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Khymos
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Khymos is a personal blog at khymos.org about science and culture. Since 2008, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Mineral waters à la carte (2012)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link khymos.org for its mineral-water recipes, including a spreadsheet and calculator for recreating bottled mineral waters from tap water, and for molecular gastronomy definitions. Comments cite it as a source; none judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Mineral waters à la carte (2012)6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2021-07-09
What Hacker News says?
Some engineer friends and I like Home Master given how modular it is - albeit a bit oldschool: https://www.theperfectwater.com/reverse-osmosis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RqoPpZbszY In particular the permeate pump makes it more usable and less prone to clogging and the 'insta-hot' option is great for tea/coffee. I'm not a fan of their branding and vague NSF certifications but likewise see fewer red flags with t…
Comment linking /2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/
on “U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on PFAS”Submitted Results from 20 years of molecular gastronomy experiments as a story · 3 points
HN discussionFor anyone that's interested in how to make a transition to sparkling mineral water without all the single-use plastic waste, the answer is to DIY. Making a DIY force-carbonation rig is trivial and costs around $100 upfront: https://www.seriouseats.com/pros-cons-diy-carbonation-rig Cloning mineral waters is also easy enough to do: https://khymos.org/2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/ I've been doing this for a wh…
Comment linking /2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/
on “Alcohol-free beer is fizzing”Submitted Mineral waters à la carte (2012) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionUndertake food hacking, or more pedantically, molecular gastronomy. Some definitions of molecular gastronomy (from http://khymos.org/definitions.php ): - The application of scientific principles to the understanding and improvement of domestic and gastronomic food preparation. (Peter Barham) - The art and science of choosing, preparing and eating good food. (Thorvald Pedersen) - The scientific study of deliciousness…
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on “Why Is Startup Culture So Unhealthy?”Submitted Texture: A Hydrocolloid Recipe Collection as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhere you go https://khymos.org/2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/
Comment linking /2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/
on “Why don't we get our drinking water from the ocean by taking salt out seawater?”Submitted Low temperature cooking with DIY "sous vide" as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThis project [1] is about replicating various mineral waters at home. They have a spreadsheet with chemical analysis of many different bottled waters, and a calculator where you can get your own tap water analyzed and calculate what to add to go from your tap water to Pellegrino, or your preferred mineral water. I haven't tried it yet, but as soon as we get our home carbonation system up and running, am looking forw…
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on “America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and running in W. Michigan”Submitted How to prepare the perfect boiled egg as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe (old) foodblog Khymos has an excel sheet to calculate what salts to add to get different mineral waters starting from the known composition of your own tap water: https://khymos.org/2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/ Trying it out is still on my list; it's not easy to get food-grade necessary salts...
Comment linking /2012/01/04/mineral-waters-a-la-carte/
on “Recreate famous water profiles using supermarket bottled water”
