# My tea

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tea/58335>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tea/58335 "2001-03-17T03:51:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![wizlet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/278dde/32.png) [@wizlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wizlet)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tea/58335/1 "2001-03-17T03:51:10Z")

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When I microwave my tea,(2 minutes on high),and then add equal sweetener to it, the equal fizzes. It doesn’t do this in water boiled on the stove. Has anybody else seen this and why is it?

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tea/58335/2 "2001-03-17T04:39:50Z")

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[Why does Sweet 'n Low make microwaved water fizz so strangely?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_111.html) - I imagine Equal would cause the same reaction…