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Re:British tea consumption has been going down by laurencerowe on Friday May 06, 2016 @02:02AM (#11642003)
US kettles take forever because they run at half power 15A @ 110V vs 13A @ 240V. In the UK the kettle will be boiled by the time you put teabags in all the cups and get the milk out.

Never order tea while out in the US, you'll get a cup of cooling water with a teabag in a paper sachet by the side...

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Re:British tea consumption has been going down by cr1895 on Friday May 06, 2016 @04:51AM (#11642579)
Ah, so that's why my electric tea kettle in the NL is so very much nicer than any I've ever used in the US. I ordered it from Amazon UK and got a plug adapter and it's fantastic. Wasn't even expensive.
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