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If the PH balance of bottled water varies so much maybe it would be best to stick to tap
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If the PH balance of bottled water varies so much maybe it would be best to stick to tap
ArgyleReptile
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I just go with the Kirkland Purified Water from Costco. Or the purified water from Kroger.
I do know this, Deer Park is fucking gross.
I do know this, Deer Park is fucking gross.
That is why I only drink pure H2O.
Don't want to get electrocuted by drinking a conductor. Insulating water only.
blame space
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Why would I buy water from a park with a bunch of deers.
Noisepurge
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My favourite Penn&Teller episode, about the placebo effect of waters 
https://youtu.be/YFKT4jvN4OE
https://youtu.be/YFKT4jvN4OEWell a bottle of Dasani water makes the same sound as opening a bottle of soda.
The Main Event
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Best water. Not sure if it's available in the US though.
Shai-Tan
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I drink double reverse osmosis water from a large water cooler (which is labelled "distilled water" at the local grocery store). Then just put it in your reusable bottle that has partial vacuum insulation to stay cool for many hours. They also have bottles of "spring water" at the grocery store but it tastes like it has a bunch of minerals or had them added to it so I prefer distilled water.
waveuponwave
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I always drink tap water (except when I'm travelling and too lazy to fill up a bottle at the tap). No reason not to, the tap water quality here in Germany is pretty damn good (although for some reason a lot of people here only drink bottled water)
That said, there are differences in tap water you can taste. I was in Iceland once and drinking that stuff was pure bliss. If you don't mind that it smells of sulfur
Used to drink fruit juice all the time as a kid. Don't do that, I mean it's healthier than soda for sure, but all that acid still isn't good for your teeth
That said, there are differences in tap water you can taste. I was in Iceland once and drinking that stuff was pure bliss. If you don't mind that it smells of sulfur
Used to drink fruit juice all the time as a kid. Don't do that, I mean it's healthier than soda for sure, but all that acid still isn't good for your teeth
Shai-Tan
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If I'm not mistaken they usually distill it with reverse osmosis before it's bottled so it's not just tap water in many cases even if it comes from tap water. I don't know how effective that is at removing trace molecules that find their way into the water supply (which probably aren't that harmful anyway in very small parts per million) but at the very least it tastes different.
Spikematic
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Jesus christ. There is no way this is not parody. Right? RIGHT?!
No, the pH stuff isn't real. Yes different minerals and additives may change the pH level of different brands of waters, but your body will be fine regulating that stuff on it's own. You don't need to worry about it.
Deer Park is decent. Not available here. I really dislike the taste of Aquafina, Naya, Smart Water and a few others I forget. Nestle Pure Choice is my (available) goat.
Yes you absolutely can see a difference in the taste of water when it's your primary beverage. Cutting out all sugary drinks did this for me. Prior to that I didn't care. Driving down to NYC to see family, it's a total crapshoot when we stop and buy whatever's available at a service area. So we bring our own now. Just want a colder fresh bottle halfway down. Sometimes we buy a few brands and gamble. It's a dangerous and exciting life we live.
Mostly we use filtered tap water or buy 5 gallon jugs though. Those 500ml bottles are so bad for the environment. We do recycle everything, at least, when we use them.
Antiwhippy
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I mean I can taste the difference between bottled and tap but comparing bottled to bottle it's so subtle it doesn't make that much of a difference honestly.
And I mostly think all bottled water has a weird aftertaste to it.
BUNTING1243
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smart water is the shit my man
it tastes like the clouds
it tastes like the clouds
There you go. Most do. Some don't. So you CAN taste the difference, you just haven't had the right ones yet =)
I don't know where you are located but if you can do a side by side of Aquafina (my least favorite of all, which very much has that aftertaste you're describing - like plastic I guess) and Nestle Pure Life... I'm positive you'd see the difference.
I can't even go through a bottle of most, unless really needed. I despise that aftertaste. The brands that don't have it are my jam!
Last time I bought Nestle bottled water it literally smelled and tasted of Clorox/bleach. Ever since then I avoid Nestle like the plague.
Antiwhippy
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Thing is, if I think tap water tastes better anyway, why bother?
As noted though, probably varies by region. I'm from melbourne fwiw.
You realize bottled water of the same brand is sourced in different places based on region?
RoadHazard
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Your tap.
I do actually! Valid point. The taste test would have to be done here, lol.
That said, Aquafina has been consistently poor tasting to me throughout the USA and Canada. At least on the east coast. Maybe it's better elsewhere. Nestle Pure Life did taste differently, and not as good, in Plattsburgh even, and that's an hour away from where we are in Quebec. It was still decent, though.
Straight Edge
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I get a bill for my tap water.
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Lovely Jubbly.
William Bonney
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If my water has to be boiled before I can drink it, then I'm definitely drinking bottled.
Walter White Walker
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The amount of your bill that comprises what you drink is completely insignificant, though. Far, far more water is used taking showers, using the clothes and dish washers, flushing toilets, watering the yard if you have one....
I drink tap water.
This!
RumblingRosco
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Teletraan1
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I seriously don't like the taste of tap water here. At my old house I had a RO system and it was great but here I don't and the water tastes like shit. Moving in a couple of weeks and maybe I will get a RO system at the new place.
shawnbuddy
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This is what I do. And if I ever buy a bottle of water it's always smart water.
I have to climb to the top of a mountain in the farthest reaches of Japan and meet with a man. He doesn't speak so I'm not sure of his name. He takes me on a mile hike to a remote village where legend tells of an ancient spring. Only by participating in the purification ritual are you given a map that leads to that spring. You must be careful though. There are those who would kill to know the secret, and you must use stealth and cunning to evade their trackers. When you finally reach the spring, another man is waiting in a car to take you back to the city where they have tap water.
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