> I've been using distilled water, mainly because I don't want the
> fluoride or chloride in tap water.  I use filtered tap water for a
> quick blanch, then do infusions with the distilled.
>
> Before I went to distilled water, I tried to find out the
> consequences, and what turned up on the Internet is not all favorable.
>
> For one thing, distilled water has no minerals, so there's the
> possibility that minerals are leached out of your system if you use it
> too much.  Maybe distilled water also extracts taste from tea leaves?
> To compensate for any loss of minerals, I also drink fruit juices and
> take a vitamin supplement with minerals.  But our main source of
> minerals is food anyway.  
>
> Then there is the issue about taste, because distilled water not only
> is without minerals but is short on oxygen and electrolytes.  Minerals
> do add something to the taste, I assume, and so does Oxygen.  Oxygen
> does get reabsorbed into distilled water with agitation and time, but
> I don't know at what rate. ...

>On May 4, 3:21 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote:

>> I've been using distilled water, mainly because I don't want the
>> fluoride or chloride in tap water.  I use filtered tap water for a
>> quick blanch,...

>
>Basically, I just want to use organic ways of getting my electrolytes,
>not some over the counter additive, so I'm looking for ways to keep up
>my electrolytes while using distilled water for tea.