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Remember, these are YOUR tips – we haven’t tried them ourselves.

This week, our tip of the week will receive a great prize from Addis.

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Including a bucket that is ideal to make your hard floors shine, there is an additional refill, too.

With a microfibre mop head and a lock clip mechanism, you can spin dry the mop using either the foot pedal or the handle. It’s such a clever design!

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To get rid of limescale build-up on your chrome taps, take a sandwich bag, drop a cotton wool ball inside soaked with vinegar and tie it around each tap. Then, leave overnight to easily remove it!

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Bubbly brilliant!

Shower gel has the same ingredients as bubble bath, but it costs twice as much per 100ml. So, I refill the empty shower gel bottle with bubble bath.

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You can brew it!

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Settling down with a cuppa is often the highlight of the day.

But did you know that there is actually a science behind brewing the perfect cup of tea?

Follow these top tips from cuppa connoisseur Dr Michelle Francl to achieve the perfect brew – there’s much more to it than you might think!

Steeped: The Chemistry of Tea by Dr Michelle Francl, available to buy from Amazon

1. Pass the salt

You can easily reduce the bitter taste of your cuppa with just a tiny pinch of regular table salt.

Sodium-ion is a key element of salt, and it interacts with the chemical mechanism that produces the perception of a bitter taste.

2. Size matters!

When brewing your tea, don’t opt for a tall and cylindrical cup. This is because they expose your brew

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