On Mar 7, 6:16*pm, "DPM" wrote:
"Alton B. Wilson" wrote in m...

I have a general question about water quality and what impact it has on the
taste of tea. *I'm thinking of pH, mineral content etc.

Is there any one factor that is most significant in contributing to off
taste? *Is anyone using bottled water or distilled water or deionized
water to make tea?

Does anyone have experience with making tea from water that has been run
through a reverse osmosis filtering system?

Thanks in advance,

Alton

I tend to make all my tea from RO water. *I've tried expensive spring
waters, and honestly I had a hard time discerning the difference. *Most tap
water in my area (eastern PA USA) is chlorinated, which I find REALLY
objectionable in tea. *My local market has a RO machine, and one can bring
in containers and fill them there.

I've also experimented with adding small quantities of soluble salts (Na, K,
Ca, Mg) to my RO water to see what effect it has on the resulting tea, and
although I can detect a difference with some teas, on average I don't
necessarily prefer it.

My $0.02.

Regards,
Dean

Tea always has small quantities of soluble salts (Na, K,
Ca, Mg)
S. M. Changoiwala
Gopaldhara tea company PVT Ltd.
Kolkota
Gardens-soongachi, New Glencoe
Darjeeling- Gopaldhara, Rohini