I'm a brit living in America. At my office there's no kettle, but we have a hot water dispenser. Today it's broken. When I lamented I can't make a cup of tea, a colleague suggested I microwave the water. Trump is not the only thing that makes this place a hellscape.
@fesshole Honest question: why not? The tea won't care how the water got hot.

@virbonus

I wondered the same. It can’t affect the taste. Is it a principle thing? I boil a kettle on a stovetop every morning for coffee I make in a French press because that’s how I like to do it, but I’d microwave a cup of water for tea in a pinch.

Also don’t really trust the hot water from the tap. Idk why.

@fesshole

@dtm @virbonus @fesshole would you microwave the water for your coffee?

@Cassman

I don’t ever make a single cup of coffee so it’s never occurred to me to try, but at my old office I had a small 2 cup press and I used the instahot water dispenser because we didn’t have a kettle.

I suppose I would go by a cheap electric kettle and be done with it.

@virbonus @fesshole

@dtm @virbonus @fesshole so.. same with the tea. Kettle is best. šŸ˜€
@Cassman @dtm @virbonus @fesshole I just use my induction cooktop. Have too little counter space as it is.