Please settle a difference of opinion!

[DoubleNegativePanda]

Last week adult DD was at her dad's house, and her stepmother went to make tea. She just opened the kettle and checked there was water, then set it to heat. DD was and said "Don't you fill it with fresh water first? to which stepmother took the hump and said no, you just top up with more water as needed.

Now, in my house, I heat as much as I think I need and pour any excess out, so the kettle is filled with fresh water each time.

Obviously my wonderful DD knows that my way is the right way , but what do you lot think?

Your way...pre boiled standing water tastes yuk! Also I empry kettle incase a creepy crawley has jump in

Mostly SM way. It is filled frequently as I try not to overfill it. Exception is when I go into my office on a Monday I empty as it has been siting all weekend

Step mother, not wasting water.

Unless it's been sat there a day (hard water area)

I'm with ye olde stepma.

Stepmother.

SM

Fresh water, always completely emptied by precision filling in a smug manner, but water is never re-boiled.

Your way, oxygen depletion strpmother's way plus the concentration of minerals and whatever salts are present so worse for scaling your kettle and not too good for your health

Your way!

I make tea your way and DP does it Stepmothers way. It really doesn't matter, I don't think either of us have even noticed we fill the kettle differently!

Tip out overnight water, but just top up during the day.

Fresh water each time. However I try to only fill the kettle with the amount needed.

Oh goodness - your way of course. Re-boiled water tastes so stale.

I can't believe so many people re-use boiled water. Have you no tastebuds? Even black coffee is undrinkable made with re-boiled water, never mind tea.

Water is not safe to drink if it's been boiled more than once This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read on the whole of the internet. Ever. Give over MsChatterbox. The internet is responsible for giving the hard of thinking a voice

Your way. Why would you want old dregs from the bottom of the kettle mixed with fresh water? It gets tipped into cat bowl & plants here

I don't go in for SM bashing unless they were the Wicked OW or some other such unforgiveable shenanigans, but in this case her tea-making just won't do. Water must be fresh every time and freshly boiled just once. It's entirely possible to avoid wasting water and fuel by only putting what you need into the kettle in the first place or using the waste water for something else. I know this because my other name is BBInTeaDrinking. I am the oracle here, and come from a long line. I would stop contact immediately, OP. Your poor DD. Your ex has clearly married down since you.

I only boil enough for what is needed and put fresh water in each time. Reboiling it concentrates the minerals in the water and alters the taste and I don't like it. Plus dust and stuff in the air can settle in your kettle if you don't use it often - I probably only make a tea or coffee once a week or so.

@FridalovesDiego
I am glad I am not the only one that thought that statement was maddness.
The only time it may be a issue is if you had a huge urn and and kept it on the boil for days at a time but even then I doubt it would make anyone ill though I admit it would may make a brew taste foul.

Stepmother’s way

Your way

But don’t overfill otherwise v wasteful

Your way was correct when she was a baby and you were making up formula.
After that, her way.

Your way

Your way. Use the water for other things if there's any left. Leftover water sitting in the kettle always ruins my kettles because of how the water is around here

Reboiled water is not going to harm your average adult human. A tiny baby? Maybe, after repeated exposure over a long period of time, but not an adult. There's a lot of silliness on this thread!

I do it the step mother's way and I'm very into my tea. reboiled water does not taste any different than once boiled water. If you were getting your water from a stream you'd have to boil it for at least a minute before cooling and drinking anyway!

@witchend

I doubt @DoubleNegativePanda was making up the Stepmothers bottles!

@Dollymixture22 Your way is too much work. Putting fresh water in a kettle is ‘too much work’. Unless you are seriously ill, what are you on about?!