Gen-Zers are microwaving tea – they must be stopped

One of the first things we do when my Irish mother-in-law comes over is, of course, put the kettle on.

- GEORGINA FULLER

She is also the only person we get the teapot and tea cosy out for, but unfortunately, this ritual seems to have bypassed my kids completely.

My 16-year-old Gen Z son, Charlie, uses the microwave for everything, including - shock horror - making a cup of tea. And, according to a new survey, he is not alone.

Apparently, almost two-thirds of under-thirties make tea in the microwave, a Uswitch poll of 2,000 Brits has shown. Why Gen-Zers — that baffling and unknowable generation born between 1997 and 2012 - are kettle-dodgers who would rather pop a teabag in a mug of cold water and heat it in the mee-cro-wah-vey, as Nigella Lawson rechristened it, defeats me.