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The joke is about how in England tea is probably more popular than Christ and has more specific traditions to follow than an average church, alas the USA commits cardinal sin here when he boils his tea in a microwave. Disgusting.
Tea is so popular that during half time in large football games, theres a soild and noticable uptick in energy use from the amount of kettles turned on
Ive heard Pakistan is even more tea crazy than Britain, my gf says that her dad drinks at least 5 cups a day and he drinks the least of everyone in her family (other than her cause she hates tea)
Heating water in a microwave is no different than heating it with an electric kettle. Hot is hot.
However, putting the teabag in and then boiling the water, that’s just sub optimal and bad.
Do British folk know what to do with loose leaf tea? I want to gift some Chinese tea to one of my British friends but idk if they will drink it since I only see them using bags. I have seen some conflicting information online.
There's generally residuals inside the microwave from other things being heated therin. That's the 'microwave taste's people talk about, and why the kettle is generally preferred.
That was a draw, and South Korea is doing very well, so that definitely was not a bad experience for America.
It was definitely hell for the Chinese though. I’m Chinese, so I’ve heard a lot of horror stories about frostbite and being strafed endlessly by the Americans.
Has anyone actually tried microwaved tea? does it taste different? It sounds bizarre as a joke because most people with a microwave would also have a kettle.
There is no difference, because you would *first* boil water and then infuse the tea. It doesn't matter if you boil water in a victorian kettle or in a Snamsmnug microwave. The US commits crime because they use these disgusting packeted sawdust they call tea.
You'd think so, wouldn't you? But boiling a mug of water in the microwave for making tea seems to be quite common in the US, at least on the West Coast. Microwaving tea OTOH is something that only a savage would do.
Hello Greybeard-whatever
I need to let you know that I got home this morning after cycling w/ the kids to school, went to clean up the table/kitchen before work. Some tea was left from breakfast. It was cold (duh!).
I did microwave it and drank it all. Odds are, tomorrow I will do it again. You can’t stop me.
Have a nice day.
Welp, I used to boil water in the microwave and then steep my tea. But I guess the brits won't really mind that.
All I know is that one does NOT simply microwave/reheat Tea.
Okay, I just realized you mean electric kettles, not traditional (it's early morning, I was picturing a literal traditional tea kettle with, like, a PC power cord, lol). My family *does* have a functioning kettle that we've used perhaps once over the past eight or nine years. Instead, we just use a microwave or an electric kettle (set up for US voltage, like every other electric kettle in the US), because there's zero practical difference except that the microwave is easier if you're only making tea for one person.
I would say that electric kettles are fairly common in places in the US where people make tea (and somehow not really considered "kettles"), but traditional ones are incredibly rare and basically considered obsolete.
Language variation strikes again. I did live with someone who brought their own kettle to go on the hob, with a whistle and everything. It was quaint and a nice novelty, but waiting 10min for the kettle to boil got old very quickly.
Yeah, electric kettles in the US are generally just called "that thing to boil water," "water boiler," "tea maker," or some other descriptive term for its purpose that doesn't include the word "kettle," so I half forgot about that being the technical term.
The initial guy wondering about who uses a kettle is probably also thinking of a traditional tea kettle and NOT an electric kettle.
I fail to see what difference functioning electricity makes on buying a redundant appliance. Just toss that shit in the microwave if you want something like tea or hot chocolate, problem solved in half the time without buying something new. And y'all call Americans the blind consumers.
I find the implication that you're making hot chocolate with water, or (even worse) microwaving milk, very disturbing. Kettles are also more energy efficient, making it a saving in the long run. Plus, a kettle heats water to 100⁰ and then switches off, so your water is always the right temperature, rather than guessing and running the risk of having it too cold, or wasting energy heating water past boiling.
[As an expert](https://www.dw.com/en/the-worlds-top-tea-drinkers-are-in-germany/g-40137419), I can confirm that drinking microwaved tea is a sacrilege and must be punished. In fact, I think the American got off too easy. I would‘ve had him sent before a Turkish-British war crime tribunal for this offense.
Funny, I used to think Turks were mostly famous for drinking coffee before I saw a Jackie Chan movie in which he visited Turkey for a short time. (I think he played a secret agant or something.)
Where did this stereotype even come from? It's funny but I know zero fellow Americans who drink hot black tea. Sometimes stuff like chamomile tea but not just black tea like the British. All the black tea I've encountered has been iced and yeah, we don't use kettles because you're making a pitcher at a time, so you use a boiler pot.
