Fancy a cup of Kopi when you wake up every morning during a trip? I do. So does my whole family. Hence it is important for us to have access to an electric kettle while on a trip. I remember a discussion between me and my mum on whether to bring our own electric kettle. My stand was it will take up unnecessary space and weight in our luggage. My mum insisted on bringing our own electric kettle because she is more familiar on how to operate it and she doubted the hygiene of hotel room's electric kettle. I truly thanked my mum for being insistent on this topic after reading about the following articles on the web. A very gross habit of traveler was brought to the limelight when a guy tweeted the following sentence: "Real question: does anyone I know clean their underwear in a kettle when travelling?" He later explained that he heard this habit from a friend who is a frequent traveler. Ya I know what you are thinking... This cannot be true right? Maybe his friend lied? Well another article on Weibo further confirmed that there are travelers that use hotel room's kettle to boil underwear or socks.
Dr Heather Hendrickson, a Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biosciences at the Institude of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at Massey University in Aukland told Gizmodo: "It is super super super super gross." According to Dr Hendrickson, some bacteria can't be killed by boiling water like Clotidium botulinum spores, which causes botulism. In other words, your underwear will not be cleaned without laundry detergents. "However, who knows how long that water, with nutrients that have been introduced and then sterilised, sits around in the kettle before someone else uses it?" Dr Hendrickson says, calling the act "unbelievably irresponsible. " So if you are a Kopi addict like me, it is best to bring your own electric kettle for every trip.
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