Energy bills are soaring - and that means many families will be looking to cut down costs.
If you’re a big tea drinker, then one TikTok user has claimed you could save £329 each year on your energy bills through a simple kettle trick.
The money-saver, known only as scott8bits, explained how it costs as much as £400 when you frequently boil your kettle.
But instead of boiling the kettle each time you fancy a cuppa, he suggests filling your kettle up and turning it on.
After you've poured out enough for a cuppa, the rest - roughly five or six cups more - should be poured into a thermos and saved for later.
The thermos will keep the extra water heated ready for the next time you fancy a brew, meaning you don't need to use the kettle again that day.
This means, if it costs 18p each time you boil the kettle, then you'd be spending at least £65 a year on your daily tea intake.
You'd need to actually drink the tea in the thermos to make it worthwhile, they said.
The TikTok user said: "The trick means you always have instant hot water - and it even means there's less limescale in your kettle.
"As an extra bonus, it saves the planet too - win, win!"
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However, energy experts actually think the best way to save money when using your kettle is to do the opposite of what scott8bits says.
They suggest filling the kettle up with only what you need is actually the most economical way to keep costs down.
In a tips sheet on how to save money, listed on the Uswitch website, it reads: "Don't overfill the kettle - only use as much water as you need when you're making tea or coffee."
This is particularly relevant if you find yourself wasting kettle water.
Another way to save money when using a kettle is to switch it off at the wall.
How much are energy bills going up by?
Millions of households will see their energy bills hiked by almost £700 from this April, after the regulator Ofgem confirmed it is increasing its price cap.
Those on default tariffs paying by direct debit will see an increase of £693 from £1,277 to £1,971 from April 1 - an eye-watering rise of around 54%.
Prepayment customers will be worst hit, with an increase of £708 from £1,309 to £2,017.
The move will affect some 22 million households and follows a 12% rise in October.
It will affect default tariff customers who haven’t switched to a fixed deal and those who remain with their new supplier after their previous supplier exited the market.
