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this picture will blow their minds
It’s the bare minimum of a kettle. You place it in a cup of water and turn it on(No button, just stick it in a socket). It was getting really popular in the Soviet Union from 1920’s and is still in use today in prisons and in workplaces where there is no space for an electric kettle
Yeah, even if the technology is old as fuck it still is the best way of boiling water in field conditions, on road trips. It’s a useful thing to have in the car in case shit hits the fan and there is no way of getting a fresh coffee(assuming you have water and ground coffee)
That shit takes forever, needs more gas/electricity and is super inconvenient
Use the boiling machine you fools
"Oh I dont need a washing machine I can wash my clothes by hand" stfu
But my coffee pot can also make coffee, if someone else wants to use it for that. Just wash it after if you have a problem with it.
It's also easier to pour and clean in general.
You're not cleaning your coffeemaker very well if you believe that's true. And no argument for owning a coffeemaker as someone who does not drink coffee will ever make sense.
Actually, their cheapest electric kettle is 10. Why do you care enough about people buying the wrong appliance for their use to make bad faith arguments about it?
It's also distinctly *less* useful on account of many, many unnecessary functions on a coffee maker that hinder any usage but the making of coffee. For example, the needless cycling of water through the back requires more cleaning (you don't clean these parts because you don't know what you're talking about; there's probably mold in the back parts of your coffee maker that you've never seen). The coffeemaker is also notably less energy efficient than an electric kettle, assuming it's the common type with a hotplate. A typical, cheap one also cannot be set to just boil the water and alert you as soon as its done, the most basic feature for any electric kettle.
I don't drink hot drinks and pretty much only boil water for pasta and noodles. Utilities are included as part of my rent. Pot on the stove, do some other prep work while it boils.
The advantage of an electric kettle is that it's much faster, especially in Europe for some electrical reason I don't understand. Though if you don't boil water on a regular basis, like for tea, I wouldn't say you need one.
European electricity is twice as potent. (just like european sperm). 120 volts vs 240 volts. That means twice as much energy in the cable, ergot 2x quicker boil. Sure it might kill you if you lick the power socket too much, but quicker tea is worth the risk apparently.
Takes 3-5 min pot or like 2 min for the e kettle. I eat oats on a regular basis, like a horse so I'm used to either. The only real advantage i find for the kettle is when I want 70c water i can easily reach that with a couple button presses
I mean it's not really like an insult or anything, I'm sure americans have appliances we don't generally own, it just feels odd that a whole nation of people doesn't use a cheap piece of technology that's got a lot of upside with no real downside
I wonder why old pensioners without much money living in buildings not designed for sixty years of climate change might struggle with affording to install AC.
Window units are about $150. Seems worth it to not broil to death
Why do British people drop dead when it hits 21° celsius?
How the fuck did you conquer India?
Lol, we have them in the US. People who don't boil water regularly don't have one. I drink tea all the time, so I have one. Tea drinking just isn't a big part of US culture.
It’s just not true though. I have an electric kettle, many people I know have electric kettles. I have one because I regularly drink tea. Everyone I know under 70 who drinks tea has one. It’s not an uncommon appliance at all.
A lot of it has to do with our electric grid. The US uses 120 volt @ 60hz. Europe uses 220 volt @50hz. Euro kettles boil water faster due to the higher voltage.
Boiled water is boiled water.
Water, 212f from a kettle 😋
Water, 212f from a microwave in a glass container 🤮
If anyone knows the difference in the end product you are welcome to explain it to me.
Because microwaves heat stuff unevenly, even water lmao.
Yeah sure, being water it's not much of a big deal, but it's one more hassle to have. Including the removal of a cup from the microwave itself, which might be much hotter than intended and you end up with very hot water splashing inside it.
You can do it, it's water, but there are reasons to use a kettle.
"But muh it's very easy, how can you hurt yourself like that".
Do I have to point out how common are household deaths and how many people costantly cut themselves open, kill kids or pets, fucking turn their house into a bomb due to gas left open and whatever else?
I just microwaved water and poured it into a cup, it measured 199 after pouring. I did the same with my electric kettle and it measured 204 (used a meat thermometer so it's probably not entirely accurate)
6 degrees really doesn't seem like much of a difference.
Gonna go with muh easy. If anyone burns themselves doing that basic task they deserve it
It isn't, its just fun when different flags unite to mock another one for some stupid shit. I'd microwave my water if I liked tea and I'm euro, it's just more convenient.
Electric kettle is king, I’d never heard of anyone microwaving water to boil it until I saw my MIL do it the other day… I was stunned to say the least.
I don't even drink tea and I use my electric kettle all the time to boil water for cooking. Rice, pasta, boiled potatoes, vegetables, whatever. It's ready in a minute.
I mean, I used to do this at my grandma's (she has an electric kettle), but I found that usually if I'm making something that needs boiled water, it's not the only thing I'm cooking, so I might as well just cook it on my stove too
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