Cocktails with Chilled water
Chilled water is plain still water, served cold — used to dilute a drink, not to flavour it.
Taste profile
No flavour or aroma — clean and neutral.
How it's used
Cold water cools and dilutes a drink with a known amount of water, more precisely than melting ice. A splash also softens a strong spirit and opens up its aroma.
Substitutes for Chilled water
Any neutral still liquid can add the same small dilution. Just don't use sparkling water — the bubbles would change the drink.
Often confused with
Cold water is still; soda water is carbonated, with bubbles and a light prickly tang. Both are near-neutral and clear and both dilute a drink, but only soda has bubbles.
Description
Unlike soda water, it has no carbon dioxide, so no bubbles.
