muikabochi 208 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Our region of Niigata is known as the place for the famous (best) 'koshihikari' rice and maybe that's why the water here is so goddam oishii. In winter it just gets so cold and it tastes the best - best I've ever had from a tap anyway. Anyone care to challenge? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 nah, Hiroshima's water isn't exactly bad, but it won't get near that! Although the water in the small mountain streams here might get close. But that could be said for most places around Japan anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Water where I am is pretty good I don't know of any rankings but I'm sure it's better than anything coming out of Niigata Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 not in Japan of course, but i will put the tap water in Banff and Lake Louise (direct from the Bow glacier and Wapta icefield) up for the challange against anywhere. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Don't know about Niigata, but we have good water here too. I love it in winter when it is really really cold. Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 water in canada (bar walkerton) is generally pretty good. definetly has something to do with coming out icy cold. Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 It's Canada, but Waterloo water sucked though, full of hard minerals. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 BEST water I ever tasted was bubbling (dripping) out of a spring high up on top of the Stirling Ranges in south-west Western Australia. Had to scale up a series of small vertical faces up into a crevice to get to it. It is the only source of water there after a day and a bit hike up onto the ridge. Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I think water is best diluted with a large whisky Link to post Share on other sites
Mudguts 0 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Evian is the best water I've tasted although even Tokyo tap water tastes good after waking up with a mean hangover Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I think there are 2 aspects here, one is the water quality and the other one is the taste. I always drank tap water back home. It comes from a mountain stream above my house. We always thought it tasted really good, so my dad actually had it analyzed by a lab to check it out. It turns out that the contents are better than Evian. So the local town-hall is now thinking about bottling it and selling it... People have different tastes when it comes to water, but as for quality one thing you should look out for in the contents is nitrates (associated among other things with fertilizers run-offs in the water table/stream/aquafer). The lower the better (0 mg/l being the goal). Among commercial waters Evian has one of the lowest nitrate contents along with some water from the scottish highlands whose name I forgot. One of the worst waters by far... I will let you guess. In France where by law you have to put the water composition on the sticker, they have put it on the reverse side (the one glued to the bottle) and you can only see the composition of the water by looking through the bottle. Guess what though, the glass is tinted... Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I recently saw the source of famous San Pelegrino table water. It is in the hills north of Milan, just before getting into the alps. It looked like a factory. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I remember in California seeing the source for a brand whose name I cannot remember (could it be crystal geyser or something like this?), it looked like a dirt hole surrounded by heavy machinery... Quite different from the pic on the label. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Water is pretty poor where I am. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Quote: One of the worst waters by far... I will let you guess. In France where by law you have to put the water composition on the sticker, they have put it on the reverse side (the one glued to the bottle) and you can only see the composition of the water by looking through the bottle. Guess what though, the glass is tinted... interesting. I never never buy bottled water unless I absolutely have to (like a trip to a country where the tap water is no good). I just seems like flushing money down the drain. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 Me too. Anyhow it's delish here anyway. I'd like to try water from other places to compare. Link to post Share on other sites
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