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  • #16
    Doesn't taste any different to me. Is microwave-boiled water chemically different from water boiled in a kettle?

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    • #17
      It's to do with dissolved oxygen content of the water in some way. You get water that tastes the same as water that has been reboiled or over boiled (which also tastes crap).

      It's impossible to get a good cup of tea in America anyway so might be that you probably can't tell the difference.
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      • #18
        You should hear what the Chinese are saying about you.
        No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by The Mad Monk View Post
          Do you mean a dishrack?



          We have those.
          A dishrack in a kitchen cupboard over the sink where you drain and store your dishes at the same time.
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          • #20
            Part of the problems with microwaved water is that you cannot reliably control the temperature, which is where the electric kettle shines.

            I use my Keurig as an electric kettle, and I've gotten good at knowing when to add a little cold water to my cup first, and how much. Green tea, for example, requires cooler water than black, and using full boiling water on either just ruins the leaf.
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            • #21
              x-me'd

              No, I haven't seen those.
              No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by onodera View Post
                A dishrack in a kitchen cupboard over the sink where you drain and store your dishes at the same time.

                ...that's in the dishwasher.
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                • #23
                  ...no it's not.
                  No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                  • #24
                    ..your dishes are not placed vertically so the water can run off and drain after the dishwasher is done?
                    Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.

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                    • #25
                      ...your dishes are stored in there?
                      No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                      • #26
                        There are electric kettles. I can remember my grandparents had one back in the 80's.
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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by The Mad Monk View Post
                          ...your dishes are stored in there?
                          Yeah, for upwards of a few hours.

                          It sounds like onodera is not talking about it as permanent storage, but rather, they wash their dishes in sinks and then store them in there while they dry.
                          Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Lonestar View Post
                            Yeah, for upwards of a few hours.

                            It sounds like onodera is not talking about it as permanent storage, but rather, they wash their dishes in sinks and then store them in there while they dry.
                            It *is* their permanent storage. Well, for the dishes you use day to day.
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                            • #29
                              HA!
                              No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by onodera View Post
                                It *is* their permanent storage. Well, for the dishes you use day to day.

                                Well then your country is strange and you should feel strange.
                                Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.

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