Almost universally electric. Remember that (being essential for tea) they may be used many times a day and be found in offices and other places without other cooking facilities.
Unfortunately, you can't make tea correctly with moderately hot water like what you get from some water coolers. The tea won't steep correctly.
Depends on the kind of tea. For black tea, near boiling is good, but for whites and oolongs it's not. Though I suppose the British are famous for black tea.
(I got a electric tea kettle with a built in thermometer not too long ago, so this is an interesting issue for me.)
Depends on the kind of tea. For black tea, near boiling is good, but for whites and oolongs it's not. Though I suppose the British are famous for black tea.
In the UK (& Ireland) "tea" means black tea. You can get fancy teas, but "tea" on it's own just means black tea.
We tried washing our hands with it instead, but that worked out even more poorly. :P Don't worry, the milk (and quite possibly sugar) kills the taste of the black tea nicely.
Well, British Tanks have a tea brewing device [1]:
"Similar to every British tank since the Centurion, and most other British AFVs, Challenger 2 contains a boiling vessel (BV)[citation needed] also known as a kettle or bivvie for water which can be used to brew tea, produce other hot beverages and heat boil-in-the-bag meals contained in ration packs.[9] This BV requirement is general for armoured vehicles of the British Armed Forces, and is unique to the armed forces of the UK."
