Water

As discussed in the previous pages, each of the different types of dashi has its own specific ingredients, which are carefully cultivated, harvested and processed to offer the perfect taste for stock. The one ingredient that is common to all dashi, however, and which is of paramount importance, is water. While, to the uninitiated, all water might appear the same, this is not the case; different types of water react differently with the different dashi ingredients, having a fundamental effect on the finished product.