"Tea tastes funny!"

its the chlorine in the tap water which reacts with phenol-based compounds sometimes found in plastic and rubber parts of the kettle thats making the tea taste horrible! I think water companies should give us all free jugs and filters!!

Spot on Jenty61. We had this problem a few years ago and spoke to Russel Hobbs about the problem. This is what they said was happening. They suggested simply putting water into a jug and leaving it for a few hours to let the chlorine dissipate, that solved the problem. We then bought a stainless steel kettle with the element sealed in the base, again no more problem. Also spoke to Anglian water, they explained that the chlorine levels did vary depending on the water quality at the time.

Tastes of TCP. BTW, RH said it was the rubber parts.

try proper tea not teabags

Buy Yorkshire tea bags. Guaranteed to taste good wherever you are! ??☕☕

ERM........IT WAS THE TEA BAGS!! Lol

We never use tap water in our kettle, DH says our tap water is disgusting. I don't care for Yorkshire tea, maybe it only suits Yorkshire water. We use Rington's tea because I was assured it was blended to suit the water in our area, bit pointless as he won't use the water.