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I'm in a hotel in America with no kettle in my room, if I want tea I have to microwave it. (sopuli.xyz)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/casualuk/p/425035/i-m-in-a-hotel-in-america-with-no-kettle-in-my-room-if-i-want-tea-i-have-to-microw

Wtf do I do? I'm only here for one night thank fuck but it's still very hard.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There's no tiny coffee machine in there? Put water in with no filter/grounds and it should heat up just right

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And taste like a decade of old, burnt, low grade hotel coffee.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

What hotels are you staying at?

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Coffee machines do not boil water. Just heat it to below boiling.

This has a significant effect on the brewing of tea. And means the flavour will be very unpleasant to many Brits.

It is also the issue Brits find with the vaste majority of tea sold in American restaurants etc.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

You don't want actual actively boiling water to make your tea. Also, water heated to just below boiling and cooled off from boiling to just below boiling is the same temperature.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

No way that water doesn't come out tasting like old coffee