Making tea in my bedroom

I'm another who never drinks in bed other than sips from a bottle of water during the night. I'm always up around 5am anyway. When we had the kitchen done before Christmas I brought the coffee maker, the kettle, food and cat food into the living room so that I would be able to carry on as near normal My mum had a teas maid in her bedroom - as they lived in a bungalow I never understood the reason!

When we bought our present house we had all the central heating changed and boiler, changed to a combi boiler ( water comes from mains.) I won't tell you what was in the old water tank in the loft ugh! So, please don't drink from your bathroom tap!

A friend of mine was saying they have a nesspresso coffee machine that they can work from their phone , so they can tell it to make a coffee while they are in bed and then go down and get it when it's ready.

Solved my water problem. Sainsbury's 2ltr mineral water is only 20p. I ordered 2 with my online grocery order. That should do the trick.

There used to be random stories about dead animals in water tanks and such.
That happened with friends of ours in a house they rented; they were very ill then discovered a dead bird in the water tank in the attic.

I like a hot drink before I go to bed, rather than wen I wake. I just make the drink in the kitchen and carry it upstairs.

or reading, if he's asleep for that matter...

DH _loathes+ me drinking anything in bed. As I wake up long/hours before him, i am usually to be found downstairs with my cuppa.... so river you are not alone!

Riverwalk, I would have agreed with you a couple of years ago.
Now I am older and frail.......It is such a comfort to make tea in my bedroom. Especially if I am awake in the night and the heating is off. (I have a seperate heater in my bedroom) Maybe when the good weather finally arrives I will feel differently. I have to admit it is a FAFF.

Need boiling water to make tea, not just hot.

Riverwalk, no you are not alone. When I wake up in the morning my first thought is bathroom. Then to stagger downstairs to make coffee. I am in awe of those of you who can wake then enjoy a cup of tea before anything else. (Not envious though. Hate tea.)

Am I the only person who doesn't eat and drink in bed?

We have a teasmade.Love my 2 cups of tea before I get up. However I once forgot to fill pot before I came upstairs at night & used water from bathroom. Tea was undrinkable- really nasty . I really don't advise using it.

I used to make tea in the bedroom, and wondered why I had stopped, as it worked well. I realise it was because we got two cats. I have to go downstairs to see to them, and I make our tea at the same time. Then we all go back to bed.

Sarah there is always the problem of forgetting to take milk up the night before or the milk tasting `off` when you have remembered .

This is new to me ! why can`t you use the water from the upstairs tap ? I really have never heard that this is not safe to do ,and anyway surely if it is boiled it is OK ?

Cold water in the bathroom comes from a header tank in the loft and is not fresh, the tank is not completely sealed in most cases therefore will contain dust, dirt etc It is fine for brushng your teeth but not drinking. You wouldnt use water that had been sat in your kettle for days on end so why use stale water from the bathroom ? tea needs fresh water

Try turning off the stopcock, then turning on the upstairs tap. If it still runs, the water must come from a tank; if it stops immediately it will be direct from the main and fine to use.

aneey.Is it not possible to still buy a 'teasmade'that you can keep in your bedroom .?
For me,one of the delights in my life would be a first thing in the morning cup of tea without having to get out of bed to boil a kettle.
That or having a partner bring you a freshly made cuppa while you are nice and snug in bed.?
Well I can dream can't I?

I love early morning when all is quiet. I creep downstairs at 6.30 to make myself a cuppa and put it in a thermal style mug which keeps it warm. I top up the hot water bottle and snuggle down in bed with my radio and headphones, IPad and book. DH usually wakes at 7.30 to 8.00 and I have had about an hour and a half of peace and quiet - BLISS

I drink water from upstairs because it comes direct from main water so is same as downstairs old water. The only water what comes from tank in loft is hot which for obvious reasons I wouldn't drink ?

I have a four story house so have a tray with a kettle and packets of coffee and milk. I fill the kettle from my bathroom tap and never have any problem - I think the rats and pigeons add flavour to the coffee?

suzied, I like your suggestion . It's what I do except it's flapjacks (2) instead of toast.

I've had a kettle in my bedroom for morning tea for a long time. I always use the bathroom tap water as I know it's from the mains. I have a small fridge so keep the milk in there. This started when my husband was ill and needed a "bedsit" set up in his sick room and after he died I found it convenient. It saved me time getting ready for work and now I'm retired I enjoy a cuppa in bed. I wouldn't advise a travel kettle though as they are very slow to boil.

Although boiled water is obviously safe I would be using a flask but would keep my eyes open in charity shops and at car boots for a Teasmade. They can be picked up very cheaply and do the trick nicely!!