Dancing Spot Water Taste TestDancing Spot

November 1997
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We conducted a blind taste test of five different waters. Each student ranked the five waters from Best Taste to Worst Taste. Most students predicted that Crystal Geyser Water would be the favorite and that tap water from our room would be the least favorite. Here is a summary of our results.

Waters Arranged by Number of Votes for Best Taste

Best RatingsWaterFrom WhereHard or Soft
12 Palo Alto Tap Water Hetch Hetchy (Yosemite) and Palo Alto Wells Soft
6 Distilled Water Arrowhead Soft
5 Evian Cachat Springs, Evian, France Hard
3 Crystal Geyser Sierra Nevada Mountains, California Soft
1 Saint Springs Russia Hard

We were surprised that most kids rated our own tap water as having the best taste.

Waters Arranged by Number of Votes for Worst Taste

Worst RatingsWaterFrom WhereHard or Soft
10 Distilled Water Arrowhead Soft
7 Evian Cachat Springs, Evian, France Hard
5 Crystal Geyser Sierra Nevada Mountains, California Soft
4 Saint Springs Russia Hard
1 Palo Alto Tap Water Hetch Hetchy (Yosemite) and Palo Alto Wells Soft

We were surprised that so many kids rated Distilled Water as the worst tasting water and that only one person thought our own water was the worst tasting.

The water with the most Best votes was soft, and the water with the most Worst votes was also soft. We aren't sure if the hardness or softness of the water influenced its popularity.

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