AIBU? Husband won't use previously boiled water for his tea

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Petty light hearted discussion here however I have just boiled the kettle which had already had water in from earlier in the day so not fresh and made a herbal tea. 2 seconds later my husband tips out the hot water and fills it with fresh water and reboils for his Earl grey as apparently it makes the tea taste 'off if it's not completely fresh water! To me this just seemed very wasteful and maybe I have terrible taste but I haven't ever tasted my tea being 'off' so who is right?

YABU - I'm clearly a heathen all these years who drinks terrible tea
YANBU- He's a weirdo

Every time you boil water it leaves it with a higher concentration of minerals
That’s why you should only boil it once for formula fed babies when preparing bottles as it can cause them harm if using reboiled water consistently over time
For tea therefore it probably does make it taste different

@SciFiScream

I HATE reboiled water. It tastes vile. I also hate how my DH will use water that hasn't quite boiled yet.

Only boil enough, always has to be fresh. Tea needs boiling water to brew (that's why you add milk after). Herbal teas may need water that's boiled and cooked down for 2-3 minutes.

Depends on the type of tea. Normal black tea, just off the boil (95C). Oolong tea should use 90C, green or white tea, 70-80C. Top notch green should use 60C.

Herbals are just hot drinks. They don't deserve to be called tea.

I'm not a tea snob. Honest .

For those commenting on wastage, you should only put enough water in kettle that you’re going to use at that time. Don’t fill and boil the whole kettle
Therefore no wastage and less electricity

I prefer tea made with freshly boiled water, but if there is water in the kettle I'll use it so it not going to waste.

YANBU. He's a weirdo.

I once went to a talk about tea.
Apparently professional tea tasters know if the water is not fresh and has been reboiled.
You’re not supposed to squeeze tea bags either.

www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/6697-reboiling-water-for-tea

Never heard of this before. Perhaps it depends on the quality of the water in your area too.

@QuitMoaning
To clarify, I was referring to the posters who tip out the cool previously boiled water and replace.
If you just boil as much as you need that prevents waste. Sorry if that was not obvious.

@FastFood
Yay!
Now, diesel cars, what shall we do!???

I'm sceptical !
Boiling it once won't significantly change the mineral content.
And won't change the dissolved gas content (at least after it cools and re-equilibrates with the air).

Has a blind testing study ever been done ?

I can definately tell the difference between freshly boiled water and reboiled water for tea.

It’s wasteful to boil more than you need the first time!

Electricity is more expensive than water.

Fill the kettle with only what you need, boil once and enjoy it!

Eww reboiled water tastes of TCP. My DH can boil the same water over and over, and not taste any difference. I can’t drink tea that’s been made with previously boiled water, it’s rank.

Warm your cup first from the water heater. Helps it to stay warm for longer as the heat from the not-boiling water doesn't need to heat the cup too.

Save any water and use it when it's cooled for any plants if you are concerned with water usage.

I can't realy tell the difference tbh, but it seems many can, maybe I don't taste things aswell as others do. Tbf, I often cannot tell the difference between just tap water and 'filtered' water which seems to baffle my mother..

It had less oxygen so tastes less good. I wouldn’t notice to much with one boil, but it’s why those automatic heated water things you get at work make rancid tea - the water has been heated for ever.

Yabvvvvvu

No idea to be honest. I’ve got one of those kettles that only boils a cups worth at a time and pours it straight into the cup.

Would something like this work better for you?

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Sorry if it’s already been suggested

For normal tea (Tetleys and so on), it must be freshly boiled. For herbal shit, I don't care.

My kettle water stays in until it's used

Re boiling water is quite ok, it's just silly to tip Old water away. I only drink tea, and it's always Earl Grey tea, and it tastes the same with Old water,or fresh water. I would hate to spoil my Earl Grey, but boiled water is boiled water whatever.

"Re boiling water is quite ok, it's just silly to tip Old water away."

So just boil less water?

If I have any extra, I pour it down the drain while it's still hot to kill germs.

"Herbals are just hot drinks. They don't deserve to be called tea."

Exactly. I once visited a French friend and went to her house straight off the plane. She offered me a cup of tea - I was gasping for one and was bitterly disappointed when she gave me a cup of blueberry tea.

Tea is tea and fruity/herbally nonsense is not.

Every time you boil water it leaves it with a higher concentration of minerals
and
Reboiling water doubles the flouride content apparently

How is this possible? Where is the extra flouride coming from? Unless you're boiling it so much that literally 50% of the H2O boils off as steam (you're not).

Surely the mineral content of the water drops when it is boiled and it forms scale on your kettle.