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Just Chat! / Re: Why Are You Supposed To Use Cold Water For Coffee, Tea, etc.?
« on: Yesterday at 15:00:39 »Do you mean...start with cold water that you then boil ? If so, it may be because most water from the HOT tap is not generally considered fit for drinking.I get the distinct impression that Jimbee hails from North America, where the procedures for extracting tea or "tea" with lukewarm water are generally abominable.
The old UK government instruction was to start with "freshly drawn water from the cold (mains) tap" rather than possibly stale and stinky water from a static tank that feeds the hot tap. Though a hot tap was a rarity in most homes in 1939. The starting temperature is not relevant, the biological and mineral content is.
Apropos which, there is one notable exception. British army tanks have a hot water tap at the back for the express purpose of making tea!
Um, I meant START with cold water, before you boil it. I didn't mean MAKE the tea/coffee with cold water. (That would take too long.)
Yes.
There's nothing wrong with hot water from the tap. "Not generally considered"? Well, there's nothing wrong with it. Sometimes it has bubbles in it from the water heater. And it is hotter, so it might have more things dissolved in it that are already in the pipes. But its flowing thru the same pipes in your house that all the other water if flowing thru. So there should be nothing different about it, at least safety wise.