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skinflint
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Localisation : Queensland, Australia
|  Subject: Boiling the kettle less  Sat 01 Mar 2008, 10:52 am | |
| I read and posted this tip before but hadn't really put it into use until last week 
If you drink a lot of tea/coffee during the day, boil the kettle once and pour the hot water into a thermos flask to use throughout the day.
DH has commented on how often I boil the kettle, then I get distracted by something else before making my 'cuppa', then I have to reboil it when I get back. I had done this a few times every day! While doing my kitchen organizing in February, I pulled out a thermos flask from the back of a base cupboard and now keep it beside the kettle. I fill it with boiling water every morning and use it all day, then wash it out each night. Better late than never, eh? 
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|   | | Donna
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Age : 46
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| | Subject: Re: Boiling the kettle less Sat 01 Mar 2008, 12:25 pm | |
| | My husband uses his thermos daily,,hes a coffee drinker,,2 pots a day! What he dosent drink he puts in a thermos and takes to work,,,it stays so hot he has added ice to cool it down enough to drink. |
| | | | gayla50
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Localisation : Western North Carolina
| | Subject: Re: Boiling the kettle less Sat 01 Mar 2008, 1:34 pm | |
| I do that for Frank but I need one for my kettle .. I am a very heavy tea driinker ...
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| | | | Teri
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Localisation : South of Boston, Englewood Fl & Nova Scotia
| | Subject: Re: Boiling the kettle less Sat 01 Mar 2008, 1:48 pm | |
| Skin, why wash out the thermos, it's only been holding boiled water in it all day!
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| | | | Vicki
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Localisation : Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
| | Subject: Re: Boiling the kettle less Sat 01 Mar 2008, 4:18 pm | |
| I only boil water once a day usually for tea and well I put it in a glass measuring cup and boil what I need in the microwave
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| | | | kim
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| | Subject: Re: Boiling the kettle less Sat 01 Mar 2008, 6:13 pm | |
| I am guilty of letting my cups of coffee get cols when I get distracted...and microwave them  |
| | | | skinflint
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Localisation : Queensland, Australia
| | Subject: Re: Boiling the kettle less Tue 04 Mar 2008, 6:49 pm | |
| Teri, it's a stainless steel thermos and it'd probably collect deposits like the kettle so I reckon prevention is better than cure...lol...which reminds me, I need descaler for my kettle, I've tried vinegar and it's not quite as effective.
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