frosch@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhat do you put in first: Teabag or hot water?message-squaremessage-square127linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you put in first: Teabag or hot water?frosch@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square127linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoWater foaming when heated is caused by impurities in the water rather than the heating mechanism. So whatever is causing your water to foam is in it either way
minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoAnd yet I never see it when I use a kettle.
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIt’s because the microwave gets the water a bit hotter than boiling. Just give it like 15 seconds and it shouldn’t foam.
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoAnd we all know what science says: if you can’t see something, it isn’t there!
minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoHahaha good point. 😄 Ah well, I have a decent kettle now, I don’t have to use my microwave anymore to make hot water, so I’ll continue to use that.
Water foaming when heated is caused by impurities in the water rather than the heating mechanism. So whatever is causing your water to foam is in it either way
And yet I never see it when I use a kettle.
It’s because the microwave gets the water a bit hotter than boiling. Just give it like 15 seconds and it shouldn’t foam.
And we all know what science says: if you can’t see something, it isn’t there!
Hahaha good point. 😄
Ah well, I have a decent kettle now, I don’t have to use my microwave anymore to make hot water, so I’ll continue to use that.