How do Americans make tea?

[Janefx40]

Morning!!! We are in our AirBNB in the States and it's 5:30am. Just me and the baby up since 4am!

There are 3 different types of coffee machine - pod style, barista and caffetiere! But no kettle! But there are tea bags!!

Have tried using pod machine but have had to run it through 3 times to get rid of remnants of coffee. Surely there is a better way?

How do I make a cup of tea??

Pan of water on the hob?

How do you boil water without a kettle... You can microwave it. You can use a pan on a stove.

Ugh. They do it in the microwave a lot! Or on the hob. I’d do it on the hob if I were you.

They don't have kettles. As suggested boil water on the hob.

Yep O think hot tea isn't such a thing in much of the states so they microwave. I'm assuming you either don't have a hob/pan or else are just so sleep deprived you didn't think of that method to boil water. Either way, good luck getting a proper brew going!

I would drink coffee.

You can boil water in a saucepan but the tea probably won't taste right anyway unless you've brought your own teabags from home.

Water from a coffee machine is too cold to brew tea properly and it will taste even worse.

Electric kettles aren't as common there because they have lower voltage so it would take longer to boil and it's probably just inconvenient enough that it tips over to not being worth it. Plus they don't have the same culture as the UK for tea drinking. Drinking tea there is about as popular as drinking herbal tea is for us, ie, not very.

Thanks everyone!! Yes of course I know I can boil water on a hob!!!I just assumed since Americans drink tea regularly they might have a system I was missing.

Thanks for taking time to respond

But if they drink mostly herbal it doesn't need fully boiling water anyway I suppose

Thanks again! Xxx

Is there a whistles-when-boiling kettle for the stovetop? That’s very normal to have in the US. Definitely electric kettles are thin in the ground there.

They microwave!

No stove top kettle. Just 2 saucepans - have a pan on the hob - next issue - baby (well toddler) keeps turning it off again!

And yes I will keep him away from the hob!

I'm American. They microwave the water 🤢

Thanks everyone! Going to microwave

I bet they've only got Lipton as well....

I knew I had truly turned into my parents when I packed my own tea bags on holiday

Microwave.

They drink a lot of sweet tea which is cold.

Couldn't let the UK down! 2 types of tea bags packed (Yorkshire and decaf).

Ps dairy milk and marmite actually gifts for relatives! 🤣

My sibling in the US has a kettle!

@Janefx40 😂😂😂

Hope you have a lovely holiday!

Thanks everyone! Going to go now as baby needs my focus!!

Have good days and a lovely cuppa! Xxx

How do Americans make tea? Like the vessel with the vessel with the pellet with the poison... stick to coffee, they're much better at that...

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