[bartislartfast]

I remember when the TV show Broadchurch came out, and David Tennant's character made tea in the microwave, and there was national uproar in Britain.

Later several scientific articles pointed out this is actually a better way to make tea.

This event, along with Brexit and Covid, will surely be recognised by historians as the beginning of the downfall of the UK

[mandmandam]

> a better way to make tea.

'Extracting more beneficial compounds' is not the same thing as a better cup of tea. Microwaved tea is a travesty.

And, to be fair to David Tennant, he didn't brew the tea in a microwave, merely heated it up in one. Which is still horrific, but not quite the atrocity that brewing tea in a microwave would be.

[cameronh90]

Microwaving tea makes it foamy and taste "weird". Not sure what constitutes better, objectively, but subjectively it can get in the bin.

[me_me_me]

is it boiling just water in microwave or water and tea bag?

First sounds ok, second abomination.

[Grumbledour]

Maybe i am just showing my age or tea snobbery, but don't tea bags have metal clips anymore?