I've tried tap water but mine has so much iron and minerals in it that I
got grey stuff dropping out.
 Distilled with CS seeding works best.
ken

At 07:19 PM 10/2/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Yup, it does.
>So does a drop of honey.
>But we were describing an answer for the simplest and least expensive way
for a
>non-electronic newbie to get her silver slippers wet.
>There are numerous refinements to pick up on from here.
>
>I did say that distilled water was the preferred method but I would not
hesitate
>to brew a batch from tap water. In fact that was how I started.
>
>That's probably why I never use recipes from a cookbook..
>They all start off with "Take a clean pot..."
>It's a guy thing!
>                                               Chuck
>
>Success didn't spoil me--I've always been insufferable!
>
>On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:18:11 EDT, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>Doesn't using a little of the "mother" CS added to the new batch, speed up 
>>the process a little?  Might be better than tap water.
>>Terri
>
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