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What waters taste good ?

cause apparently some taste different. Are there like water bottles that have good tasting fresh nice water? tap water just isn’t doing it for me. only tastes good when I’m hella thirsty

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Original post by Rainfall
cause apparently some taste different. Are there like water bottles that have good tasting fresh nice water? tap water just isn’t doing it for me. only tastes good when I’m hella thirsty


San Pellegrino, Evian, Perrier, Vitale
Tap water is gross lol, I only drink bottled water as I'm afraid of getting ill
Original post by Zaporizhia
San Pellegrino, Evian, Perrier, Vitale
Tap water is gross lol, I only drink bottled water as I'm afraid of getting ill


get a water filter then?
Original post by Kangaroo17
get a water filter then?


It's not worth the risk. OP, Waitrose have a good choice
Original post by Zaporizhia
San Pellegrino, Evian, Perrier, Vitale
Tap water is gross lol, I only drink bottled water as I'm afraid of getting ill


You're more likely to have contaminants from the plastic bottle leeching into your water that can make you ill than you are to pick up germs from your sanitised tap water.
Get a brita filter or volvic with a hint of fruit.
Original post by Zaporizhia
San Pellegrino, Evian, Perrier, Vitale
Tap water is gross lol, I only drink bottled water as I'm afraid of getting ill

I am Ill most of the time🤔
Original post by It's****ingWOODY
You're more likely to have contaminants from the plastic bottle leeching into your water that can make you ill than you are to pick up germs from your sanitised tap water.


I only use glass bottles
Original post by Rainfall
I am Ill most of the time🤔


Oh, how come?
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Tap water in cities is disgusting, I had to buy bottled water through first year. This year I'm boiling my tap water and adding lemon to remove the taste. It seems ok.
Original post by Zaporizhia
Oh, how come?

I don’t know
Original post by Rainfall
I don’t know

Maybe get that checked out...
Original post by Zaporizhia
Maybe get that checked out...

I have but thanks
I'm told broken waters are full of nutrients amongst other things... Anyone know why D2O (heavy water) tastes different to normal water when it is chemically identical?
I would recommend getting a Brita Filter Jug and running your tap water through it. Water tastes much better!
Ask people if they prefer bottled or tap water and they'll say bottled water.

Subject them to a blind taste test and most can't taste the difference.

Classic psychology. A person's perception of something influences how they experience it. Companies that sell bottled water understand this very well.
Original post by Sulfolobus
Ask people if they prefer bottled or tap water and they'll say bottled water.

Subject them to a blind taste test and most can't taste the difference.

Classic psychology. A person's perception of something influences how they experience it. Companies that sell bottled water understand this very well.

Are you sure cause people really do say there is a huge difference?
Original post by Rainfall
Are you sure cause people really do say there is a huge difference?


I think it differs from person to person. Some people can't really tell the difference or have no problem with tap water. For others, the smell and taste of tap water can be very different to bottled water! It probably depends on your location as well, as tap water is different around the country.
Original post by cheesecakelove
I think it differs from person to person. Some people can't really tell the difference or have no problem with tap water. For others, the smell and taste of tap water can be very different to bottled water! It probably depends on your location as well, as tap water is different around the country.

What about bottled waters? There’s a difference between different bottled waters
Original post by Rainfall
Are you sure cause people really do say there is a huge difference?


Yep. It's something that has been researched multiple times. A few examples:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1068/p5267
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1572840/Tap-water-beats-bottles-in-taste-test.html
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-wine-economics/article/fine-water-a-blind-taste-test/2DAED8F3722B9B843B9981F1BD885FE7
http://uk.businessinsider.com/blind-taste-test-tap-water-premium-fiji-water-evian-2017-5
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-459X.2010.00280.x

You can do the same with wine and often find people often can't distinguish expensive wine from cheap plonk.

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