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In my experience it does take seven minutes to boil a cup of water on a gas stove. Resistive electric is about half that time, induction is half of that. I've tested it with same amount of water in the same kettle. Gas stoves are garbage.
Electric kettles are very fast too.
Depends on what your power-delivery is.
European style: way more power aaaand more deadly :)
Us-Style, less power, (about 30% longer to boil a similar volume-kettle) and somewhat less deadly.
Gas-stove-style: most of your actuall power goes besides your pot and doesnt heat the water, some heats the handle, how fun.
US electric stoves are wired into higher power circuits. The stove built-in to the kitchen is just as powerful, though there are transmission losses heating the kettle.
Countertop kettles use less power here because of the plugs, and it takes about the same time as a resistive stove.
Gas stoves here have nozzles that shoot the flame from the center away from the pot you're trying to heat. You have to choose between slow heating from a tiny flame, or slow heating from heating the air next to the kettle and the handle instead of the kettle itself.
Fun fact: electric kettles are nerfed in the US and other 110V countries (~1kW vs ~2kW of power usage)
We have stuff like NEMA 6-15 outlets in the USA, and there are other countries where 220v at 60hz is the norm -- so it's possible to get kettles designed for that.
Alternatively: for around the same price you could get an "instant hot" water heater installed under the sink and have dedicated tap for boiling hot water without any wait.
This post is older than dinosaurs. Older than left handed lesbian dinosaurs even.
The best is that someone then took this exchange and made it into a Shakespeare script:
I know someone else drew it into a comic but I'm having trouble finding it.
I'm friends with enough experienced Shakespeare actors that I want to get them together and perform this.
That was magnificent.
You guys don't use Turkish Combustion Kettle to boil water?
Is it made out of a jet engine or something?
Are you supposed to precariously balance that kettle on top of that thrust nozzle?
Don't be ridiculous, you pour water through the flame and collect steam in the upside-down mug.
That looks epic
When I was very young, I tried to make tea for the first time on my own by putting a mug full of water on the burner and turning the heat to the max. When I raised the mug, the bottom just came off and it spilled hot water all over the place. Thankfully I didn't burn myself.
Oh my fucking god. So that's what happens?
I grew up drinking orange pekoe tea from the time I was born. I've seen my mom prepare tea with milk and sugar in a baby bottle for my younger brothers so I can safely guess she did the same for me.
And we liked to make it strong! We'd have a giant metal pot that held about 2 liters of liquid, get it at a rolling boil, throw in eight tea bags and let it continue boiling for a minute until the liquid turned into coffee.
I left home when I was 20 to live in other parts of the country and I've never met anyone else that made tea properly.
I've seen people mildly heat water or microwave it.
The best one was a restaurant I used to go to for great breakfast ... I asked for tea a few times because I'm always nostalgic for it. They always made shitty tea and I wondered why .... until one day the waitress admitted to me that the hot water tap wasn't so hot today and she didn't know why ..... THEY USED HOT TAP WATER TO MAKE TEA!!!!!
Tea with milk and sugar in a baby bottle...?
But why? Do they want a cranky baby that doesn't sleep?
My parents were old time hunters and trappers who were born in the wilderness ... so they weren't up to date with the latest pediatric recommendations at the time.
Babies can't process caffeine in the same way as adults. If anyone is reading this and thinks it's a good idea to give your child black tea of any sort, you should absolutely wait until the kid is at least 10-12 yrs old... The kiddo will be absolutely wired and it negatively impacts their ability to sleep. Overall this is a very bad idea.
Edit: also refined sugar is a big no no for kids younger than 2 yrs old.
This reminds me a little of butter tea, which is drank in Tibet and Central Asia.
faucets and secondary taps for sinks that can deliver filtered boiling or chilled (or even sparkling) water do exist.
Did they suggest putting a mug full of water on the stovetop?? That’s so dangerous. Mugs are not meant for that kind of direct heat, and picking it up will be tricky too.
Yeah dont think ceramic mug would survive.
There are steel camping mugs that can go right on stove, I use one with big wire handle that you can pick it up with bare hand with boiling water
Yeah dont think ceramic mug would survive.
I mean if it's proper ceramic it's going to be very heat resistant because it's literally clay that's been fired in a kiln hot enough to melt glass. On the other hand the heat from the stove is going to be super uneven, regardless of resistive electric or gas (and of course induction will do jack all because there's no metal for it to induce)
If I had mugs to waste I'd do an experiment for science but...I don't want to be picking up broken ceramic in my kitchen this evening...
This post stresses me out so much. Why is how people warm water such a tribalistic topic???
Everyone in this entire thread is hearby banned from entering the UK.
Don't worry, they're not missing much, though if things get a bit dicy here, we may need to capture these folks and put them in the stocks to unite the country around a common enemy.
Tea. Earl Grey. Cold?
As a matter of fact, Earl Grey makes for a very interesting iced tea. You might combine it with straight black or green tea to dampen the flavor, but in any case, it has kind of a strong, flowery taste that makes for a nice variation.
You can of course brew it cold overnight, if you're really in to the whole 'cold' angle.