We always keep bottled water on hand. It’s nice to grab one on the go and I don’t have to worry about washing reusable bottles. At home though all water goes through my Berkey first. Filling it I can smell chlorine in the water. Yuck!
Filtering the water will make a huge difference in the taste of coffee or tea, too.
We are fortunate to live where the tap water tastes good considering the chemicals they add. We bought a Berkey about 3 years ago and added fluoride filters about a year later.
We use it for coffee, tea and all cooking that requires water. Our ice maker quit and instead of fixing it, we now fill ice cube trays. We use stainless steel insulated cups for water, tea or coffee in our vehicles and carry extra in thermoses.
We have bottled water in our emergency kit in case we get stuck and need more water than we usually carry with us or need to rinse something.
BVB