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Water blind taste test
Water is the hardest thing to tell apart, which makes it the most fun blind test. Tap against bottled, or sparkling against sparkling. Who can tell?
- Waters
- Three to five
- Temperature
- The same for all
- Difficulty
- High
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How to do it
Pick a test.
Still: tap water and two to four bottled waters. Sparkling: three to five plain sparkling waters.
Get the temperature the same.
Put everything in the fridge for a few hours, tap water included.
Pour into matching glasses.
Numbers on the glasses. Open sparkling water just before, so the bubbles are the same.
Rate and guess.
Give your scores, and write in the comment which one you think is the tap water.
Criteria
Only use “Bubbles” in the sparkling test. For still water, taste and freshness are enough.
The twist
Serve the tap water twice under two different numbers. If nobody notices, that says a fair bit about the test, and about us.
Questions and answers
Can you actually taste a difference in water?
Sometimes. That’s exactly what the test finds out, and the answer is fun either way.
Why should the water be equally cold?
Cold hides taste. The same temperature is the only way to keep the test fair.
How much should we pour?
A couple of sips in each glass is enough.
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