NotThatDeep,
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I just put so much coffee into my instant coffee by accident. And it is heavenly.

ielenia,

@NotThatDeep ok as an american i am going to need a bit of an explanation to understand what you've just done

  • posted by Ielenia
NotThatDeep,
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@ielenia well, instant coffee comes in a few forms, perhaps the most common are powder or granules that dissolve into a liquid (in my case, milk, but you can use water). you'd normally use 1 or 2 teaspoons of this, but I tried to put in 4 (because I like strong coffee) and ended up with more like 6. fortunately it's decaf so not really bad for me.

ChloeCat,

@NotThatDeep @ielenia Here in the US if you got caught drinking instant coffee I'm pretty sure you'd get a lot of weird looks

We have instant coffee here, but almost no one drinks it. Most people drink drip coffee or espresso

  • posted by Chloe
NotThatDeep,
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@ChloeCat @ielenia huh, weird. does that mean people just have coffee machines by default?

ChloeCat,

@NotThatDeep @ielenia instead of kettles, we have coffee makers

(although keurig and other pod-style machines are getting more popular lately)

  • posted by Chloe
ChloeCat,
NumbersCanBeFun,
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@ChloeCat @NotThatDeep @ielenia This is how I make my coffee most days 😁☕

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PygFN4-rUqA

NotThatDeep,
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@ChloeCat @ielenia I knew it was Technology Connections! I knew it!

I haven't even watched many of his videos and somehow the section of thumbnail and description voice was enough to tell me. (I also really like his videos)

NotThatDeep,
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@ChloeCat @ielenia instead of kettles? what do you do if you just need hot water lol? you can use a saucepan i guess but it takes a while

mir,

@NotThatDeep @ChloeCat @ielenia yeah, usually we don't need boiling water all by itself so easier to just heat the thing after putting water in it.

You can buy an electric kettle at any store in America, it's just not culturally a thing ig. i have a basic one and use it almost every day

ielenia,

@NotThatDeep @ChloeCat use the sink, or the hot water spout on a water dispenser, or a kettle (it's not like we don't have those here)

  • posted by Ielenia
NotThatDeep,
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@ielenia @ChloeCat water dispenser? looks them up- you have those in a house? I thought only offices and public buildings had those lol

also I think it's quite rare for a sink in the uk to produce boiling water, generally they just tap from some hot water tank which you do not want to be getting drinking water from

ielenia,

@NotThatDeep @ChloeCat typical house hot water is somewhere around 130-140°F, which is usually hot enough for anything that needs hot but not boiling water

I think most people would just microwave their water if they needed hot water fast though

  • posted by Ielenia
catty,

@ielenia @NotThatDeep @ChloeCat i have never in my life microwaved water lmaoo
reminds me of that one tumblr thread idk

NotThatDeep,
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@catty @ielenia @ChloeCat that's what i was thinking, it always feels really weird to me to microwave a liquid

NumbersCanBeFun,
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@ielenia @NotThatDeep @ChloeCat I'll stick to my electric tea kettle ​:neocat_laugh_sweat:​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JOxuS0SBHc

ChloeCat,

@NumbersCanBeFun @ielenia @NotThatDeep for the record, it's actually pretty hard to superheat water in a microwave

unless you're using lab-grade glassware or something, it usually doesn't happen in household containers

  • posted by Chloe
NumbersCanBeFun,
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@ChloeCat @ielenia @NotThatDeep It's also a lot different than the microwaves I had growing up. The one I used to have was a beast. It had the old school turn dial nobs and I think it could straight up cook a decently sized turkey ​:neocat_laugh_sweat:​

ChloeCat,

@NumbersCanBeFun @ielenia @NotThatDeep my 1700 watt microwave go brrrrrrr hmmmmmmmm

  • posted by Chloe
NumbersCanBeFun,
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@ChloeCat @ielenia @NotThatDeep Okay, I couldn't find the exact one I grew up with but this is VERY similar. Even had the wood trim on it. Yeah, let's just good by temp indefinitely with a single switch. That's probably safe ​:neocat_googly:​

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