What kind of water do you drink?

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Tap vs bottled?

Reddr · Accepted Answer

This is an interesting question.
I grew up on well water and could never stand the chemical taste of city water. However I also can't stand our well water unless it is very cold thus I drink it from the refrigerator system with ice. We do not keep a filter on the fridge so it's basically like the tap water but I think the temperature difference changes the taste. When I first started college away from my well water I drank mostly bottled water. Once I moved to an apartment I always drank from a Brita filter pitcher. I've never been one to buy bottled water regularly but I'm not above drinking it when it is available. Though there are certain brands with weird tastes/textures that I won't drink Aquafina and Nestlé are the main offenders.
Since I've returned to my childhood home after 7 years of college: I'm even more sensitive to the well water taste. At certain temperatures it is ok but once it gets close to room temperature, it is no longer refreshing. It is very hard, causes my skin to break out, and gave me kidney stones this year.
I've never liked the well water at my grandma's either. It comes through a softener and refrigerator filtration system but it has a thick texture to it that I cannot stand.

AvaMarina · Accepted Answer

Bottled, but the brand doesn't really matter. It's usually just whatever's on sale in the store.

I know that tap is better in so many ways, I just have a borderline-OCD issue with dishes and tap water and it's hard to explain. It defies all the logic I try to throw at it. :/

ihatework · Accepted Answer

tap, but there's a filter on it. people buying bottled water and thinking it's healthy or whatever are deluding themself and making those water companies rich. penn & teller had a great episode of their show 'bullshit' that dismantled the whole thing. most people couldn't even tell the difference between tap and bottled water, they just buy the commercial hype.

*oh it has a picture of a waterfall on it, it must be real spring water* haha it could just as well be some goober filling the bottle with water from a hose and very few people would know the difference.

ichot · Accepted Answer

Sigh.. No option for filtered water. I see someone isn't a huge fan of water.

I have a 3 stage filter that filters the tap water. So.. filtered tap water. It's good. I can't stand unfiltered tap. in my opinion, it's better than the bottled!

Looks like this, goes under the sink.
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Ultimately, this is a cheaper alternative than purchasing bottled water. Additionally cuts down on plastic use.

SammyGurl · Answer

Brita pour through pitcher water filter, the water in our apartment has kind of an "off" taste to it, like a lot of minerals, hard water type that's been chlorinated. We were both raised on well water which tastes like good bottled water, so when we first tasted the water in our apartment we both almost gagged! I try not to drink a whole lot of bottled water unless it's just purified Rather not have everything taken out of it.

meowcow · Answer

Depends where you live and where that water comes from. If you're fortunate enough to live in a place with surface water as a source (rivers, lakes), the water is usually much fresher and free of dissolved salts and metals. That tastes clean.

If your area depends on groundwater, that water often stinks a little bit and tastes a little funny and/or leaves a residue on your body when you shower. Groundwater is high in dissolved salts and it's more common to drink bottled water in such areas.

Anonymous · Answer

I get bottled water very occasionally on a road trip or something (flavoured water can be nice :) ).. But seriously I think bottled water is ridiculous, there's nothing wrong with tap water. It's such a reflection on capitalist society that something as basic as drinking water is a consumer product :( . And what Nestle are doing in California is just gross

DodgersGM · Answer

I drink reverse osmosis water that I get from those dispensers outside of grocery stores, and I remineralize it at home.

Thames · Answer

I drink both types of water. For bottle water I drink any kind except for arrowhead. For me Arrowhead has a bad taste.

MaskedSanity · Answer

Tap of course, unless I'm somewhere only with access to bottled. That, or if I want mineral water.

Leonskii · Answer

Bottled. My family usually buys the generic brand that's on sale when they go shopping. But I do drink Fiji from time to time

Ihav2fart · Answer

San Franciscos tap water is safe to drink so I've been drinking that my whole life. If its bottled I usually get San Pellegrino or Voss.

Anonymous · Answer

I put tap water in jugs and then set it aside, so that the chlorine taste is mostly gone. I'm not sure how it works but it's something my family has been doing for a while.

XOXOME16 · Answer

Bottled. Polar springs, Vos water, smart water, and fiji

DamnCurtis · Answer

I hate bottled water. I will go out of my way to open a bottle, empty it and refill it with tap water.

mooky06 · Answer

The new fridge I have provides filtered water.

Beautifiedgirl123 · Answer

Both, Tap water at home and bottled water elsewhere

Ferrett321 · Answer

being me, i just stick my mouth on the bathroom at tap and swallow.

apple24 · Answer

Bottled water but its the same as tap water only the flavor of plastic!

93stepsawayfromhome · Answer

Bottled, usually Spa or Chaudfontaine. I dislike Evian, I need like four glasses of it to suppress my thirst.

Anonymous · Answer

I drink my love's milky water in the morning. Later I choose a sparking mineral water such as Peligrino.

Anonymous · Answer

Bottled water of whatever brand available at the store.

Blueeyes81 · Answer

Tap... I get all the medication I need from it.

playdatesx · Answer

Arrowhead water and FIJI water.

karahiri · Answer

filtered and fiji bottled water

Jared____ · Answer

Bottled carbonated water

blue_sun · Answer

I'm actually about half and half.

Anonymous · Answer

seltzer mainly... and piss water :|

justbanANNAz · Answer

mostly bottled.

MissNowhere · Answer

Tap water usually.

chocolateismylover · Answer

Bottled mostly

Dred1614 · Answer

Tap water filler

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