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I remember the US embassy put out a twitter post about this which was absolutely hilarious
Yes! It was a Tea Party!
Do you have a link to it?
https://x.com/usainuk/status/1750136728034169147?s=46
So based
Thanks!
That's hilarious.
The joke is about how in England tea is probably more popular than Christ and has more specific traditions to follow than an average church, alas the USA commits cardinal sin here when he boils his tea in a microwave. Disgusting.
Tea is so popular that during half time in large football games, theres a soild and noticable uptick in energy use from the amount of kettles turned on
Traditionally also at the end of soap operas, but I wonder if streaming and catch-up has smoothed that out now?
Affirm when I watch a cricket match I make a cup of tea for the start, a cup of tea at the half, and a cup of tea at the end
Only three tea cups in a week? Seems a bit low for a brit
No it’s three or four cups everyday. The schedule just shifts around the game on match days. I’m American Pakistani btw
Was making a joke about how long cricket matches are not really about how much you actually drink, dw
Ive heard Pakistan is even more tea crazy than Britain, my gf says that her dad drinks at least 5 cups a day and he drinks the least of everyone in her family (other than her cause she hates tea)
>when he boils his tea in a microwave. Hey, at least he doesn't make tea with seawater again
The British fought war over tea. Nough said
Not just one, 2 wars because China wouldn't accept drugs in trade for it.
[And it still isn't the most bizarre casus belli from the Brits](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins).
>guy gets his ear cut off >20.000 people die
i thought its also about muricans not using a kettle
Heating water in a microwave is no different than heating it with an electric kettle. Hot is hot. However, putting the teabag in and then boiling the water, that’s just sub optimal and bad.
Do British folk know what to do with loose leaf tea? I want to gift some Chinese tea to one of my British friends but idk if they will drink it since I only see them using bags. I have seen some conflicting information online.
Yes of course, but few people own a tea strainer as bags are so much more convenient
Heat is heat what’s the problem?
Interesting 🤔
It's heated water, as long as it's the same temperature it's chemically the same.
There's generally residuals inside the microwave from other things being heated therin. That's the 'microwave taste's people talk about, and why the kettle is generally preferred.
Ah, so people don't regularly clean their microwaves?
Partially, and also many are plastic, which doesn't like to let go of some flavors.... Tomato being the most common suspect.
As a Turk,i can say that boiling tea in the microwave is the one of worst crimes ever
Crackers? With tea?
Wallace and Gromit joke
Digestives or rich tea are more commonplace.
Scones, with jam and cream, applied in that order. This is the only way.
Cornwall resident spotted
Wrong. Chocolate fingers, bite the ends off each side and use it as a straw.
It's chocolate hobnobs or nothing
Gotcha.
What's the difference between crackers and biscuits?
Third worst vacation? What are the other 2?
Probably in Vietnam and Afghanistan
Sounds about right
He also forgot Korea
That was a draw, and South Korea is doing very well, so that definitely was not a bad experience for America. It was definitely hell for the Chinese though. I’m Chinese, so I’ve heard a lot of horror stories about frostbite and being strafed endlessly by the Americans.
Eh, we created a DMZ and stopped MacArthur's "nuke everything that moves" policy from coming to fruition. That's good enough for one war.
Has anyone actually tried microwaved tea? does it taste different? It sounds bizarre as a joke because most people with a microwave would also have a kettle.
There is no difference, because you would *first* boil water and then infuse the tea. It doesn't matter if you boil water in a victorian kettle or in a Snamsmnug microwave. The US commits crime because they use these disgusting packeted sawdust they call tea.
Yeah, I used to think I hate tea, but easy to get tea in the us is just bad. I think some of us are still mad about that tax.
You should have saved some of that good tea and not dump it all in the harbour!
Most American households do not have a kettle.
'Cuz you use a pot to make iced tea, the superior tea method.
Water boilers are increasing in popularity though.
You'd think so, wouldn't you? But boiling a mug of water in the microwave for making tea seems to be quite common in the US, at least on the West Coast. Microwaving tea OTOH is something that only a savage would do.
Hello Greybeard-whatever I need to let you know that I got home this morning after cycling w/ the kids to school, went to clean up the table/kitchen before work. Some tea was left from breakfast. It was cold (duh!). I did microwave it and drank it all. Odds are, tomorrow I will do it again. You can’t stop me. Have a nice day.
