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Disgusting suggestion from DH - does anyone else actually do this?

216 replies

Libre2 · 25/10/2025 13:49

He suggested I microwave a cup of tea out of a luke warm pot. Does anyone do this? I do not and never will.

OP posts:
Skippydoodle · 25/10/2025 15:03

Not ideal, but I definitely wouldn’t consider it to be disgusting. What is disgusting about it?

Devilsmommy · 25/10/2025 15:05

FaceBothered · 25/10/2025 13:51

I know lots of people who stick their tea in the microwave to warm it up.

I’ve never done it but I can’t see the problem 🤷‍♀️

That's pretty much all my microwave gets used for 😂

TenGreatFatSquirrels · 25/10/2025 15:07

I do it all the time

Arrrrrrragghhh · 25/10/2025 15:09

Instant coffee is actually better microwaved from cold. You get the crema foam too.
You can't reheat it though as it loses taste.

Tea is soapy swill and I can't imagine anything would make it worse.

Newsenmum · 25/10/2025 15:10

I have never been able to do that, no. I want fresh not warm old.

Swoopingin · 25/10/2025 15:25

BernadetteJune · 25/10/2025 14:01

Yep - done it with coffee at work when I have left it and it has gone cold!

Same also do it at home.

MrsSkylerWhite · 25/10/2025 15:26

My husband will only drink loose leaf Assam. Microwaves cold cups all the time 🤷‍♀️

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 25/10/2025 15:28

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 25/10/2025 13:52

Yes I do when I forget to drink it. Sometimes I find another mug in the microwave from the last time it happened.

OMG yes, and then I wonder if I'm getting dementia.

youalright · 25/10/2025 15:28

I don't but I know people do

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 25/10/2025 15:30

TBH @Libre2 I was expecting either some weird bathroom habit of your husband's, or a nasty sexual suggestion involving rimming etc.
Grin

JurassicPark4Eva · 25/10/2025 15:34

I am truly astonished at the number of monsters who actually reheat tea.

My faith in British society is shaken.

Ihavepaidalotforthisstory · 25/10/2025 15:35

I've done it on occasion.
It's also not the worst thing I've ever done.

itsgettingweird · 25/10/2025 15:36

Nope don’t do it.

not because it’s discusring but because I know someone who did and an air pocket formed and then they went to stir it it exploded and burned them 😱

Douane · 25/10/2025 15:36

I'm very fussy about the tea I drink and out of what type of cup.
DH and DS put two tea bags in a stainless steel teapot, and leave it on the counter for hours, not taking the bags out just taking a cup whenever they feel like it.and of course they microwave it.

caramac04 · 25/10/2025 15:36

Only if the milk hasn’t yet been added. Weirdly it doesn’t taste right. Coffee is fine though.

Foundress · 25/10/2025 15:36

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 25/10/2025 13:52

Yes I do when I forget to drink it. Sometimes I find another mug in the microwave from the last time it happened.

😂 Also love the ‘he slipped me a reheated tea’. Great thread @Libre2 I like to make myself a fresh hot cup of tea and then I top it up with cold water from the tap.

WithIcePlease · 25/10/2025 15:37

Fairly regular occurrence here but more normally for coffee from cafetière.

BauhausOfEliott · 25/10/2025 15:38

Basically a hate crime

qwertyasdfgzxcv · 25/10/2025 15:38

I have done

Foundress · 25/10/2025 15:39

Newsenmum · 25/10/2025 15:10

I have never been able to do that, no. I want fresh not warm old.

I keep telling my DH that 😂.

FaceBothered · 25/10/2025 15:44

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 25/10/2025 15:30

TBH @Libre2 I was expecting either some weird bathroom habit of your husband's, or a nasty sexual suggestion involving rimming etc.
Grin

Yes, a spot of cold teabagging isn’t quite the same 🤭

Fifiesta · 25/10/2025 15:46

I didn’t want die without knowing…the results are in!

Tea - double yuck, a good cup of tea is reviving, for me the result was disgusting.
Hot Chocolate is fine warmed up.
Coffee again, can also drink this no problem.

Strawberrydelight78 · 25/10/2025 15:49

Yes I have done this I love a strong brewed tea. It still tastes better than those that boil the kettle again when it's already boiled. 😂😂😂

Hortesne · 25/10/2025 15:50

Newsenmum · 25/10/2025 15:10

I have never been able to do that, no. I want fresh not warm old.

As with tea, so with life.

Leave him and his cups of stewed misery, OP.

Strawberrydelight78 · 25/10/2025 15:51

Oh and it depends how cold it has gone in the pot. If it's stone cold or nearly cold then definitely not. If it's luke warm then yes.

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