• Obi@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    I don’t even understand how that could work, surely a standard mug would break one way or another if you just stick it on the stove?

    • barsoap@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      Porcelain has very good temperature shock resistance, stoneware quite good, earthenware bad. Your standard mug should be stoneware and take it just fine. There’s even stoneware pots.

      The issue is rather that you shouldn’t use standard electric stoves with too small pots, on gas I guess that’s half-sensible but you’d be left with a charred mug that’s way too hot.

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        1 day ago

        How about a fucking $15 electric kettle? I don’t understand the need to complicate things so much.

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        2 days ago

        OK so the mug acts like a small pot, but isn’t the handle also crazy hot then?