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ThisTeaIsBad · 2024-11-11T16:33:08+00:00

Hopefully there is a picture attached or this won't make any sense. DH declares this tea to be perfect. I say it is stewed. YABU - it is indeed perfect YANBU - it is stewed

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ThisTeaIsBad · 11/11/2024 18:22

Changethetoner · 11/11/2024 18:11

I diagnose a nice cup of tea, that has been forgotten, and reheated in the microwave. So probably not stewed, but microwaved.

No, not microwaved.

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SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 11/11/2024 18:20

It takes all sorts, but that looks disgusting. 'Stewed' is kind.

Caroparo52 · 11/11/2024 18:18

Buy a new kettle. Looks the pits

Changethetoner · 11/11/2024 18:11

I diagnose a nice cup of tea, that has been forgotten, and reheated in the microwave. So probably not stewed, but microwaved.

cardibach · 11/11/2024 18:09

JustAboutMuddlingThrough · 11/11/2024 17:59

This is what a proper cup of tea should look like. This is using bottled watered only cos I still have loads left from work yesterday, but I do usually use tap water (hard water area) and it still looks like this

Tea shouldn’t look like that. I’m not talking about the depth of colour but the nature. Tea should be amber, nit what my aunts would have referred to as ‘navy brown’ when discussing too strong, under milked coffee.

cardibach · 11/11/2024 18:08

It’s neither of those things. It is the hard water. It shows up with extra tannin staining it maybe? It’s there anyway. The scum doesn’t suggest stewed or not stewed. The taste will. But some people like it like that. There is no right way.
It’s definitely wrong to allow your water to do that to it though. Get a filter.

Dotto · 11/11/2024 18:06

JustAboutMuddlingThrough · 11/11/2024 17:59

This is what a proper cup of tea should look like. This is using bottled watered only cos I still have loads left from work yesterday, but I do usually use tap water (hard water area) and it still looks like this

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That's the colour of coffee, not tea, mate!

JustAboutMuddlingThrough · 11/11/2024 17:59

This is what a proper cup of tea should look like. This is using bottled watered only cos I still have loads left from work yesterday, but I do usually use tap water (hard water area) and it still looks like this

MrsMoastyToasty · 11/11/2024 17:54

Does he re-boil any water left in the kettle?
If he does then each time he re-boils the water the limescale(calcium carbonate) precipitates out of solution every time the temperature gets above 60°c. (that's the science bit).
Empty the kettle of the dregs and use freshly drawn water from the tap.
TBH you would cook with the freshest ingredients available, so water should be fresh too.
Ex water quality advisor here.

GooseberryBeret · 11/11/2024 17:48

You don’t need to overfill the kettle - just a bit more than one mug’s worth so you don’t tip in any scaly bits, and then tip the dregs away before you refill.
Also, as a Londoner I recommend citric acid as your friend for kettles, taps, toilets, everything.
Limescale is a pain, but the only tapwater I’ve ever had that tasted properly unpleasant to me was the very soft water in north east Wales. I guess it’s what you are used to.

K0OLA1D · 11/11/2024 17:46

TurquoiseBear · 11/11/2024 17:44

My tea regularly looks like this, and I descale it frequently. It’s crappy London hard water. But I’m now really intrigued by these filter kettles people are talking about… any recommendations??

I got the glass Britta one. A pod last me about a month.

Which reminds me I need to buy more!

TurquoiseBear · 11/11/2024 17:44

My tea regularly looks like this, and I descale it frequently. It’s crappy London hard water. But I’m now really intrigued by these filter kettles people are talking about… any recommendations??

aintnospringchicken · 11/11/2024 17:41

Doesn't look stewed but whatever is floating on top is gross

AitkenDrum1970 · 11/11/2024 17:40

Use a teapot, anything else is an abomination! 😱

buffyspikefaith · 11/11/2024 17:32

I leave the teabag in and it doesn't look like that!!

TomatoSandwiches · 11/11/2024 17:26

What does stewed tea taste like, I've just thought about it and not actually sure what that means. <absolutely not being snarky>

K0OLA1D · 11/11/2024 17:25

ThisTeaIsBad · 11/11/2024 17:24

Yes, descaling the kettle or even getting a new one doesn't really make any difference here either. Only the tea making technique helps.

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A filter kettle solved my problem

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ThisTeaIsBad · 11/11/2024 17:24

twentysevendresses · 11/11/2024 17:17

Even with a brand new, filtered kettle, my tea looks like this 🤷‍♀️ Living in a VERY hard water area sucks big time! 🤦‍♀️🤢

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Yes, descaling the kettle or even getting a new one doesn't really make any difference here either. Only the tea making technique helps.

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twentysevendresses · 11/11/2024 17:17

Octavia64 · 11/11/2024 16:43

That's limescale on the top. Sort your kettle out

Even with a brand new, filtered kettle, my tea looks like this 🤷‍♀️ Living in a VERY hard water area sucks big time! 🤦‍♀️🤢

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 11/11/2024 17:16

The look on my husband's face when I showed him that cup of tea was priceless. He was horrified and it was hilarious.

Thank you, OP.

Waffle78 · 11/11/2024 17:14

Either your kettle needs descaling or the cup wasn't clean. Reminds me of one I got from Greggs after my first COVID jab. I took a pic and posted it in rate my tea on Facebook.😂😂😂

JustAboutMuddlingThrough · 11/11/2024 17:13

The only place for that cuppa is straight down the plug hole!!

UmopapIsdn · 11/11/2024 17:10

That looks boggin. LTB and move to Scotland - I’ve never had to descale a kettle in my life!

alexdgr8 · 11/11/2024 17:07

Does draw fresh water each time he boils the kettle?
That looks like using non fresh water to me. Also I rinse the kettle each time and never use the water near the element.
That is discarded when I rinse and refill the next time.

jolota · 11/11/2024 17:05

I have very strong tea and it never looks like this so I wouldn't associate this with the tea bag being left in for a long time?
Looks more like an issue with the water.