Plink Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 How is it that I can put a cup of coffee in the microwave, burn my hand on the mug, and still have a liquid that is less than warm? Despite my goofy thread title, I really am looking for a serious answer. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 The mug is made of a different material that retains heat better and more quickly than the liquid inside. Does that work for you? :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Because microwaves are really alien robots that have infiltrated our earth in order to drive us crazy. Oh, yeah, you wanted a serious answer. :tongue_smilie: I can't help you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I think the cup may not be microwave safe which means it heats quicker than whatever food is in it. See this test: http://www.wikihow.com/Test-if-a-Dish-Is-Microwave-Safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 The mug is made of a different material that retains heat better and more quickly than the liquid inside. Does that work for you? :tongue_smilie: Yep. I have some mugs that the handle can be too hot to touch, cup warm, coffee tepid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Many moons ago, a professor in college was late to a lecture. He explained his tardiness, waving a bandaged hand, with the excuse of "I burned my hand, badly, on my coffee mug this morning!". To the tittering of the lecture hall, he launched into something about... pigments used to "paint" and glaze coffee mugs containing metal oxides. Metal retaining the heat from the heating element of the coffee maker far beyond what the water in the coffee did. Or something like that. He also raged about "cheap coffee mugs made in China containing lead". I've never heard anyone else mention or ask about something like this before or since. Until now. :tongue_smilie: Hope your hand feels better soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 It is dependent on the material of the cup. Generally if I use a wide mouth microwave safe cup to heat up milk or coffee, I can set it to high for a minute. If I use a normal size microwave safe cup than I have to set it longer on medium. And I try to remember to place my cup in the middle of the microwave turntable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Ah, that makes sense. I was using a hand painted mug signed ~Tim. I looked on the bottom for the microwave-safe label, which wasn't there, so it is probably not microwave safe. So, a follow up question or two. Does anyone know what they change in the ceramic/porcelain/china/paint/whatever to make it more microwave safe? Do you think my mug really could contain lead? I didn't buy it that long ago. Yikes! Inoubliable - Your professor almost sounds like a parody of a professor - bumbling, overly talkative, weirdly obsessed with details, and strangely endearing at the same time. What a goof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Because microwaves are really alien robots that have infiltrated our earth in order to drive us crazy. Oh, yeah, you wanted a serious answer. :tongue_smilie: I can't help you there. Lynne, you get the prize for my favorite reply :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Inoubliable - Your professor almost sounds like a parody of a professor - bumbling, overly talkative, weirdly obsessed with details, and strangely endearing at the same time. What a goof! He was ancient. And a paranoid loon. LOL. Made for fun classes, though. The class was a history class, and we rarely talked about history. It was stuff like how his neighbor's dogs were purposely peeing on his garden to make his tomatoes taste more like...urine. Seriously. Or, the time he broke us up into groups to devote class time for a debate preparation - on why or why not he should bother with going to his niece's wedding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 The mug is made of a different material that retains heat better and more quickly than the liquid inside. Does that work for you? :tongue_smilie: Ahhhh, so that's it. I've had that problem, too! Buy only on some of my mugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 is there any metal in the glaze on the mug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmamaz Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Some glazes are colored with metal. Yellow glazes are almost always unsafe for the microwave, and I think many reds as well. IIR. My husband's dishes he had when we met are black, and they definitely get hot faster than my set, which is white w blue trim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 If I heat coffee in the microwave, I put it in a glass Pyrex measuring cup. Then, I can get the coffee as hot as I want & easily pour it into my (non-burning-to-the-touch) coffee mug. (I figured this out after burning myself too. :tongue_smilie::lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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