- Joined
- Saturday January 28, 2012
- Location
- Southampton
I gave up drinking Southampton tap water years ago as it tastes so bad and started using bottled water - supermarket's own, about £2 for a six pack of 2l bottles so not Perrier-expensive by any means. In buying it from three supermarkets - Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury - I discovered that the Waitrose and Tesco water is best suited to tea and the Sainsbury brand improves coffee.
The difference turned out to be pH value of the water, so I like a slightly acidic water for my tea (fine tea, not Builders' Standard) and slightly alkaline for my coffee. I have to concentrate to tell the difference but a mix-up is discernable.
Does anyone else use a special water for their coffee (and tea) or just use whatever is to hand - not a bad option if your tap water tastes OK.
The difference turned out to be pH value of the water, so I like a slightly acidic water for my tea (fine tea, not Builders' Standard) and slightly alkaline for my coffee. I have to concentrate to tell the difference but a mix-up is discernable.
Does anyone else use a special water for their coffee (and tea) or just use whatever is to hand - not a bad option if your tap water tastes OK.