safe to boil it in a microwave, the water would go everywhere.
- wtallis 13y agoMicrowaves don't always superheat water. I find that when I'm making an individual cup of tea, it gets superheated far less than half the time, and even when it does it doesn't react violently enough to the introduction of the tea bag to be a concern.
- jedrek 13y agoDoes microwave boiling remove the gasses trapped in the water? It's what makes water taste flat.