tea

[chefalo]

I have made several cups of tea lately with the same kettle and theres is sometimes a kind of skin/mark going up the inside of the cup and i have washed the cup properly and used diffent cups used fresh milk.so can anyone tell me what it could be it has me confused as for a while i never had this and now it comes and goes thanks

[Pigletion]

I'd guess it is something to do with limescale.. We live in a hard water area and we have the same problem, particularly if you leave the tea bag to sit in the cup for a while.

[chefalo]

Do you know how to cure it or anyone that would

[Pigletion]

could try water filter?

I was just thinking about detergents and fat in milk (I'm a scientist!) and maybe fairy-up liquid residue was the problem, but it happens with black tea too, so I'm thinking limescale!

It may be intermittent due to the changing levels of scale in your kettle with filling andemptying with water.

[Coppertop84]

Try getting some oust limescale remover (I know Wilkinsons has it because I get mine from there).

You basically boil a kettle of water, add a sachet of solution and it does its job. If still limescale then you can heat it back up but not quite to the boil and leave a bit longer. The instructions are all on the packet.

It is really cheap too - only about �1.

[realaleman]

I recently changed to Yorkshire Tea for hard water. Seems to do the trick. And use a teapot rather than brewing in the cup!