@frosch@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 2 days agoWhat do you put in first: Teabag or hot water?message-square129fedilinkarrow-up188file-text
arrow-up188message-squareWhat do you put in first: Teabag or hot water?@frosch@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 2 days agomessage-square129fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@papalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•2 days agoWater foaming when heated is caused by impurities in the water rather than the heating mechanism. So whatever is causing your water to foam is in it either way
minus-square@papalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•1 day agoAnd we all know what science says: if you can’t see something, it isn’t there!
minus-squaremadjolinkfedilink2•1 day agoHahaha good point. 😄 Ah well, I have a decent kettle now, I don’t have to use my microwave anymore to make hot water, so I’ll continue to use that.
minus-square@earphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 days agoIt’s because the microwave gets the water a bit hotter than boiling. Just give it like 15 seconds and it shouldn’t foam.
Water foaming when heated is caused by impurities in the water rather than the heating mechanism. So whatever is causing your water to foam is in it either way
And yet I never see it when I use a kettle.
And we all know what science says: if you can’t see something, it isn’t there!
Hahaha good point. 😄
Ah well, I have a decent kettle now, I don’t have to use my microwave anymore to make hot water, so I’ll continue to use that.
It’s because the microwave gets the water a bit hotter than boiling. Just give it like 15 seconds and it shouldn’t foam.