Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
Hi,
Trying to brew some coffee with consistent results, getting confused.
I'm curious, although I know there's probably different processes depending on company, does anyone know specifics about how the water is cleaned? (RO? 5 pass filter? UV?)
Because I remember years ago that water from a blue bottle killed a goldfish, I assume because of the chlorine. Forgot the company, and don't know if every company uses chlorine.
Making coffee straight from boiling the blue bottle water ends up tasting kind of whack, like a musty smell to it? But putting it through my gravity filter the smell goes away.
However, the water still has a bit of a "bitter" taste to it, like a mineral taste and it makes the coffee a bit sour. So obviously something is still in it, good or bad.
So I'm wondering where the water comes from and what processes are actually done to filter it, because it's very clear looking (no floaties or green stuff)...just curious if anyone actually knows or has first hand experience.
I don't get sick or anything after boiling it, but the taste difference is very noticeable compared to bottled water like Vital or Dasani.
Joe
Trying to brew some coffee with consistent results, getting confused.
I'm curious, although I know there's probably different processes depending on company, does anyone know specifics about how the water is cleaned? (RO? 5 pass filter? UV?)
Because I remember years ago that water from a blue bottle killed a goldfish, I assume because of the chlorine. Forgot the company, and don't know if every company uses chlorine.
Making coffee straight from boiling the blue bottle water ends up tasting kind of whack, like a musty smell to it? But putting it through my gravity filter the smell goes away.
However, the water still has a bit of a "bitter" taste to it, like a mineral taste and it makes the coffee a bit sour. So obviously something is still in it, good or bad.
So I'm wondering where the water comes from and what processes are actually done to filter it, because it's very clear looking (no floaties or green stuff)...just curious if anyone actually knows or has first hand experience.
I don't get sick or anything after boiling it, but the taste difference is very noticeable compared to bottled water like Vital or Dasani.
Joe
Re: Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
Aside from the general topic - have you looked at the underside of the tap on your blue bottle of water?
Mine was FILTHY the one time I looked. I switched to filtration system immediately
Mine was FILTHY the one time I looked. I switched to filtration system immediately
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Re: Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
Yeah I've noticed several taps are filthy, that's why I run it through my gravity filter and then only cook with it afterwards. For drinking I use bottles like Dasani until I can afford a filtration system.
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Re: Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
It varies from company to company but I suspect that most of them get from zero cleaning to a cursory rinsing with a hosepipeSlowJoe wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 1:26 pm Hi,
Trying to brew some coffee with consistent results, getting confused.
I'm curious, although I know there's probably different processes depending on company, does anyone know specifics about how the water is cleaned? (RO? 5 pass filter? UV?)
Because I remember years ago that water from a blue bottle killed a goldfish, I assume because of the chlorine. Forgot the company, and don't know if every company uses chlorine.
Making coffee straight from boiling the blue bottle water ends up tasting kind of whack, like a musty smell to it? But putting it through my gravity filter the smell goes away.
However, the water still has a bit of a "bitter" taste to it, like a mineral taste and it makes the coffee a bit sour. So obviously something is still in it, good or bad.
So I'm wondering where the water comes from and what processes are actually done to filter it, because it's very clear looking (no floaties or green stuff)...just curious if anyone actually knows or has first hand experience.
I don't get sick or anything after boiling it, but the taste difference is very noticeable compared to bottled water like Vital or Dasani.
Joe
As Violet has pointed out the taps are often absolutely disgusting - I found a plume growing out of some that wouldn't be out of place in a thriving terrarium -disgusting
I drink this water unboiled and untreated and I almost never get ill and when I do it's not related to the water I drink
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Re: Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
That's because reverse osmosis water has a lack of minerals and can be the wrong Ph.
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Re: Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
been drinking right from the blue bottles and use it for coffee an cooking<
no problems so far
goes without saying everyone's stomachs are different and i wouldn't bet the bottles are even cleaned before they fill them an put the plastic over them
boiled water tastes strange to me nowadays
no problems so far
goes without saying everyone's stomachs are different and i wouldn't bet the bottles are even cleaned before they fill them an put the plastic over them
boiled water tastes strange to me nowadays
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Re: Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
Five replies so far and this topic on water and it's containers have not gone '' off topic ''. Which means no-one has mentioned the word beer.
Re: Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
Not sure if this comment was made in jest but before the advent of clean drinking water people would drink fermented and brewed drinks as drinking water could make you very ill if not kill you.Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:05 pm Five replies so far and this topic on water and it's containers have not gone '' off topic ''. Which means no-one has mentioned the word beer.
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Re: Blue water bottles (what cleaning process?)
You could choose fermentation or boiling. The western worls drank weak beer and the eastern drank weak tea.IraHayes wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 4:37 pmNot sure if this comment was made in jest but before the advent of clean drinking water people would drink fermented and brewed drinks as drinking water could make you very ill if not kill you.Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:05 pm Five replies so far and this topic on water and it's containers have not gone '' off topic ''. Which means no-one has mentioned the word beer.
Americans now drink both (joking).
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