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Even if safe, municipal water where I live (San Jose, California) contains a ton of chlorine and is super hard, making it unpleasant to drink. In contrast, bott

Even if safe, municipal water where I live (San Jose, California) contains a ton of chlorine and is super hard, making it unpleasant to drink. In contrast, bottled water consistently tastes fine.

adastra22 1y ago
San Jose water is absolute trash. There may not be (much) lead, but there are a host of other minerals and contaminants. It’s also a roll of the dice whether you’ll find Legionnaires' disease in your pipes. I have a whole-house soft-water filter for general use, and for drinking/cooking get 5-gallon bottles filled with RO purified water from The Water Spring on Homestead in Santa Clara. The municipal source for RO water matters, and Santa Clara has the best utilities in the valley. http://waterspring.com/ http://waterspring.com/ Stay safe out there.
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- LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
  https://www.eldoradosprings.com/out-of-state-shipping-of-eldorado-water https://www.eldoradosprings.com/out-of-state-shipping-of-eld... Cheers
  - adastra22 1y ago
    Hard to beat $0.25/gal at Water Spring.
    - LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
      Dunno. Have been unaware of them so far. Am not that often in SJ anyway, but when I am the tap is taboo for me. That stuff can only be spat out. I know the Eldorado Springs from when I'm in Aspen, Austin, Altadena, and while I don't get the hype surrounding the stuff, it's more than acceptable (for water). Taste matters. Be it for coffee, tea, cooking, making desserts, even baking, or making your own pizza dough.
Barrin92 1y ago
sorry if this is a stupid question because we don't have chlorinated water in Germany, but do people brew green tea or good coffee with tap water? Doesn't it taste god awful? One of the things which I remember from my holidays in Spain as a kid, which is one of the few countries which adds it here, is that the water tasted like pool water.
- shigawire 1y ago
  If you drink it all the time you are used to the taste. At least that's how it is for me
- donnachangstein 1y ago
  > but do people brew green tea or good coffee with tap water? I use filtered tap water (under-sink type) which removes most of it. A lot of the higher end coffee makers like Keurig have built-in filter cartridges in the water tank. Most commercial coffee maker setups I've seen (hard-plumbed) in offices have a filter attached to the plumbing behind the appliance. Water can be safe/potable and taste terrible, and vice versa.
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- justincormack 1y ago
  Water is chlorinated in Germany [1]. There may be less as ozone may be used as primary disinfectant. [1] https://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfection/regulation-eu/eu-water-disinfection-regulation.htm https://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfection/regulation-e...
  - lxgr 1y ago
    At imperceptible levels. Compared to that, in New York, I can definitely taste it and it took some getting used to. (Ironically, at this point my senses seem to have been rewired to associate the taste of chlorine with fresh, i.e. non-stale tap water.)

Even if safe, municipal water where I live (San Jose, California) contains a ton of chlorine and is super hard, making it unpleasant to drink. In contrast, bottled water consistently tastes fine.

adastra22 1y ago

San Jose water is absolute trash. There may not be (much) lead, but there are a host of other minerals and contaminants. It’s also a roll of the dice whether you’ll find Legionnaires' disease in your pipes. I have a whole-house soft-water filter for general use, and for drinking/cooking get 5-gallon bottles filled with RO purified water from The Water Spring on Homestead in Santa Clara. The municipal source for RO water matters, and Santa Clara has the best utilities in the valley. http://waterspring.com/ http://waterspring.com/ Stay safe out there.

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LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
https://www.eldoradosprings.com/out-of-state-shipping-of-eldorado-water https://www.eldoradosprings.com/out-of-state-shipping-of-eld... Cheers
- adastra22 1y ago
  Hard to beat $0.25/gal at Water Spring.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
    Dunno. Have been unaware of them so far. Am not that often in SJ anyway, but when I am the tap is taboo for me. That stuff can only be spat out. I know the Eldorado Springs from when I'm in Aspen, Austin, Altadena, and while I don't get the hype surrounding the stuff, it's more than acceptable (for water). Taste matters. Be it for coffee, tea, cooking, making desserts, even baking, or making your own pizza dough.

Barrin92 1y ago

sorry if this is a stupid question because we don't have chlorinated water in Germany, but do people brew green tea or good coffee with tap water? Doesn't it taste god awful? One of the things which I remember from my holidays in Spain as a kid, which is one of the few countries which adds it here, is that the water tasted like pool water.

shigawire 1y ago
If you drink it all the time you are used to the taste. At least that's how it is for me
donnachangstein 1y ago
> but do people brew green tea or good coffee with tap water? I use filtered tap water (under-sink type) which removes most of it. A lot of the higher end coffee makers like Keurig have built-in filter cartridges in the water tank. Most commercial coffee maker setups I've seen (hard-plumbed) in offices have a filter attached to the plumbing behind the appliance. Water can be safe/potable and taste terrible, and vice versa.
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justincormack 1y ago
Water is chlorinated in Germany [1]. There may be less as ozone may be used as primary disinfectant. [1] https://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfection/regulation-eu/eu-water-disinfection-regulation.htm https://www.lenntech.com/processes/disinfection/regulation-e...
- lxgr 1y ago
  At imperceptible levels. Compared to that, in New York, I can definitely taste it and it took some getting used to. (Ironically, at this point my senses seem to have been rewired to associate the taste of chlorine with fresh, i.e. non-stale tap water.)