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Default Water - I've seen the light!

On Dec 12, 3:50 am, Danica > wrote:
> We have Arrowhead as our main brand so I don't really know. Arrowhead
> seems to have too many minerals for my taste--it has in the past left
> my kettle scaly with calcium carbonate. Not every bottle will do it
> but the mineral content is not standardized. You can call poland
> spring and find out the PH and mineral content. Roy Fong swears that
> neutral or alkaline water is better.


On their site they give a range that goes from just under neutral to
just
above. 5.9 to 7.16, if I remember right. Neutral is supposed to be
exactly 7. But I'm not sure how much spring water varies, maybe
they're all at least 5.9.

>
> On Dec 10, 11:27 am, wrote:> On Dec 10, 3:49 am, Danica > wrote:
>
> > > I would like to mention that my tea group in LA has tried a lot of
> > > waters, the 365 Whole Foods water is preferred spring water. However
> > > a few of us swear by reverse osmosis water to which we add back a few
> > > drops of concentrated ionic minerals (I use concentrace brand). It's
> > > more consistent and better than most spring waters.

>
> > How does Poland compare to other spring waters?