It's hard to come across a piece of news that's so stereotypically British as the case of undrinkable water UK, as it actually stems from the fact that people all over the United Kingdom can't get their hands on good "cuppa" as they're called in the European country.
A lot has been said about the British affinity for drinking tea in the afternoon, more so than coffee in a tradition that has gone on for centuries, and the British Standards Institution even released a guide earlier this year specifying what exactly made a perfect cup of the drink - but all that could be ruined due to the undrinkable water UK scandal.
According to AOL, the undrinkable water UK scandal actually stems from the country's new kettles rather than their actual water supplies, as it has been broadly reported that tea and coffee makers all over Britain are getting foul smells from their boiled water that make it "undrinkable."
The Daily Mail reports that the undrinkable water UK problem has been deemed the "smelly kettle syndrome" in the past few weeks, and the oddest part of the whole thing is that it's not limited to just one brand of kettle makers, as some of the biggest ones in the country are suffering from this issue, including Breville, Phillips, De'Longhi, Dualit, Bosch and Morphy Richards.
After news broke about the undrinkable water UK scandal, British consumer magazine Which? began an investigation on the subject earlier this month, particularly investigating the Russell Hobbs Eboby 15076 kettle, one of the ones that started the nationwide issue.
"All our products, including the Ebony kettle, are thoroughly tested by an independent testing laboratory and are all in line with EU regulations [like the] relevant standard for testing the suitability of materials that come into contact with food for sale within the European market," said Tim Wright, the managing director at Russell Hobbs, to The Independent.
There's still no answer regarding the undrinkable water UK problem.
