Comment by TrueSlacker0
6 hours ago
"Let sparkling water stand uncapped overnight to degas before mixing."
This doesnt work. The water will taste nothing like the original desired base water profile. When water is carbonated the ph will drop (from say 7 to 4) and even when decarbed carbonic acid is still present from the process. In order to get the desired flavors just a ro water filter and build it back up to the desired profile.
Should work to boil it to drive out the carbonic acid as CO2.
That will drive off the other dissolved gasses, and at least according to some, will make the water taste stale.
Coffee heads have told me to use freshly heated and not reboiled water for that reason.
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