Does qooker tea taste like real tea....or machine tea?

[BeechTreeView]

Thinking of getting a qooker hot water tap...but I like a cup of tea made with freshly boiled water. Am I going to just carry on having to have a kettle as well while polishing very expensive tsp?

I am a 10+ cups a day girl, and I cant tell the difference. We love our Quooker.

Someone posted this exact thread a few days ago. General consensus was it’s amazing and just like kettle boiled water.

We have an insinkerator hot tap. This was my chief concern but tea tastes just like any normal cup of tea using a kettle.

I don’t own one, but the tea I’ve had at other people’s houses from Quookers didn’t taste quite right to me.

We're massive tea drinkers in our house, and can't tell the difference, we love ours.

So it tastes like it’s been freshly boiled rather than sat at boiling temp for a while (or re-boiled?)

Interesting, I’ve always been put off them because I hate the taste of re-boiled water.

We have an insinkerator and def can't tell the difference. I think it comes out at about 98 deg. Wouldn't be without it for cooking veg, making gravy... saves loads of time

Thinking of getting either a qooker or insinkerator fitted at the same time as a water softener unit (v hard water area). Can anyone give me an idea of the cost of a qooker/insinkerator? Is installation also pricey (we have a combo boiler if that makes any difference)?

What's the flow rate like? They look like the water will come out much more slowly than a normal tap.

I never feel I'm waiting around for a kettle to boil as I anticipate needing boiling water and put the kettle on then get on with doing all the little jobs that always need doing in a kitchen like emptying and filling dishwasher, get meat out of freezer, check fridge for food that needs using up, feeding cats, meal planning and shopping lists, doing bins etc etc.

Plus the expense

We had one at work (may still do but now wfh). Much better than out of a machine but not as good as with water out of a kettle.

SIL has one. You can definitely taste the difference. I wouldn’t get one myself because I’m quite precious about my tea tasting good.

I have one and can't tell the difference, I wasn't bothered about getting one but my husband is a plumber so got a big discount on it. The best thing is filling lots of pans up for cooking without having to boil the kettle 4 times.

@CrystalTits www.which.co.uk/reviews/kettles/article/quookers-and-boiling-water-taps-are-they-worth-it-a6qXz2A1zq4E is quite helpful but doesn’t mention tea.

Hmmm, apparently the qooker is 100 degrees. Which will make a difference, other taps are 98 degrees. It’s the freshly boiled bit though.

It’s hard to tell people’s tea credentials on line unfortunately.

I don’t use the one at work for tea unless I don’t like the person I’m making tea for...

I can tell the difference, had one at old house. I only used it for herbal tea or green tea

Two of my friends have one and one makes nice tea and one doesn't. Both are Quooker strangely.

@BeechTreeView Thank you - I’ll check that out. Love your rationale for using it!

The office one makes baaaaad tea.

Our office boiler (traditional wall mounted style that looks like a mini central heating boiler) makes crap tea, but I'm not sure if it's because the water isn't properly boiling, I don't like the brand of teabags we use, or its because its in a single cup, whereas we always use a teapot at home.

My office one makes baaad tea too (not a quooker). My parents have recently got one though and the tea there is fantastic, can't tell the difference.

They do live in a very soft water area though and I work in a moderately hard water area, so I wonder whether that makes a difference? Do quooker taps also filter the water? Also I wouldn't entirely trust work to keep on top of any cleaning or maintenance required!

Our office one - which is a boiling tap - makes bad tea too. But it certainly isn't a Qooker. People seem to use it for coffee OK.

I got one last summer and hummed and haaad for a long time before going for it for exactly this reason. I drink a whole range of tea including loose, white, green, bagged, stuff that requires 100 degrees and stuff that needs 80. Honestly it's been brilliant. The water pressure is quite terrifying you need to wait a beat so you get boiling water rather than very hot, because the tap is insulated so the very first bit is hot, because it's been sat in the tap, rather than boiling. I actually checked with the tea thermometer! But no complaints here. We have slightly hard water, but the Quooker has a built in filter. All in all 8 months in I'm very happy.

I don't drink tea but I drink a lot of coffee and it's perfect for that. Coffee should be brewed slightly under the boil though otherwise it gets scorched. Yes I'm a coffee prat!

Does it boil it fresh, or does it heat up a tank and keep that at 100°C? Does it use a lot of electricity?