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xkcd #3022: Making Tea (xkcd.com)

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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* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

How does a kettle warm the water more evenly but a microwave doesn’t? When a kettle has it’s heating element only at the bottom but a microwave blasts the entire mass of water with energy because it sits on a rotating plate.

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

Cold water falls to the bottom of a kettle and boils on the bottom. Microwaves can miss the bottom, possibly?

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

Microwaves can miss the bottom, possibly?

Boiling water mixes itself, also: no

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

Exactly because of that.

Hot water moves upwards, and if you heat it from the bottom, you get a more even result than if you blast it from all sides.