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No, of course we don't microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately.

https://explainxkcd.com/3022/

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Could be a problem if you microwave it together with the tea bag.

Also I find microwaves to not heat up the water properly, leaving some cold spots.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hard to believe that cold spots could stay for more than a moment with the Brownian motion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you not add gelatin to your water before making tea?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Modified corn starch, miss me with those animal products (I actually am not vegan).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The microwaves will heat your water more evenly than a kettle.

Liquids have this amazing property, that if you heat them , they auto-stir just by themselves.

(But personally, I'm uneasy about microwaving a tea bag with paper on one end, or worse, a staple. There's probably no problem at all, but it doesn't feel that way.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

So give it a quick stir? Also if it's at a boil, the bubbles are going to mix the fluid well.