RO water wins hands-down in my taste tests.

We have a RO system installed and I take the water with me to work (to brew
my morning cup of tea). The local tap water at work is hard and produces
horrible tasting tea (and coffee).

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Aloke
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> My familly has recently installed a reverse osmosis system to purify
> the water. Immediately after installation, of course I was curious
> about how tea would taste with this water -- which tasted totally
> different from the tap water I usually use. I live in Toronto, Canada,
> which has moderately hard water. It's not as extreme as other parts of
> Ontario, but I often see scum on top of my tea. When I'm just drinking
> the water by itself, I notice a distinct chlorinated taste, but when
> I'm making tea the chlorine is unnoticable.
>
> I made tea with the new water from the system, and to my surprise the
> color of the black tea I was brewing became much brighter than before.
> The aroma of the tea seemed sweeter and slightly more intense. But the
> color was a good indication of how the tea would be like -- much, much
> milder than usual. With my Torontonian hard water the tea was usually
> quite robust and astringent -- even robust after adding milk. With RO
> purified water, it was so mild that I thought I was using a different
> tea.
>
> My question is if using RO purified water for tea desirable over hard,
> tap water. I'm accustomed to the tap water, so I can't really say if
> its better or not. What is the general consensus on purified water? The
> main reason my family got the system was to stop paying as much for
> bottled water and have better tasting water. Since bottled water is no
> longer an option for me what should I do? City water? RO purified
> water? Half n' half?
>
> Thanks for your feedback =)
>