No we throw ours in the harbor

can confirm. i have a co-worker who does this every day

Technically, we microwave the water. Then we use it to steep the tea. Unless, we have a kettle; which many of us do. In spite of rumors to the contrary.

Yes they do!

We microwave the water - because the coffee maker (the other source of hot water) is busy making coffee, or we put water and tea bags in a jug, take it outside and let the sun brew it.

We do. I have an English husband, and whenever I want to annoy him, I will make microwave tea or hot chocolate. The look of horror the first time I did it had me doubled over from laughing.

From the south colonies here! I don't even own a microwave, but we definitely have a gas range and an electric kettle. We're not ALL barbarians!

We microwave tea. We microwave everything. If it fits it gets nuked.

No. We microwave the WATER to make the tea.

Reheating microwaved tea by reusing the microwave on that same previously microwaved tea....

We use the microwave to bring the water to a boil, then let it steep. You think it matters how the water is brought to a boil?

The people here who actually are tea drinkers have electric kettles too. There's just not as many.

Not all of us!!! I am proud to have escaped the ignorance of my kin

As a traitor to the crown I can confirm that, as I only drink it occasionally, I heat a mug of water in the microwave to make tea. I know now that I will never be welcome in your land.

apparently its because their plug sockets arent the right type for kettles? So they have to use the microwaves. Trust them to take a normal invention: kettle, and then bugger it up totally

Microwaved tea tastes like sadness.

We be microwaving. Sorry :[]

No. We drink it cold. In ice. With sugar. Maybe even ice cream. MWAHAHAHA! Or, better yet, we don't drink it.

🤷‍♀️ my partner is a Brit, and he with absolutely no shame will use the keurig for hot tea water. I have also seen that sneaky bugger pop a cup in the microwave to reheat even though he swears he's done no such thing, and that it was his evil twin. 😆

I've microwaved the water for tea until it boiled and then poured it into the mug with the teabag? You shouldn't microwave the teabag that's just weird. Also, fill the pitcher with water, add teabags, put in fridge for making iced tea. It tastes better that way. (am from US)

😬😬😬 depends on how barbaric we be feeling

Microwave the water, then add the tea bag. If the tea is cold, yes they do. (I don't, my teas still taste fine cold.)

Some of us have filtered water dispensers with a heater built in. That's peak tea drinking imo. Skip the fuss all together.

I use a kettle...nice electric one. Have a traditional one on the stove for show.

On occasion I have been forced to boil water in the nukebox, but I have never done it TO the tea.

We microwave the water, then add the bag to steep.

Heavens no! Electric kettle here.

I always use a tea kettle with fresh water ands make sure it's actually boiling before I make my tea. I blame my English forebears.

Some of them do, it's true. But be a little forgiving; no-one's bothered to teach them the joys of proper tea.

It's OK it's not true, they just say that to scare us

Some do, but a significant portion don't. In my home we have an electric kettle. We drink mostly tea, but we do also have an old Keurig available for guests that prefer coffee. The kettle gets used daily. The Keurig maybe four or five times a year. I'd never microwave water for any reason. A kettle is so much more efficient and safer.

They do. They really do.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to leave your own house"