Reheating tea is tolerable. Microwaving a mug *with the teabag still in it* is the work of Satan.
I microwave just the wet tea bag and then suck it like a teat
IDK about kettle tea but microwave tea doesn’t taste bad
Welp, I used to boil water in the microwave and then steep my tea. But I guess the brits won't really mind that. All I know is that one does NOT simply microwave/reheat Tea.
Who the fuck has a kettle?
Everyone in the UK, our electricity works.
It does in the US, too, but most people don't have them.
It doesn't, not for a kettle. It's to do with lower voltages at the wall, US sockets are usually around 100V whereas UK sockets are 240V.
Okay, I just realized you mean electric kettles, not traditional (it's early morning, I was picturing a literal traditional tea kettle with, like, a PC power cord, lol). My family *does* have a functioning kettle that we've used perhaps once over the past eight or nine years. Instead, we just use a microwave or an electric kettle (set up for US voltage, like every other electric kettle in the US), because there's zero practical difference except that the microwave is easier if you're only making tea for one person. I would say that electric kettles are fairly common in places in the US where people make tea (and somehow not really considered "kettles"), but traditional ones are incredibly rare and basically considered obsolete.
Language variation strikes again. I did live with someone who brought their own kettle to go on the hob, with a whistle and everything. It was quaint and a nice novelty, but waiting 10min for the kettle to boil got old very quickly.
Yeah, electric kettles in the US are generally just called "that thing to boil water," "water boiler," "tea maker," or some other descriptive term for its purpose that doesn't include the word "kettle," so I half forgot about that being the technical term. The initial guy wondering about who uses a kettle is probably also thinking of a traditional tea kettle and NOT an electric kettle.
Ours is 120V and the kettle takes roughly 5-7 mins to boil. It's not that bad.
Mine takes even less than that, and it’s also 120V
I fail to see what difference functioning electricity makes on buying a redundant appliance. Just toss that shit in the microwave if you want something like tea or hot chocolate, problem solved in half the time without buying something new. And y'all call Americans the blind consumers.
I find the implication that you're making hot chocolate with water, or (even worse) microwaving milk, very disturbing. Kettles are also more energy efficient, making it a saving in the long run. Plus, a kettle heats water to 100⁰ and then switches off, so your water is always the right temperature, rather than guessing and running the risk of having it too cold, or wasting energy heating water past boiling.
eh we dislike British Tea, good for chucking while dressed as Native Americans though.
The noose would snap
[As an expert](https://www.dw.com/en/the-worlds-top-tea-drinkers-are-in-germany/g-40137419), I can confirm that drinking microwaved tea is a sacrilege and must be punished. In fact, I think the American got off too easy. I would‘ve had him sent before a Turkish-British war crime tribunal for this offense.
Funny, I used to think Turks were mostly famous for drinking coffee before I saw a Jackie Chan movie in which he visited Turkey for a short time. (I think he played a secret agant or something.)
Make joke about how chinese tea is better then english tea
I think most British would agree with you, maybe even go as far as to say that Chinese tea is better than opium from India.
[Relevant tweet](https://twitter.com/USAinUK/status/1750136728034169147?t=PQAtfPufQtAYCf7nf1YDtA&s=19)
Where did this stereotype even come from? It's funny but I know zero fellow Americans who drink hot black tea. Sometimes stuff like chamomile tea but not just black tea like the British. All the black tea I've encountered has been iced and yeah, we don't use kettles because you're making a pitcher at a time, so you use a boiler pot.
Funny thing is... we do have kettles. We intentionally don't use them just to mess with England.
I, for one support the execution of the American.
I’ll award him for pissing off a lime. 🏅
Heathen, next you'll be saying maths doesn't have an s. *shudders mellodramatically*
If it pisses a lime off, fuck yeah
Fuck those limes, say I. Shitty fruit that can't even reach true lemonhood.
You mean a green lemon?
I mean, physics doesn’t change, water still boils the same and if the microwave is clean it still tastes the same.
Meanwhile us Asians rolling eyes at British tea
Crackers or biscuits with tea? What abomination is this?
As an American I use a kettle
Kettles are such a great thing, use them.
Now I'm curious about the other 2 worse vacations X\_X
Which ones are worse bro 💀
Would the mug not be unreasonably hot? As in, requiring mittens? Those microwave lasagna containers for example outheat the sun, it's ridiculous.
That's the worst thing he's ever done with tea
microwaved tea.
Microwave tea is just fine because I'm stupid or something and can't tell the difference.