crymad wrote in
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blues Lyne wrote:

"Derek" wrote in message
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It was open stage night in rec.food.drink.tea, when Ripon stepped
up to the microphone and muttered:

I would like to know what kind of water do you use during your
tea brewing. Spring water or mineral water? I use Evian or Mont
Fleur(French Mineral water) or Pits( Austrilian spring water).
To me resuts are different. What about you?


I've used tap water, but could taste the chlorine in the tea,
especially on second and third infusions.

I've experienced this as well. We started setting out tap water in a
2-liter Pyrex measurer overnight to allow the chlorine to evaporate.
We then transfer this water to our Brita filtered pitcher. A real
improvement in flavor, we think. And the Brita filters seem to last
longer now.

--crymad


Don't Brita filters remove chlorine themselves?

I used to use a Brita refrigerator pitcher and was very impressed by the
taste of the filtered water. Then I switched over to a Pur faucet-
mounted filter - much better for water that is going directly into a
cooking pot. However, while the Pur filter is okay, I think the taste of
the water is not quite as good as with the Brita. Now that Brita also
makes a faucet-mount filter, if and when my Pur filter unit dies, I might
switch to the Brita model.

For tea making I have a hot water pot set at 208F. It is filled with
water that has been filtered at the tap (see above). When I want cooler
water than that, I dispense the water into a ceramic pitcher. This
immediately drops the temperature by about 30F. If I want water that is
truely at a boil, I hit the boil button and set about measuring out my
tea. It only takes a minute or two until the water is ready. The hot
water pot was originally purchased so I could make tea in my office. Now
that I am semi-employed working out of my home, I am using it here, since
I have it anyway. It certainly is wonderful when one gets the urge - no
waiting for water to boil!

FWIW, 208 seems also to be an excellent temperature for brewing c****e.
I've noticed a clear improvement since my hot water pot came home with
me.

Debbie

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