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> the water still tastes like water Water has no taste.

• danbruc 10y ago
  It surely has. One could probably argue whether it is smell or taste, or whether it is due to the water itself or the [lack of] minerals and gases dissolved in it, but there is definitely a noticeable variation between different things commonly called water. Even more, there is at least some evidence [1] that there is a noticeable difference between normal and heavy water where heavy water is described as slightly sweet, see for example this, admittedly not very scientific, self-experiment [1] on YouTube, drinking at 4:30 and 7:50. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water#Physical_properties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water#Physical_propertie... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXHVqId0MQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXHVqId0MQc
• joeriel 10y ago
  > Water has no taste. At least not to humans. Many animals have taste buds tuned for water. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201104/how-good-is-your-dogs-sense-taste https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201104/ho... Edit - formatting
  • antisthenes 10y ago
    Have you actually read the link you're providing as source? It doesn't explain what it means to have "taste buds tuned" for water, just that dogs will drink more after eating salty or sugary foods, which could be entirely unrelated to the actual taste at all. Even if these taste buds functioned like what you allege, they wouldn't be tasting water, they'd be tasting chemicals (flavors and smells) dissolved in the water.
• mchahn 10y ago
  A similar myth: The feds banned a Vodka ad that promoted the taste. The reason was that their definition of Vodka was a "tasteless" beverage. Clearly every vodka tastes different.