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I drink bottled water because if I did not the next choice would be stuffing myself with soft drinks and other crap. I can only drink so much coffee and tea per
by lmilcin 5y ago
I drink bottled water because if I did not the next choice would be stuffing myself with soft drinks and other crap. I can only drink so much coffee and tea per day.
Tap water just doesn't taste well on its own.
I would be first to switch to drinking tap water if I could somehow make it taste well.
- nvllsvm 5y agoHave you considered a reverse osmosis system? It made my tap water palletable.
- semi-extrinsic 5y agoDid you try just putting it in open jugs in the fridge for a few hours? It's surprising how much chlorine, dissolved gas etc. you get rid of with this. It's my go-to when travelling to places with safe-but-off-tasting water.
- dataflow 5y ago> safe-but-off-tasting water How do you actually tell if the water is safe? There have been so many news reports about unsafe tap water across the US.
- semi-extrinsic 5y agoSorry, I was assuming you live in a country where you can trust the public water authorities.
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- bserge 5y agoWhy would you assume bottled water is safer?
- dataflow 5y agoI imagine people assume this because similar news reports haven't come out about bottled water, and because common advice when traveling to other countries with unsafe tap water is "use bottled water".
- foobiekr 5y agoGet a charcoal filter like a Brita or similar.
- barsonme 5y agoThey make water flavorings. I’m sure there are plenty of zero calorie options. Or, add some lime and lemon.
- andrepd 5y agoFilters are available.
- zahma 5y agoThere are water filters for this. I don’t know what your situation is, but a BWT water filter in a carafe is perfectly capable of removing most adjuncts and making water taste like water again. I use these filters to brew coffee, and when I have a fresh filter in place, I cannot tell the difference between that water and Volvic. And my resulting brew will give any respectable cafe a run for their money. From this taste test, I can infer that my filtered water is at least as blank a palate as the Volvic. If I brewed with regular tap, I would not get clear flavors from the coffee’s oils because the tap water has plenty of solids already dissolved and can’t hold the preferred coffee. I know of at least one high end coffee shop that uses BWT’s industrial filters - basically a canister the size of a 1L soda bottle. In reality, it would take an afternoon, some plumbing knowledge, and tools to install this at a home or office. I think there’s a huge niche market here to better equip homes for clean water with the added benefit that they aren’t using tons of plastic (the main downside from the small carafe filters). Of course there’s a lot more you can do to adapt your filtration of local water source. That’s because your tap water is treated and tastes funny because there are some dissolved chemicals or compounds. You can neutralize those with some basic ingredients. https://www.baristahustle.com/blog/barista-hustle-water-recipe/ https://www.baristahustle.com/blog/barista-hustle-water-reci...
- enlyth 5y ago> Tap water just doesn't taste well If this isn't the pinnacle of western privilege then I don't know anymore
- raxxorrax 5y agoI often just put half a lemon or orange into it. We have extremely good tap water where I live, water actually gets bottled and exported from here. But it is soft water, so it is quite bland.