ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 days agoDerail any conversation by mentioning "microwaving your water" rulediscuss.onlineimagemessage-square256linkfedilinkarrow-up1748arrow-down110
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minus-squarealbert180@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoUS still has residential power from the last century
minus-squareJillyB@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThe power is not why Americans don’t own electric kettles (well some do but most don’t). It’s still faster to boil water from an electric kettle than on the stove. Americans don’t own electric kettles because they don’t drink much tea.
minus-squaresugarfoot00@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoOr use a French press for coffee, apparently.
minus-squareJillyB@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoI actually own a kettle because I use an aeropress for coffee but most Americans make coffee with a coffeemaker.
US still has residential power from the last century
The power is not why Americans don’t own electric kettles (well some do but most don’t). It’s still faster to boil water from an electric kettle than on the stove. Americans don’t own electric kettles because they don’t drink much tea.
Or use a French press for coffee, apparently.
I actually own a kettle because I use an aeropress for coffee but most Americans make coffee with a coffeemaker.