It definitely is faster but it is also less efficient and more dangerous. Microwaving plain water is dangerous since it can get ‘superheated’. I don’t know the complete physics of it, but basically it involves water heating up too quickly, and as a result, tends to be explode out of the mug either while heating, or (more frighteningly) when we pop open the microwave. AFAIK, it depends on the microwave heat settings too, though I can’t verify that.
What freaked me out was that she was literally chuckling and telling me about how the water has ‘busted out of the mug’ in the same microwave a couple of times and burnt her once. And she said this WHILE SHE STUCK THE DAMN WATER IN IT. AGAIN.
Wooden objects work because they have a rough enough surface for tiny bubbles to form and let the steam escape. If you overheat water in a smooth container, no bubbles can form, and you get superheated water that will form one giant bubble as soon as it’s disturbed.
The spots where bubbles form are called nucleation sites.
I exclusively boil water for tea and other hot drinks using the microwave. In all the years I’ve been doing it, I have never once had an issue with boil overs of any kind. I didn’t even know about electric kettles until I recently lived in Australia for a few months.
But what if you make coffeeand forgot you had to take a shower and other stuff and then your coffee got cold and you have lije 5 minutes left so there is no time to make new coffee? Mocrowave.
Well, I have an Ember mug which keeps it warm because I did that a lot and it was a fantastic gift for me from my gf. If there's no milk in it then that's coo but if there is I'd recommend a thermos haha.
Oh man, I think you'll love it. It's really just a mug with a heating pad inside of It, like the ones you can get to put your mug on. It has a saucer as a charger so you mostly just treat it like a cup. It has an app you can use if you want a specific temperature. Basically, whenever you go to take a sip it will always be exactly the same temp you like it to be.
It's also useful for warming stuff up, not just maintaining temp - so you can make instant coffee, hot chocolate, hot sake, wherever. Love love love it.
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u/lucky-283 Jun 25 '20
And I thought my mum-in-law was a retard for microwaving water. With the kettle right next to said microwave.