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post 1623091941 11-19-2020, 10:57 AM
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Is it true that Americans and Canadians do not use kettles?



For boiling water and instead use the microwave for a cup and the hob for anything more.

Legit think it is a cardinal sin not to have one of these and a box of tea bags in a british household.
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post 1623092131 11-19-2020, 10:59 AM
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Nah not true at all.

Where did you hear this?

I have a kettle like the one in OP.
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What's a kettle? We lazy Americans rely on Starbucks and Uber Eats and Keurigs to do the work for us.
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post 1623092531 11-19-2020, 11:03 AM
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If i want tea, which isn't often, I just microwave water
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I've had kettles before. Right now we have this electric water thingy.
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I have an entire tea drawer, multiple samovars and tea sets, but I definitely use my Keurig for hot water.
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Originally Posted By SSM12⏩
If i want tea, which isn't often, I just microwave water
Interesting

Must be an American thing - most Canadians including myself have kettles for tea. I’ve never even considered boiling water using a microwave to make tea.

Maybe kettles are a commonwealth thing.
post 1623092921 11-19-2020, 11:07 AM
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We may not have kettles but we do have blenders in our sink!
post 1623093071 11-19-2020, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted By SSM12⏩
If i want tea, which isn't often, I just microwave water
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post 1623093331 11-19-2020, 11:11 AM
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Brb tiny ass fridge
Brb only 2 stove burners with 3.5 watts of power
Brb tiny washer and lucky to have a dryer at all
Brb no kitchen sink disposal wtf seriously?
Brb no counter space
Brb tiny dishwasher or none at all
Brb yurop lol
post 1623093971 11-19-2020, 11:16 AM
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When I need hot water for tea I use the hot water output tap on my Jura coffee machine. Why do you not have a coffee machine that can brew coffee and provide plain hot water as well? I don't need an entire separate appliance just for hot water, what is this the dark ages?
post 1623094151 11-19-2020, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted By Cass40⏩
We may not have kettles but we do have blenders in our sink!
this

i cant stand going to a country where there is no garbage disposal in their sink. brb food clogs up sink when washing off a plate....absolutely sickening
post 1623094161 11-19-2020, 11:18 AM
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Not true at all and not just for tea either
post 1623094471 11-19-2020, 11:20 AM
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WTF opie im australian and u just blew my mind
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I have an electric tea kettle and drink tea every day.

By the way, the British actually have no idea how to drink tea properly. Tea bags are terrible. They are the instant coffee of the tea world. Loose leaf tea is infinitely better and the only way to really appreciate tea. It's not even that loose leaf tea is always amazing, it's just that tea bags are awful.
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I have one for coffee and tea sometimes, or to pour boiling water in my instant noodles.
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post 1623094651 11-19-2020, 11:22 AM
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More people don't own them rather than own them imo.

Its the best investment. Cooks oats just as fast as microwaves, and can help speed up water boiling time if you're making rice, pasta, etc.
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Canadian here. I have always used a kettle and know nobody that does not have one.
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Originally Posted By ZamboniDriver⏩
its not ubiquitous. some people have it, some people dont. most people just run out for Timmies/SBUX. Going for a coffee is kind of a social event here, no one really drinks coffee with another person in their home. we aint friendly like that unfortunately.
literally every1 in australia has a kettle
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I love my electric kettle.
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Originally Posted By climberbrah⏩
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i cant stand going to a country where there is no garbage disposal in their sink. brb food clogs up sink when washing off a plate....absolutely sickening
Do the majority of American sinks have garbage disposals?

I’ve rarely seen one in a Canadian sink. Like even in really nice houses.

We just use a strainer thing that collects the food and you just throw the food out. Kinda gross for sure.
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Microwaving water seems incredibly trailer trashy
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North America doesn't drink water, just soda by the daily gallon



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Originally Posted By notbadnotbrad⏩
Do the majority of American sinks have garbage disposals?

I’ve rarely seen one in a Canadian sink. Like even in really nice houses.

We just use a strainer thing that collects the food and you just throw the food out. Kinda gross for sure.
I've had garbage disposals installed in both my houses.

I hate collecting food in a strainer and throwing it out. Disgusting.
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Originally Posted By ErnieMccracken⏩
Brb tiny ass fridge
Brb daily fresh food from supermarket across the street, so no need to drive 25 miles to the nearest store to stock up on a month's worth of prepackaged crap, just lol.
Originally Posted By ErnieMccracken⏩
Brb no kitchen sink disposal wtf seriously?
Brb trash can.

Brb everything else is incorrect.
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they work better on the european 240v grid, in the US we're on 120v so we're stuck with literally half the wattage so it takes twice as long

i know canadians have them but they're canadians
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We use stove tops to boil water because electric plug in kettles are restricted by power output. It's not a big deal

Most of us do have sink disposals (aka garbage disposals).
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I use an Ibrik but that’s about it if you want to consider that a kettle. My stove boils water in 60 seconds so that’s all I need.
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Originally Posted By notbadnotbrad⏩
Do the majority of American sinks have garbage disposals?

I’ve rarely seen one in a Canadian sink. Like even in really nice houses.

We just use a strainer thing that collects the food and you just throw the food out. Kinda gross for sure.
same in the UK
Originally Posted By hoganrulz⏩
Microwaving water seems incredibly trailer trashy
it takes more energy and time also I think

My cheap Asda Kettle (14 GBP) boils one cup in 30 secs
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I'm American and I've never boiled water in a microwave other than to make hot cocoa or to heat water for some kind of **** instant coffee or tea where there is no stove.

The water coolers and the coffee machine put out near boiling water instantaneously in the office.

Again, usually it's the stove.
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