Brits baffled at American ‘drying out’ electric kettle after making a cup of tea

An American man has been mocked online for ‘drying out’ his electric kettle after making a cup of tea – as Brits were left in stitches by his unusual antics

Us Brits love to stick the kettle on and enjoy a cup of English breakfast tea – whether that be with milk, sugar or nothing at all, there is no right or wrong way to drink it. But there is certainly a correct way to use the kettle.

An American man has been mocked online for his rather unusual method of ‘drying out’ the appliance after using it – and Brits are rather confused. The Reddit post has racked up popularity showing a photo of a black kettle upside down on a dish drainer with the caption: “My American brother-in-law drying his kettle…”

People were instantly baffled as to why you would need to dry out the inside of a kettle, when it always gets wet.

“You clean the outside by rubbing it with a towel, the inside never dries because you use it every four hours without fail,” someone said.

“Also, the build up of flaky, crusty minerals in the bottom of the kettle makes all the flavour and is the reason why tea tastes vastly different in every part of the UK,” another wrote.

A third simply said: “They’re not normal are they,” while a fourth joked: “Does he also hang his washing machine outside to dry?”

“He probably put the tea bags in the kettle…” a Redditor said, and another commented: “Who washes their kettle?”

Someone else explained: “He’s just treating it like a traditional Japanese cast iron kettle.”

And a different person suggested he could have been cleaning the kettle, which would make much more sense.

“I live in an area with high limescale, after I descale the kettle I dry it like this on the plate drying rack,” a user explained.

“I do the same if I’m going on holiday so no stagnant water is sitting in the bottom whilst I am away. Maybe he was drying after descaling?”

To which someone else agreed: “This is it, I reckon. Beats getting a mouthful of limescale every once in a while. I may have to adopt this habit!”

What do you think about this? Let us know in the comments.