The Water Dictionary
Recreate famous water profiles using supermarket bottled water<br>Simple mixing recipes for brewing, coffee, baking, and aquariums using waters from your local supermarket.
How it works<br>1Choose a profile<br>Pick the water you want — Pilsen for pilsner, Melbourne for flat whites, San Francisco for sourdough.
2Buy the waters<br>We tell you exactly which supermarket bottles to buy. Usually just 2.
3Mix and use<br>Combine in the ratio we give you. That’s it. No chemistry degree required.
Coffee profiles<br>London<br>London, UK
Melbourne<br>Melbourne, AU
Portland<br>Portland, US
Rao Ideal Coffee<br>Rao Ideal Coffee, XX
SCA Ideal Coffee<br>SCA Ideal Coffee, XX
Tokyo<br>Tokyo, JP
Tea profiles<br>British Black Tea<br>British Black Tea, GB
Chinese Green Tea<br>Chinese Green Tea, CN
Japanese Green Tea<br>Japanese Green Tea, JP
Baking profiles<br>Montreal Bagel<br>Montreal Bagel, CA
Neapolitan Pizza (Naples)<br>Neapolitan Pizza (Naples), IT
New York Bagel<br>New York Bagel, US
Paris Baguette<br>Paris Baguette, FR
San Francisco Bread<br>San Francisco Bread, US
Brewing profiles<br>Burton-on-Trent<br>Burton-on-Trent, UK
Dortmund<br>Dortmund, DE
Dublin<br>Dublin, IE
Edinburgh<br>Edinburgh, UK
Kölsch (Cologne)<br>Kölsch (Cologne), DE
Munich<br>Munich, DE
NEIPA<br>NEIPA, US
Pilsen<br>Pilsen, CZ
Vienna<br>Vienna, AT
Aquarium profiles<br>African Cichlids<br>Lake Malawi / Tanganyika
Axolotl<br>Lake Xochimilco
Betta Splendens<br>Freshwater tropical
Blackwater Biotope<br>Rio Negro / Amazon
Caridina Shrimp<br>Freshwater shrimp
Discus<br>Amazon basin
General Community Tropical<br>Mixed freshwater
Neocaridina Shrimp<br>Freshwater shrimp
Planted Tank (CO2)<br>Freshwater planted
Horticulture profiles<br>Carnivorous Plants<br>Carnivorous Plants, INTL
Orchids<br>Orchids, INTL