pH of tea...

Perry Malouf (pmalouf@access.digex.net)
Fri, 8 Nov 1996 17:19:05 -0500 (EST)

Hi Pat, you asked some good questions:

> what is the pH of the solution and could it help acidify hard water?

The pH of peat tea, made via the method I described, is close
to 3.

> Would it help people with hard water or would the presence of Ca, Mg,
> and/or Fe in their water. So that they wouldn't have to buy RO or
> distilled water. Or would Tea'ifying hard water still be bad water?

I don't know what effect Fe, Ca, Mg etc. will have. Care to
experiment and let us know?

Perry