These I am not keen on, having tried both
So what is coffee and tea ding. Well first of all you need a special machine called a microwave. Now the complicated part of getting coffee or tea ding is setting the timer. Set the wrong time and it doesn’t work. So placing a cup of coffee or tea in a microwave is the first thing. Next is setting the timer. switch on and wait.
When the microwave goes ding then you can enjoy a nice cup of coffee or tea ding
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While it is quite acceptable to make instant coffee in a microwave only Philistines make tea in one.
only if it dings when ready
How quaintly 1960s, mine plays a little tune when the job is done.
I suppose what you mean is you are boiling a mug/cup of water in the microwave, removing it and dunking a tea bag or a fancy loose tea holder in said water and adding milk/soya/sugar. I am sure this is more economical than filling a kettle with a litre of cold water and bringing to boil. Water in kettle then cools until you refill it and bring to boil again for a second cup.
Now that jogs my memory…
We never had one of those, they were probably a fire hazard. Hasn’t she got a big hand! 
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I always wanted one but, like you, never had one.
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I bought my mum one in the 70’s and she was still using it over 20 years later. 
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I just had a quick look on Amazon Mr Smith while sipping on my laboriously hand made coffee 
Lo and behold…
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I only really use a microwave to heat up hot chocolate - having first mixed up the powder with boiling water and cold milk/soya. Occasionally I have heated uo a mug of tea in the microwave, when it has gone cold, but it seems to lose some of the flavour. Far better to make a fresh one!