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Serious · **on:** February 22, 2012, 13:52:48 PM

Tea suggestion that might make you feel very ill...

on: February 22, 2012, 13:52:48 PM

Quality tea drinkers might want to put their cup and teapot somewhere safe and sit down. Not for those of a delicate nature...

Make sure you have your lawyers number close to hand, you never know how much psychological damage this might cause!

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/british-gas/microwave-tea-114714870.html

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2012, 14:17:54 PM

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Reply #1 on: February 22, 2012, 14:17:54 PM

I doubt it would work for infusing tea directly, but you could heat a cup of water in the microwave then drop the teabag in afterwards.

Actually it would be nice to be able to sack off my kettle as its a pain in the arse having to descale it, the water down here is awful for it.

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Serious · **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2012, 14:26:58 PM

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Reply #2 on: February 22, 2012, 14:26:58 PM

Try changing your kettle then, I've got one with a flat metal base inside, the element isn't visible and it has a mesh filter on the spout. It is always easy to clean out and I don't get bits of rock in my cup.

Russell · **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2012, 14:32:32 PM

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Reply #3 on: February 22, 2012, 14:32:32 PM

I can see what they're getting at but well that'll not be a great cuppa.

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2012, 15:55:05 PM

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Reply #4 on: February 22, 2012, 15:55:05 PM

Quote from: Serious on February 22, 2012, 14:26:58 PM

Try changing your kettle then, I've got one with a flat metal base inside, the element isn't visible and it has a mesh filter on the spout. It is always easy to clean out and I don't get bits of rock in my cup.

My kettle is the same sort, but you live up north in a soft water area so you don't have a limescale problem. I never used to have any issues until I moved to the south coast.

The missus reliably informs me that hard water is better for teeth and hair though.

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Serious · **Reply #5 on:** February 22, 2012, 16:26:54 PM

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Reply #5 on: February 22, 2012, 16:26:54 PM

It contains a lot of calcium so good for your bones.

Although excessive consumption can lead to kidney stones.

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #6 on:** February 22, 2012, 16:34:34 PM

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Reply #6 on: February 22, 2012, 16:34:34 PM

Well its not even as readily absorbed as by the calcium found in dairy anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it. I do actually filter the water with a Brita, but it seems to make sod all difference in all honesty.

addictweb · **Reply #7 on:** February 22, 2012, 16:38:56 PM

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Reply #7 on: February 22, 2012, 16:38:56 PM

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on February 22, 2012, 15:55:05 PM

Quote from: Serious on February 22, 2012, 14:26:58 PM
Try changing your kettle then, I've got one with a flat metal base inside, the element isn't visible and it has a mesh filter on the spout. It is always easy to clean out and I don't get bits of rock in my cup.

My kettle is the same sort, but you live up north in a soft water area so you don't have a limescale problem. I never used to have any issues until I moved to the south coast.

The missus reliably informs me that hard water is better for teeth and hair though.

I bought a Brita filter kettle for the same reasons.

On the subject of electricity costs, the differences are negligible per month so i'll take a nicer, more convenient cuppa every time.

Quixoticish · **Reply #8 on:** February 22, 2012, 22:38:50 PM

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Reply #8 on: February 22, 2012, 22:38:50 PM

Hard water is actually quite good for you, I've always lived in hard water areas bar when I stay at my parents house in Scotland. For some reason soft water brings me out in spots

soopahfly · **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2012, 23:46:52 PM

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Reply #9 on: February 22, 2012, 23:46:52 PM

You should see the kettles in mallorca.
I could build a house with what's in their kettles.

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Mongoose · **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2012, 19:02:41 PM

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Reply #10 on: February 24, 2012, 19:02:41 PM

as long as the water is boiling when it hits the tea, and hasn't been boiled for too long (removes the oxygen you know), I don't see that it matters how it comes to be hot.

The sentance in that article which gets my hackles up is

Quote

modern laptops use far less energy than old-fashioned desktop computers

and the implication that going from a desktop to a laptop is automatically an upgrade.

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2012, 19:58:08 PM

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Reply #11 on: February 24, 2012, 19:58:08 PM

Most modern PSUs are very clever and power conservative too.

XEntity · **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2012, 15:39:01 PM

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Reply #12 on: March 11, 2012, 15:39:01 PM

If you can get yourself to Bristol...

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http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/212/deals/284198-three-tea-drinking-philosophy-talks

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