Potjeh wrote:Ever tried making coffee with water that was boiled, cooled, and then boiled again? It sucks.
I dont know if this is true or not, but when I was a kid going camping they told me that this was caused by the loss of aeration of the water. I do know that if you take said boiled water, add a TINY bit of salt, and shake it for a while, it regains a fair bit of its taste. For water, anyway.
As far as the Hiq water trading...it is really more of a pain than it is worth. Some way to improve water quality slightly, be it boiling or straining or filtering with sand, would be nice. Medieval Europe did have access to distillation, after all.