Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Clive Arthur
wrote:

On 03/03/2019 18:16, Rod Speed wrote:


"Clive Arthur" wrote in message

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There is no such thing as 'pure water', there are different standards
for different purposes.

Duh. The purest has no taste.

So it's the 'purest' now is it, rather than 'pure'? By what metric?
The well know Speed Scale?

But it's an interesting point. Why would something have no taste?

Because it doesn't activate any taste bud.

Water is not inert, even Speed 10 water (the purest water, triple
distilled from the finest vacuous bull****). It will still affect your
taste buds.

Unlikely. Taste buds are usually activated by more complex molecules.

Like choride ions and hydrogen ions? They account for two types of
taste.

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Roger Hayter