Poll: Can You Taste a Difference in Water?

[Jessica4Bama]

That Nestle Pure Life or whatever tastes funny to me. I prefer Aquafina.

 

[Clubfitter]

I don't drink bottled water. Why should I when we have the best water there is in Birmingham, Alabama.

I hear that Jefferson County water is the best water money can buy.

 

[ValuJet]

I am not a water snob. 99% of my water comes from the fountain at work or the water line on the front of the freezer door. It's filtered and I am fine with that.

However, if one can't taste the difference between Evian and Nestle Pure Life, one needs to have one's taste buds replaced.

 

[ValuJet]

Tap water's taste varies from place to place.

Tupelo, MS has the worst tasting tap water I've ever experienced. When you poured a glass it looked all milky. And it tasted worse than that.

I was always happy to see my grandmother had stocked up on Pepsi's when we'd go to visit.

 

[It's On A Slab]

Tupelo, MS has the worst tasting tap water I've ever experienced. When you poured a glass it looked all milky. And it tasted worse than that.

I was always happy to see my grandmother had stocked up on Pepsi's when we'd go to visit.

When I lived in Natchez, MS, I lived near the paper plant. I could leave a glass of water out over night and there would be a 1/4 inch layer of some slime at the bottom of the glass.

I drank bottled water after I discovered this.

 

[RogueElephant]

I usually drink Icelantic Glacial bottled water. It's much more costly then most bottled waters but it's my favorite.

 

[rolltidewin]

I like Dasani my tap water taste horrible

 

[twofbyc]

I drink filtered tap and it tastes fine; I can definitely taste a difference in tap waters.
Bottled water, not so much, since I only drink it at work and it's always aqua fina. I would never buy bottled water.

Let me qualify this; now that the oil pipeline is going through BCL's watershed, and the company that owns it has a history of many breaks/spills, I may have to buy water one day...or move. That day has not come yet.

 

[bama_wayne1]

I drank for a hose most of my childhood while playing outside. I just don't think it's appropriate to sell out now...I can just imagine some guy filling water bottles up for the tap and grinning all the while. Of course I never drink water in Florida because of the sulfur smell. so there I go owning up to selling out.

 

[NationalTitles18]

IT LIIIIIIIIIVVVVESSSSSSSSS!!!!

Yeah, I can taste the difference.

 

[formersoldier71]

Tupelo, MS has the worst tasting tap water I've ever experienced.

Been to Tupelo several times. Don't remember what the tap water tasted like, so I probably didn't drink any.
For me, the worst tap water has to be in Jacksonville, NC. Filled a glass, took a swig and immediately spit it out. I'm not big on drinking bottled water in the States, but I am in Jacksonsville.

 

[We_are_Bama]

Yes, I can taste a difference as well. My favorite bottled waters are Ice Canyon spring water from CVS and Springtime Artesian Water. The Springtime water is only available through Raceway quick marts.

 

[dayhiker]

I only drink Grail Cup water. All other water pales in comparison.

 

[MattinBama]

I drink filtered tap and it tastes fine; I can definitely taste a difference in tap waters.
Bottled water, not so much, since I only drink it at work and it's always aqua fina. I would never buy bottled water.

Let me qualify this; now that the oil pipeline is going through BCL's watershed, and the company that owns it has a history of many breaks/spills, I may have to buy water one day...or move. That day has not come yet.

This thread could have used your answer 3 years ago.

 

[zachphil0405]

The wife and I were having this discussion the other day, because when she comes home from grocery shopping, she always buys Nestle Water, which is just awful. She buys it because it's the cheapest, but to me it has a plastic taste. And I'm not someone who cares how much the drink cost. I'm fine with Sam's Choice water, it tastes about as good as any water I've found.

But, she's convinced that all water tastes the same, and I just don't think that's true. I equate it to water that comes out of the faucet. It rarely tastes the same as water that comes in a bottle. To which she replies, "Well that's because they put minerals and stuff in the water at the treatment plants to purify it." Uh... that's what they do at the bottling plants too right?



Anyway, Simple yes or no will do. :biggrin2:

BTW, I guess I should have clarified. I'm asking if you can taste a difference between bottled waters. Example, does a bottle of Nestle Water taste different than a bottle of Dasani water?

Redstar: Yes I can and I agree with you about Nestle`'s water. It makes me vomit. Other than that they all have their little differences but none more than Nestle`

 

[JBama_in_PCOLA]

Pensacola has the worst water in America. It taste distinctly different than bottled. That is all.

 

[BamaFlum]

I actually like SA water. We will bring several water bottles full from the tap on trips so we can drink it as long as possible.

 

[TexasBama]

I actually like SA water. We will bring several water bottles full from the tap on trips so we can drink it as long as possible.

Edwards aquifer water is the best public water in the state. We used to have better water here when everything was Groundwater.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Talk about your zombie thread! This was long before the boards were divided and obviously doesn't belong in Politics...

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Since it's back up, I'd observe that water in north HSV tastes different and better than south. The north mostly comes from wells and the south from the Tennessee River. That said, they chlorinate it all, anyway. We filter tap water...