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tjshorty

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2011, 10:09:17 pm »
Don't drink bottled water unless I have to.  I beg to differ but water does have a taste.  Esp. if it is city water that has chemicals in it to clean it.  I also am not convinced that bottled water is any better for you.  If I have to drink bottled water I would prefer Dasani.  I wish I could have the well water that I grew up with.  That was the best tasting water.

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #16 on: September 06, 2011, 06:51:18 am »
Now everyone has thinking twice about bottled water.

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2011, 07:30:35 am »
The chemical known to us as water (H2O) is considered tasteless... However, water is an excellent solvent, esp. for ions like metals, and so what we usually drink is not pure water. It is actually very difficult (in terms of cost) to get pure water; research facilities that need to have pure water so as to prevent contaminants from ruining the experiments, have specially filtered deionized water. There is also distilled water, which basically boils water and then collects the distillate (steam) to remove some of the major contaminates (eg the "hard water stains" on the sides of the pot that was boiling water is the contaminate that had been dissolved in the water).

Thus water for the most part, will have a distinctive taste depending on what is dissolved in the water. Some people prefer bottled water since their city tap has too much chlorine in it, or because their well water has too many metals in it. I know that when I used to live in a very small town (population < 1000) the water was extremely hard and tasted like iron / rust, so most everyone would either drink bottled water or would filter the tap water using something like Pur or Brita filters. Now the city I live in doesn't taste so metallic, so I can usually go for water straight out of the tap, although sometimes (if I remember to fill the jug) I will filter it before drinking.

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2011, 07:32:50 am »
I know my water tastes different than my friends up in the mountains. So depending on the mineral content I'm sure different brands of water taste different.

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2011, 10:40:28 am »
it is all tap water --- all these "bottled water" companies  are doing is trying to make money. We pay for water when we pay utilities for wherever we live. It is so obvious AND everyone is being FOOLED. Fluoride has been touted as beneficial for YEARS and it is TOXIC.

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2011, 10:53:14 am »
No, some water taste like the plastic container their in.

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #21 on: September 06, 2011, 11:37:00 am »
If you don't like how the water is tasting then just add a pinch of flavor to it.  :P

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #22 on: September 06, 2011, 12:02:25 pm »
It is true that water has no taste, but many brands have minor stuff added to it for maintaining freshness or something. That makes them not all taste the same. The best brand of water is the water that comes straight out of a well. :)

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #23 on: September 06, 2011, 07:45:32 pm »
lol.."slimey"

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #24 on: September 06, 2011, 08:02:22 pm »
It is true that water has no taste, but many brands have minor stuff added to it for maintaining freshness or something. That makes them not all taste the same. The best brand of water is the water that comes straight out of a well. :)

I meant cool and refreshing. ;) 

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #25 on: September 06, 2011, 08:13:26 pm »
oh no jsuderc..i was laughing at what freepcmoney said.

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #26 on: September 07, 2011, 07:42:28 am »
i like poland spring

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #27 on: September 07, 2011, 08:09:31 am »
In the past I purchased Ice Mountain water but not any more.  I have a water filter on my kitchen spout, so no need anymore.  I do think bottled water taste different.
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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #28 on: September 07, 2011, 11:26:47 am »
I don't think all brands of water taste the same.  I even think some of them have an after taste.  Water is supose be flavorless but i can taste differences.  Well water is the best I think, than the water you buy in bottles. 

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Re: Do all brands of Water taste the same even though water has no taste?....
« Reply #29 on: September 07, 2011, 01:40:21 pm »
I don't like water everyone is always telling me you need to drink more water. I don't drink water at all if I can help it.  My favorit is mtn dew and if I am going to drink anything its going to be mtn. Dew.

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