Using unpotable water for teas

[Leeanda]

I just wondered why we can't use non potable water for making teas only it's going to get boiled anyway so it should be safe..in theory

[UpUpAway95]

It would work for me, gameplay-wise, as long as we could use either type of water in teas.  I'd hate to have to carry around a separate bit of unpotable water just to make teas with during a quick stop.

[Leeanda]

2 minutes ago, UpUpAway95 said:

It would work for me, gameplay-wise, as long as we could use either type of water in teas.  I'd hate to have to carry around a separate bit of unpotable water just to make teas with during a quick stop.

Oh no, I meant on top of regular water too..   it'd be a grind if unpotable was the only option.

[UpUpAway95]

16 minutes ago, Leeanda said:

Oh no, I meant on top of regular water too..   it'd be a grind if unpotable was the only option.

I think that the rationale is that, perhaps, making a tea doesn't boil the water long enough to make it potable.  It takes less time to make tea than to boil even 0.50 L of non-potable water.  Perhaps the teas could take a little longer to make if non-potable water is used?

[Leeanda]

2 minutes ago, UpUpAway95 said:

I think that the rationale is that, perhaps, making a tea doesn't boil the water long enough to make it potable.  It takes less time to make tea than to boil even 0.50 L of non-potable water.  Perhaps the teas could take a little longer to make if non-potable water is used?

I've honestly never noticed how long the teas take so I hadn't thought of that.but I'd be willing to wait  a few extra minutes 

[UTC-10]

I think that there would have to be a set of new recipes if the act of brewing for each drink would make non-potable water (as water source) into a usable drink. 

The expanded scope of making teas and coffee with non-potable water then bring in whether anyone would routinely carry non-potable water and if already melting snow to make non-potable water why not continue until it boils and become potable.  

Aside from a very minor convenience to the character, would that add to the game in any reasonable or meaningful way.  A matter of the effort to implement and not get a buggy result compared to other things that have more meaning in the game.  

OTOH, I would like to use that teapot I see on the shelf in the Last Resort Cannery bunk trailer.  Non sequitur but it would look neat on a cooking surface to make a tea or coffee.   😉

[Leeanda]

7 minutes ago, UTC-10 said:

I think that there would have to be a set of new recipes if the act of brewing for each drink would make non-potable water (as water source) into a usable drink. 

The expanded scope of making teas and coffee with non-potable water then bring in whether anyone would routinely carry non-potable water and if already melting snow to make non-potable water why not continue until it boils and become potable.  

Aside from a very minor convenience to the character, would that add to the game in any reasonable or meaningful way.  A matter of the effort to implement and not get a buggy result compared to other things that have more meaning in the game.  

OTOH, I would like to use that teapot I see on the shelf in the Last Resort Cannery bunk trailer.  Non sequitur but it would look neat on a cooking surface to make a tea or coffee.   😉

Im sure I'm not the only one who's had fires blow out mid boil, so most of us have had non potable water at some point.. I just don't see why we can't use it to make teas.. the purification tablets aren't renewable either so maybe it'd be more useful later game when they've run out.

[UTC-10]

TBH, the instances where I end up with non-potable water would be rare and, from a possible game dev point of view, not worth working out an implementation that would bypass the fact that non-potable water was the ingredient.  They might have the mindset potable water good (drinking and cooking), non-potable water not so good (useful for drinking if one is willing to risk dysentery).  

I would not have a problem if they did make it possible but it would almost certainly be a lowest priority thing.  

I do wish they let water purification tablets combine to a higher condition but I guess I can settle on some other things doing that.  😁

[Leeanda]

I just thought it might be a possible option after watching someone dumping the water and leaving it unused.. it's not something I'm very set on but as I said it could be a  possible solution..

It might work in stews or other recipes that take a while to cook..