xkcd #3022: Making Tea(xkcd.com)

posted 12 days ago

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de

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No, of course we don’t microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately.

https://explainxkcd.com/3022/

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MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub

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12 days ago

In my experience you won’t actually boil water in the microwave because it takes an eternity so you end up with tea in “warm” water instead. Or apparently some people also put the tea bag in the microwave ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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meowMix2525@lemm.ee

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12 days ago

Brother it takes 3 minutes to boil water in the microwave. I have done this without fail.

It cools down much faster though. Not sure how that works.

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Cethin@lemmy.zip

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12 days ago

It doesn’t cool down faster. That makes no sense.

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meowMix2525@lemm.ee

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12 days ago

Listen I can’t prove it, but I swear on my mother it does

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TechieDamien@lemmy.ml

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12 days ago

It may appear that way if it was unevenly heated, causing pockets of boiling water surrounded by comparatively cool water. This would make it look like it’s boiling, but then, when mixed, it is then much cooler than if heated by a kettle that relies on convection to mix the water.

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0xD@infosec.pub

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11 days ago

You can prove it by boiling the water in different ways, putting a thermometer inside and then filming/timing it :D

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