At one point many years ago, there was an fad for a “hot shot” small appliances. I guess it’s a similar functionality to a kettle but with more moving parts. It disappeared as quickly as it appeared though.
Holy crap, they still exist!
My mom still uses hers. It’s great.
So does my mom, but hers is really ancient.
I used to like them but since I got the kettle, I prefer
USAians drinking coke instead of tea. Makes sense. Guess making a good cuppa takes too long to fill the immediate need for another sugar dump 🤷♂
Uh we do.
Yep. I've got 2. One in the house for hot chocolate, and one in my woodshop for um, woodshop things.
Does nobody just microwave water?
I have a nice electric kettle that I use for pour over coffee, but my morning tea, I just nuke a tea bag in water for a minute and a half, and move on with my morning.
I’m great in the AM. I just want caffeine.
I have a small cast iron kettle that I usually microwave.
it makes spicy water.
My wife does. I have a thing for using a kettle on the oven.
Why do people think we don’t use these? Almost everyone I know has one.
Because we have microwaves.
Cause I'm not cooking noodles backwards
I think the better question is; why is there a weird stereotype in Europe that Americans don’t use these? We have one and just about everyone I know who regularly drinks tea does as well. It might not have been as prevalent a decade ago, but these are extremely common now.
I have one in the basement for my hot drink station.
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