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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was more that they drank it and it was cleaner. Same for tea.

[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago

Here's a good write up about it. Peasants had clean water and knew coming their water and sewage would have been a problem. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1svj1q/comment/ce1r5xw/