When making puerh at home, I use <gasp!> filtered tap water through my fridge. I actually love it as it seems to have a happy balance between filtration and mineralization.
A couple of times, however, I've been asked by friends or family to put on informal "tea tastings" at different locations. For this, I didn't want to use tap water, so I purchased large bottles of water. I was shocked that there was a notable change of the flavors of the tea (and not for the better). I used high quality water too -- Fiji, on the first occasion, SmartWater for the second.
If any of you purchase (or have purchased) bottled water for tea, what brands do you prefer?
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Strangely enough, although I have strong and definite preferences towards certain bottled water for oolongs (Fiji) or green teas (A local brand called Talking Rain) I find my preference for puerh is britta filtered tap water. go figure.
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I use generic spring water with great results.
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then you must be very frustrated with the internet in general eh?tony shlongini wrote:I don't know how to respond to this one.Geospearit wrote:filtered tap water is more alive (has more ki/chi) than bottled spring so I've been told.
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It has something to do with the water having been in motion. You're good to go if you get your spring water directly from the spring or a stream (just be sure to filter stream water)tony shlongini wrote:I don't know how to respond to this one.Geospearit wrote:filtered tap water is more alive (has more ki/chi) than bottled spring so I've been told.