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Best kettles for hard water that will help avoid limescale when making a brew

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No kitchen feels complete without a kettle. The unassuming appliance that gives us boiling hot water in just a few minutes is a modern-day marvel.

Sure, it’s not launching rockets into space or plummeting submarines into the Mariana Trench (yet) but if you’re looking for a show of everyday human ingenuity, it’s a fine example.

Aside from making our much-loved tea and can’t-function-without coffee, a kettle speeds up the cooking process in myriad ways, from helping you parboil potatoes quicker to saving a precious few minutes on the pasta dish you’re making for dinner.

If you happen to live in a hard water area like London though, it can lead to heinous limescale build-up in your kettle, which can affect

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