Single source · Canada
Thunderbird Spirit Water
T'iitsk'in Artesian Spring, Thunderbird's Nest, near Hucuktlis Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
An almost mineral-free artesian spring on Vancouver Island, stewarded by the Uchucklesaht Nation rather than owned. It tastes like restraint.
Mineral analysis
TDS44mg/L total dissolved solidsultra-pure
Still, light, calcium-crisp with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium0.4 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium1 mg/L
low-sodium · under the 20 mg/L diet line
Verified · official analysis ↗
- barely there
- soft with no mineral bite
- faintly alkaline clean finish
Thunderbird Spirit Water is a still water from Canada with 44 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 11 mg/L calcium, 0.4 mg/L magnesium and 1 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Pristine, untouched source · closest in profile to Liquid Death.
Type · The Minimalist
Find it in: Low sodium · Baby safe · Light
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Common questions
- What does Thunderbird Spirit Water taste like?
- Thunderbird Spirit Water is a still water, light-bodied, clean and crisp, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Minimalist type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run barely there, soft with no mineral bite and faintly alkaline clean finish. Its pH is just over neutral, which on the palate reads as a touch sweet.
- Is Thunderbird Spirit Water good for you?
- Thunderbird Spirit Water is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows a barely mineral water at 44 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 1 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L line, so it suits a low-sodium diet.
- What minerals are in Thunderbird Spirit Water?
- Thunderbird Spirit Water carries calcium 11, magnesium 0.4, sodium 1 and potassium 0.1 mg/L over bicarbonate 30, sulfate 2 and chloride 2 mg/L. Calcium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 44 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Thunderbird Spirit Water?
- Thunderbird Spirit Water carries 1 mg/L of sodium. That is under the 20 mg/L line, low enough to suit a low-sodium diet.
- Is Thunderbird Spirit Water hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Thunderbird Spirit Water works out to 29 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as slightly hard water. That is soft enough to leave a kettle clean and to drink light.
- Is Thunderbird Spirit Water alkaline or acidic?
- Thunderbird Spirit Water sits at pH 7.5, just over neutral, so faintly alkaline rather than a true high-pH water. On the palate that reads as a touch sweet.
- Can you use Thunderbird Spirit Water for baby formula?
- On its published numbers, Thunderbird Spirit Water clears the German infant-formula limits of sodium under 20, nitrate under 10 and sulfate under 240 mg/L, at sodium 1, nitrate 0.075 and sulfate 2 mg/L. Still boil and cool any water before mixing formula, and take feeding advice from your pediatrician rather than a water site.
- Is Thunderbird Spirit Water still or sparkling?
- Thunderbird Spirit Water is a still water, bottled without carbonation.
- Where does Thunderbird Spirit Water come from?
- Thunderbird Spirit Water comes from T'iitsk'in Artesian Spring, Thunderbird's Nest, near Hucuktlis Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia in Canada, a single source.