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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (63 children)

People are heating up coffee in microwave? TIL.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

    I swear this ruins the coffee

    Instead of reheating it, put a little ice in it and call it an iced coffee.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It definitely tastes worse but I think it's still fine. Also it's partly a punishment from having forgotten to drink it in the first place 😔

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Ice coffee is not the same vibe as hot coffee at all. I can drink hot coffee black, for instance, but I need sugar in ice coffee.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Try maple syrup in the iced coffee, total game changer! It's pretty much the only way I drink it now.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't know if this was supposed to be a rebuttal or if you're just sharing what you like in your coffee, but maple syrup is literally sugar.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I mean how else would you reheat a cold coffee?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    You wouldn't. You'd make new coffee. Not trying to be condescending. I literally wouldn't reheat coffee because if it's been standing long enough to get cold, it no longer tastes good.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    I don't think what you said was condescending, it just sounds wasteful to me tbh. I'm not throwing it away just because it got cold and it doesn't taste fresh anymore.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    People do shit like that but then they bought the brown coffee filters instead of the white ones so they're still saving the environment 🙄

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's about creating less waste for me and not really about saving the environment. I just don't like to be wasteful.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (29 children)

    I think Americans boil their water in the microwave.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

    Because there's no temperature control and it can explode.

    My kettle will heat water consistently to boiling point every time without going over.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    Turns Out, America Only Just Discovered The Electric Kettle & The Internet Is Going Wild

    I remember this sweep over the internet. Considering the speed and simplicity of kettles for decades, what a weird thing to see of Americans. Especially since they made the first one ever.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Historically kettles never really caught on because we only have 110v power, so our kettles are bogus compared to nearly everywhere else in the world.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    I have to believe it’s also the popularity. Maybe it’s too much my own experience but:

    • most people drink coffee
    • tea drinkers historically didn’t have a high end

    Maybe I’m not sure how to phrase it but in my lifetime, coffee went from hideous burnt crap to something where we care about a high end. Coffee in general has gotten much better, there are way more choices, and there is a visible niche of people who spend way too much time and money looking for the perfect brew.

    In the US, tea is following this path, but much later. Most of my life tea drinkers may have argue over the best brand of tea bags, but it was the same old swill their Moms may have used (they may disagree with that characterization). It’s only much more recently that tea in the US has become a “thing” something people pay attention to, something with a “high end”. At the grocery, tea choices are not as wide as coffee, but now you have a much greater variety of brands, sources, flavors, preparation methods. Tea is only in recent years enough of a “thing” to get excited over, pay too much time and attention to.

    Or in my house, I don’t understand my teenagers and their weird tea drinking ways, when I have three different ways of making coffee. However this kettle thing is great for hot chocolate and caffe mocha

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I mean if you don't have a kettle, it's a fine way of accomplishing the task.

    And if you don't have a microwave?

    a) what are you doing with your life? You're missing out!

    b) the stove top is the next option.

    If you don't have a stove top?

    a) ok, now you're most likely living rough. Sorry bro.

    b) light a campfire. If you also don't have a pot, go get one, or use some other heatproof container.

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