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Originally Posted by VydorScope
You actaully put the charcoal directly in the water? How does that help?
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Yep! Right into the pot, and leave it there for a year or two...
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Originally Posted by Aurora W
I'm going to guess it absorbs impurities in the water (smell/taste). *goes to look it up*
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That's exactly what it does!
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Found this website - think this may be similar to what Stitchawl is talking about.
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Err... I don't know about all that... I just go to the 100Yen shop and buy a little bag. Usually there are 2-3 pieces of tree branch about 3-4 inches long and perhaps 1/2-3/4 inch thick turned into charcoal. I rinse it off for a good, oh, 5-6 seconds and drop it into the pot and forget about it until next year.
That website has the right idea, but 'sterilizing' charcoal? I mean what could live in the intense heat and lack of oxygen required to MAKE charcoal? Sure, rinse of the dust... Brush off any loose bits... but... no need to go overboard.
Stitchawl