Tasting Notes: Poland Spring
Presentation
Perfume
Body & Mouthfeel
Vegetal
Floral
Nut and wood
Filtered spring water, they say, from Maine, USA. Probably sourced filtered well water from around there. Each bottle may have a different pH, it says on its website. Could be a mix of any number of wells. Unruly noisy plastic bottle, probably uses less plastic than would otherwise be used if thicker, crackles with the materiality of a ubiquitous persistent man-made material. It’s thinness should give ease but makes one wonder if it is so ‘cheap’ and inexpensive why one doesn’t just go for free tap. Water is slightly viscous, more oily and unctuous than NYC tap, plastic-like in flavor, it might be the silicates, but not as plastic-tasting as Dasani. Not horrible for filtered. Touch of chlorine. Slight finish of fresh cement by pool. Fresh cut lawn and mint or fir in the background though? Daffodil stem. Herbaceous. But maybe that’s my nearby peace lily. Almost bitter nut shell or dry teak wood finish. Almond shell, if had to guess. Bitter in the end. Is it Arsenic? Medium bodied tail. Quenching, but disappointingly direct in presentation and its faults. A simple straightforward corporate American water. But it kills.
Water Quality Report
- Flouride, ND-0.14
- Nitrate as N, ND-0.9
- Alkalinity, Total as CaCO3, 6.8-22
- Bromide, ND-0.01
- Calcium, 4.5-8.8
- Chloride, ND-17
- Magnesium, 0.89-1.6
- pH, 6.1-7.2
- Sodium, 1.5-10
- Specific Conductance @ 25C (umhos/cm), 43-100
- Sulfate, 2.3-5.9
- Total Dissolved Solids, TDS, 32-76
- Total Hardness (as CaCO3), 15-28
Poland Spring Shelf Talker
