[ SECRET POST #2797 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2797 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I knew about biscuits but I didn't know about kettles. Out of interest, what do you guys boil water in for coffee? A pan? The microwave? *head scratch*

See that's exactly the kind of thing I love to have pointed out to me. But at the same time, I've noticed that different Ameripickers will contradict each other because they come from different areas of the US. It makes it difficult to get an idea of what is or isn't going to fly.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Coffee is usually brewed in a coffeemaker (an appliance that boils water and then directs it through a filter where the coffee grounds are located). Or, if you're using instant coffee, I've always seen people microwave a mug of water and then mix the coffee in.

[(Anonymous)]

Coffee gets made in a coffee maker for the most part, and if you need to boil water for something else most people will use the microwave. More significantly, though -- although this varies by region -- there's not the hard-coded "people came over, so there will now be hot beverages" assumption. You don't automatically "put the kettle on" in most parts of the States just because someone showed up at your house.

[(Anonymous)]

You don't automatically "put the kettle on" in most parts of the States just because someone showed up at your house.

*crosses self* Heathens.

[(Anonymous)]

Hmmm. Interesting. Must be because we drink a wider variety of hot drinks on a day to day basis then. That combined with the damp, chilly weather 10/12 months of the year! LOL

"You don't automatically "put the kettle on" in most parts of the States just because someone showed up at your house."

Over here, that would be considered just damned rude heh.

[(Anonymous)]

You lot don't make tea, then? I can't imagine making tea with microwaved water!

[(Anonymous)]

Some people do, but it's not as common. I'm American, and have an electric kettle for tea, but it's not a given. Some of my tea drinking friends either microwave their water or they have an automatic hot water tap in their kitchen. It's not the same, but they're cool with it.

[(Anonymous)]

The best time for tea is in the summer when it's cold with ice.

[(Anonymous)]

I have two electric kettles because in the last ten years or so they started making them with the right plugs. But we have teakettles that go on the stove (not the cooker) or a person could use a saucepan or the microwave. It depends on what's available. They could even have a special hot water heater as a sink attachment if the house is new or yupscale enough.

[(Anonymous)]

Oops. Didn't read the end of the sentence. that would be water for tea or other instant beverages. Coffee gets made in a drip coffee maker, although kcups and other sorts of pods are becoming popular as well.

[(Anonymous)]

It's probably sad that I find this stuff so interesting.

It seems that coffeemakers are a pretty universal thing over in the US then? That's pretty cool. They have a completely different reputation over here, they're the kind of gadget you ask for on your wedding registry list, use on the weekends for the first six months of married life and then store away somewhere to gather dust.

Of course, you do get coffee aficiandos who invest in them too.

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much, yeah. But it seems to me that coffee drinking is becoming more common place. Twenty years ago on my first trip to London, all coffee was instant in cafs. Now brewed coffee is much more available. And there are chains like Costa Coffee and Starbucks.Set designers are using drip makers as often as French presses or espresso machines, too.

[(Anonymous)]

I meant to say common place in Britain. Sorry.

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty near universal. I own one and I don't drink coffee. It's for guests or parties where people might want it. Most workplaces will have a coffeemaker, and most hotels will have one in the room.

[(Anonymous)]

Coffeemaker. Most people don't just boil water and pour it over the grounds themselves. The exception might be if they're using a french press or something.

Yeah, you're right. There's a lot of regional variation that not only would you need a fic American-picked by an American, but by an American who's at least somewhat familiar with any region-specific quirks of language and customs.

[(Anonymous)]

Most people don't just boil water and pour it over the grounds themselves.

...Because that would make them peasantry? Oh the paens!

[(Anonymous)]

No, because coffee that is used in coffee makers is meant to be brewed/percolated. If you tried drinking perked coffee after just pouring boiling water over it, you'd have a lousy cup of coffee. Now, if you use instant coffee which is made to have boiling poured over it, that would be okay, though some folks still say you get a lousy cup of coffee out of it. I don't drink coffee but do know how its supposed to be made and what type should be used.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe kettles are a Southern thing because every southern grandma I know has one.

[(Anonymous)]

Stove top kettles have been commonplace in all the states I've lived in on both the east and west coast. But the electric kettles British people have are a newish thing in the US, although a couple of minutes at Amazon shows they're becoming more available.