Constantly boiling the kettle can really impact your electricity bills

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In Ireland, we drink cup after cup of tea. It’s our solution to every problem. Having a bad day? Cup of tea. Hungover? Cup of tea. It can fix anything. We even recently spoke to a Dublin woman who admits to drinking at least 15 cups of tea a day!

Constantly boiling the kettle can increase your electricity bills. But now, a TikTok hack has shown us how we can save a bit of money no matter how much tea we drink.

@costoflivingcrisistips on TikTok had the clever idea to boil the kettle once a day and then use a flask to keep the water hot. They said: “Boil your kettle once a day to save money. Put three teabags in a pot of tea. Fill up your flask. Brews all day.”

Read more: Five top tips for saving money in the home this winter

Users were amazed by this simple hack but they criticised the fact that there were only three tea bags in the pot. One said: “That’s a time saver too. That tea is way too weak though."

Another idea uploaded by the account says you could fill up your flask with boiling water, then use a teabag in a cup for stronger tea.

While many were delighted with the helpful tip, some admitted they were sad to see people resorting to such cost saving measures.

A user commented: “Such a sad state of affairs that people are having to consider this as an option”. Another wrote, “This is really sad that we have to do this.”

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