In the South East, they bring you sweetened (usually far too sweetened for my tastes) iced tea. This is amazingly universal.
I live in NC and have been probing the border for years.
For “nicer” restaurants, the universal sweet tea boundary seems to be precisely at the NC/VA border.
From merica, Pacific Northwest. My experience is hot you’ll get some hot water in a kettle with a box of various teas, or iced which is non sweetened, can add sugar if ya want. If I just said “tea”, they’d ask hot or iced. Id feel strange just saying “tea” without being more specific.
I thought kettles didn’t work in america because your electricity is too weak?
They don’t work as quickly because a standard appliance circuit is lower powered. Mine is still pretty fast though.
The bigger reason is just that they weren’t common until the last few years. Everyone just used a teapot on the stove if they wanted tea, but more likely a coffeemaker for the more common hot drink
They’re still not common
That’s not how it works.
Since the voltage is half and the amperage is the same half the wattage is supplied to heat water. This means it takes longer not that it doesn’t work.
OP also said they received hot water in a kettle not that they received an electric kettle in which to heat it in.
Plus I’m pretty sure the world’s simplest circuit would be able to up the wattage. This person would have to believe so many things didn’t work it’s kinda nuts.
If electricity works in the US, what is Texas bitching about when its cold?
Same thing they bitch about when it’s hot 😂