Is NYC water that bad. My brother-in-law who lives in Minnesota
convinced my wifes parents their SF water supply is polluted. They
bought an icebox with a charcoal filter for their drinking water. I
got the lecture on the last trip not to use tap water because of all
the nasty minerals. I wasnt going to argue that is a good thing. I
think my brother-in-law doesnt know his minerals from primordial
soup. It takes forever and a day to heat chilled water. My water
comes from a well 500ft into an acquifer. However at the pressure
tank there are bacteria which live on or produce iron oxide which adds
a taste. City folk tell me its the best water theyve every tasted. I
think the Japanese add rock to their water to supply extra minerals
which I think was discussed here at one point in time. You can
probably find something similar in the holistic community. I cant
tell you how many homes Ive seen with newly installed reverse osmosis
filtration because of newly borns. There was a period in the eighties
where delivered glass bottled water was fashionable but has been
replaced by discarded plastic in landfills. I know chlorine taste is
boiled off. The number one threat to the ecosystem is not climate
change but potable water. The wars in the future will be about water
as much as energy. I digress.

Jim

On Mar 10, 3:34 pm, Lewis Perin > wrote:
> As a lot of people know, when brewing tea the water can be as important
> to the taste of the beverage as the leaves. It does bother me, though,
> to think of what’s involved in trucking water halfway around the world
> just to improve the taste in my cup.
>
> I know there are products available to supply minerals small quantities
> of would change the taste of tea, but I haven’t studied them.
>
> Just as a probe into this topic, I wonder if anyone could suggest a way
> to supplement, say, filtered New York City tap water
>
> http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/wsstate09.pdf
>
> (mineral analysis on p. 12) so its composition would approximate Volvic
> mineral water?
>
> http://www.mineralwaters.org/index.p...sp&parval=2761
>
> If Scott Dorsey tells me, just add N milligrams/liter of Burton Water
> Salts, I’ll be a happy man, but I kind of doubt it - there’s papain in
> there, right?
>
> /Lew
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> Lew Perin /