Distill own water

[pgseye]

Hi Folks,

Is anyone out there distilling their own water and remineralising based on one of the increasing number of 'water for espresso' recipes appearing online? (e.g. FiveSenses 70/30 water - https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws....ter_recipe.pdf)

There are heaps of cheap Chinese water distillers (under $100) on eBay, but not sure of the quality of these. A general search for home water distillers doesn't reveal a lot in terms of retail options.

If you distill, how do you do it?

Thanks,

Paul

[MrJack]

It would be an relatively expensive and time consuming exercise I imagine - given that bottled distilled water runs at around $1/L.

[pgseye]

It would be an relatively expensive and time consuming exercise I imagine - given that bottled distilled water runs at around $1/L.

Time consuming perhaps, but I think the economics of distilling your own water are better than buying. I go through 3 litres/day (taking into account flushing, water from the steam boiler for tea, etc). That's $3/day, which for me is not worth it.

However to buy bicarb of soda and epsom salts is cheap, and if you could pick up a decent distiller for $100-$200, I consider that viable in the long run.

Would be interested to hear from anyone doing this.

[Yelta]

Just ordered some Popcorn, this thread has potential.

[trentski]

Yeah no. Melbourne west waters recipe is working quite well for me at the moment