On Dec 8, 2:09 pm, "Bluesea" > wrote:
> My tap water is terrible and I switched to drinking distilled water a long
> time ago, making tea with it, too. I know everybody says it makes tea taste
> flat, but it's been tasting fresh and crisp to me.
>
> While in LA this past spring, where the water is even worse, I got tired of
> looking for water and paying deposits for the containers. I switched to
> refilling my gallon jugs from a 25-cent RO machine. After a while of doing
> that, I got tired of lugging the jugs downstairs and up again and bought a
> Brita filtering pitcher.
>
> About two weeks ago, I went back to distilled water out of curiosity. I'm
> supposed to change my filter, soon, and I wanted to see if I could tell the
> difference with tea made with distilled water and water made from the old
> filter and new filter. Distilled water stills gives me that fresh, crisp
> sensation and on a whim, I bought a bottle of spring water.
>
> Wow, what a difference! Yes, distilled water gives a distinctly flat
> sensation to my tea while spring water gives a very nice, soft, rounded
> feeling.
>
> Unfortunately, my next bottle of spring water came from a different store
> and the spring is in a different state. The difference isn't as remarkable
> and I don't like it as much. It might be because the water wasn't processed
> the same.
>
> So, now I get to be a connoisseur of spring waters as well as of teas and
> brewing methods to get the most from the experience.

I forgot to add a few things.. Plastic matters for the bottled spring
water.
Clear plastic is much better, the other kind will often give a
distinct plastic
flavor to the water. I would mostly buy Poland Spring 1-gallon bottles
because they're the most widely available clear bottles and also
because
they can stack on top of each other.

There are two more expensive brands - Evian and Fuji. Fuji is about
the
same as Poland but without sweetness, it's more neutral, but it's only
sold in small expensive bottles, and small bottles of Poland still
taste
better. Evian is just terrible, maybe it's just me but I can't stand
it.


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