how much can be saved by buying a flask?

jo101_2

Hi

This thread has just reminded me that I still had hot water in my flask from earlier.
This morning at 7am I boiled the kettle (while still on Econ 7 cheap rate) with just enough water for my flask and my morning cuppa - my flask holds 0.5l and it has been enough for 3 cups of tea during the day and when I opened it just now it was still fairly hot, so I only had to boil the kettle once today, so I would say its worth doing.
I dont think that I would store the made up tea or coffee though,I just store the boiled water.

Jo

Snow_Angel

**purpleprincess** wrote:

Could you not just have hot water in the flask and then make your tea later? Might stop it tasting so weird!!

Would be a good idea but my rucksack usually contains : laptop, 1 or 2 text books, folder with notes, stethoscope (sometimes), my lunch, flask, wallet, phone, keys, girlie stuff, clinical clothes....and I have to lug that on a 15 minute walk uphill! So taking 3 jars of tea, milk and sugar may be the straw that broke the donkey's back (as it were.....possibly literally :rotfl: ).

Anne_Marie_2

Snow Angel,
I know it is something else to pack into your bag - what about a little tupperware type container? You can have your own mix of coffee, sugar and milk powder to suit you. (Or you can put it into a strong placcy bag)

I don't use my flask for home use, but seeing the tips will try to galvanise myself into doing so.
Must admit it's great when travelling in the car for long trips. Just fill it with boiled water. Coffee in small container - don't need sugar or milk. Mug (those thermos ones, unbreakable with lid). Cup a soup sachets, or veggie oxo cube for savoury drink. Couple of plastic spoons - doesn't matter if they get lost, broken.
Only got one flask now, which is one of those stainless steel ones - had it for 23 years, it was a wedding pressie and cost a lot of money at the time.
Got an inkling it cost about £20 or thereabouts.

Anyone know if they do the stainless steel ones with a wide neck - more of a food container thing anywhere? Not seen one, but would be handy for soup, and possibly making yoghourt.

Snow_Angel

Anne_Marie wrote:

Anyone know if they do the stainless steel ones with a wide neck - more of a food container thing anywhere? Not seen one, but would be handy for soup, and possibly making yoghourt.

Hi - I've seen these in national trust shops. They market them as pasta/stew type bowls. They look really good but I've never bought one yet. Don't think I'd get the use out of it.

black-saturn

They sell flasks in Poundland if anyone wants one. if I'm having a really scrimpy month I will put left over boiled water in a flask until there is a cup full and then use it for another cup of coffee but most of the time I measure the water out anyway. I also use a gas stove top kettle which works out cheaper.

cathybird

kettles are quite expensive to run compared to most appliances, believe it or not. My brain's gone to sleep because it's very late so I don't feel up to going into watts & kilowatt hours & costs etc but will come back to it tomorrow if I manage to get the time. There is a very useful electricity cost calculator here:
http://www.ukpower.co.uk/running-costs-elec.asp

domestic_goddess

thank you so much for that calculater. I had no idea how much my imersion heater was costing?

cathybird

hiya I don't think my original link was working too well so have checked & changed it

Sarahsaver

When dad worked potato picking and apple picking he used to take a bottle of tea, in an empty glass pop bottle wrapped in newspaper

Roz_V

Hot Chocolate from a flask tastes as nice as freshly made hot choccy....

Perfect for curling up on the sofa watching a film