Water Quality Report & Analysis for Tea

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The reason that you find so many different opinions is that different people like different tastes in tea, and they are used to different things.

A lot of the issue isn't just the total mineral content, but the overall balance of minerals.

These look pretty reasonable... iron is okay, and it's a bit softer than I might pick but it's not horrible.

Make a cup of tea with it and see what you think. If you like it, don't change anything.

If anything you might want to reduce those sodium and calcium numbers a bit, but that's a fairly expensive thing to do and it might not improve the taste anyway.

Get a sample, make some teas with it. Compare with some teas made with the same volume and the same steeping times using a reference water, say Volvic mineral water or flat Perrier. Do they taste good? If they taste good, the water is good.

--scott

I always tell people if you want to spend more money on tea dont waste it on water. It is my experience if your water is lacking something the taste of tea will make up for it.

Jim

So infusing tea leaves will improve the taste of virtually any water? Agreed. But if you?re dissatisfied with the tea liquor you?re brewing, improving the water you use might make sense. And if the water you?re currently using is low in minerals, then, as Scott Dorsey has suggested, it might be possible to improve the water by adding minerals at an

/Lew

In early Chinese literature tea was a remedy for bad tasting water. It unintentionally took care of organics like bacteria. Boiling water also softens hard water. Ill let Scott discuss what happens to his minerals when boiled. It is a common way to get rid of the chlorine taste if present in tap water. Lemon juice used in ice tea is also known to chelate inorganic minerals. So do other Tisanes. In my opinion tea alone is enough. Id like to see some proof that adding a mineral activates any organic in tea that otherwise wouldnt happen. You can taste minerals but I dont think can add to the taste of tea beyond anecdotal evidence. I would tell people to try unglazed clay over treated water if they want a different taste. I understand there is a billion dollar after market water industry so what do I know. I wear a camel back for my bike rides and forgo tossing plastic bottles in waste bins. I like holy water which has the hell boiled out of it.

Jim

I think, though, that it's more common to find water with too much of the wrong mineral content rather than too little of the right. That's a more difficult problem but not an insurmountable one.

--scott

Chinese always said that water is mother of tea. Different water can make tea taste different. many tea master believe the first thing of learning brewing tea is to learn how to brew water.

Julia