Rusty James
TVWBB Emerald Member
Unusual subject, but do any of you here drink hot tea?
Coffee tends to bother my stomach, so I switched to hot tea (green, black, herbal, etc) for several years now. I used to make hot water with the drip coffee maker, and a month ago, someone gave my wife an old ceramic Royal Sealy 350 watt electric tea kettle - which I tried, and it made some great tasting tea water.
Unfortunately, the element quit, so I purchased a proctor silex electric water pot from Walmart (plastic with a 1500 watt stainless steel heating element) for less than $20.00. I cleaned it per instructions, but my teas tastes bitter.
Would stainless steel be the culprit here? I have soft water for what it's worth.
As for the drip coffee maker, it makes fairly good tasting tea water, but not quite as good as the ceramic tea pot did.
Maybe a glass tea kettle would be the best choice of all, but I don't think they recommend them for electric ranges.
Coffee tends to bother my stomach, so I switched to hot tea (green, black, herbal, etc) for several years now. I used to make hot water with the drip coffee maker, and a month ago, someone gave my wife an old ceramic Royal Sealy 350 watt electric tea kettle - which I tried, and it made some great tasting tea water.
Unfortunately, the element quit, so I purchased a proctor silex electric water pot from Walmart (plastic with a 1500 watt stainless steel heating element) for less than $20.00. I cleaned it per instructions, but my teas tastes bitter.
Would stainless steel be the culprit here? I have soft water for what it's worth.
As for the drip coffee maker, it makes fairly good tasting tea water, but not quite as good as the ceramic tea pot did.
Maybe a glass tea kettle would be the best choice of all, but I don't think they recommend them for electric ranges.
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