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  • brewerdave
    brewerdave Posts: 8,692 Forumite
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    Tried using Thermos for morning tea, having filled it the previous evening from kettle. I can confirm that it makes a rotten mug of tea the next morning !!!
  • QrizB
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    Tried using Thermos for morning tea, having filled it the previous evening from kettle. I can confirm that it makes a rotten mug of tea the next morning !!!
    40+ years of picnics, camping and fishing leads me to the conclusion that Thermos water is OK for instant coffee but terrible for tea.
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  • Astria
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    QrizB said:
    Tried using Thermos for morning tea, having filled it the previous evening from kettle. I can confirm that it makes a rotten mug of tea the next morning !!!
    40+ years of picnics, camping and fishing leads me to the conclusion that Thermos water is OK for instant coffee but terrible for tea.
    But if you make the tea in the thermos when the water is hot and don't include milk, it's actually not that bad.
  • Pete99
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    Boiling one cup of water 6 times a day will use around the same amount of electricity as boiling 6 cups of water in one go.
  • molerat
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    My coffee maker will provide a measured amount of water instantly.
  • Olinda99
    Olinda99 Posts: 2,042 Forumite
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    edited 13 May 2022 at 1:58PM
    Pete99 said:
    Boiling one cup of water 6 times a day will use around the same amount of electricity as boiling 6 cups of water in one go.
    not strictly true as in the former case you have to heat a cold metallic and glass kettle (mine weighs 1.5kg) from room temperature six times whereas in the latter case only once.
  • LADYXXMACBETH
    LADYXXMACBETH Posts: 232 Forumite
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    I bought myself one of these last year as I was constantly boiling the kettle to make cups of teas that went cold. I now only have to make 3 flasks a day with one tea bag in each, so it's a win win. 
  • pochase
    pochase Posts: 3,449 Forumite
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    Why would you need to heat the whole kettle surface to get hot water? I just heat the one cup of water. 


  • QrizB
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    pochase said:
    Why would you need to heat the whole kettle surface to get hot water? I just heat the one cup of water.
    Because, by the time the kettle boils, it is full of steam and the entire kettle is hot.
    Try putting your hand on the kettle next time you boil it, you'll see.
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  • Benny2020
    Benny2020 Posts: 525 Forumite
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    Do not boil the kettle, only the water inside.
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