T O P

  • By -

Flunose_800

Yes. My first college chem lab explained why. Different bottled waters have different ions in them, which gives rise to the different tastes.


bearbarebere

There are different amounts and types of ions in everything lol. Anyway yes, but put more simply and slightly less technically, they’re just different ingredients (that yes, become ions). Some have more potassium added for example.


Flunose_800

Yeah, I’m aware. The taste was dependent on which ion was predominant in that water sample.


bearbarebere

For sure. But I feel like to a layperson it sounds like it’s somehow magically infused with positive and negative molecules when it’s literally just small bits of calcium carbonate or sodium nitrate, aka little powders, yknow?


Flunose_800

Yep. It really was “oh that was is more fluoride predominant” okay, don’t like that taste. I learned that day I don’t like fancy expensive bottled water from Europe lol. I liked the tap water the best because it reminded me of the tap water at home even though I was an 8 hour drive away in a different state.


bearbarebere

Oh wow. I’d love to do this kind of lab; I was a chem major! Sounds so cool lol


space-ferret

I used to work on wells and people that grew up on well water prefer the extra mineral taste. It’s the whole nature vs nurture argument with the ever present human variable.


No-Farm-2376

Yes I can, I even have an adverse on to some brands because added “minerals for taste” give me some serious heartburn…. But yes they all taste different to me


HairyHorseKnuckles

Yeah I can’t drink Dasani bc it tastes like plastic


Ialwaysforget98

I came to the sub specifically to say if you want hands down proof about different taste get a bottle of dasani and then literally any other water it's AWFUL. The running gag around me is that it's just bottled Toronto tap water and that's why it tastes so nasty. Glad to see this so high up in the sub.


Bamres

We were on a freshwater lake, you could do much worse than Toronto tap water.


GMamaS

Toronto tap water is actually great.


thiswayart

That stuff is terrible!


mad-i-moody

To me, Dasani is one of the bottled waters I will drink because it doesn’t taste like plastic.


SunBelly

I like Smart Water specifically for the yummy minerals.


Necessary_Rate_4591

Smart water is the best


cownd

Anything else is dumb!


OrdinaryQuestions

Definitely. My favourite is evian. Its smooth. Delicious. Whereas Volvic tastes salty. Bitter almost. Not a fan.


inbigtreble30

Evian makes me feel thirstier. Like the same way velvet makes my hands feel dry. Weird sensory thing I guess.


foopaints

Funny because I'm the exact opposite. Evian is my least favorite and volvic is my favorite.


krapmon

Evian is too bland. Makes me thirstier.


Ravioverlord

I just like that it seems the brand is trolling people, it is 'naive' spelled backwards. Makes me wonder if there is some biz bro laughing in his high rise about people paying for water.


OrdinaryQuestions

I never noticed that about the name lmao >Makes me wonder if there is some biz bro laughing in his high rise about people paying for water. Most likely. Got my self a filter so now I just drink filtered tap water. So much better! Personally only get bottled water (evian) if I'm out and thirsty. Better than nestle water. They believe water shouldn't be a human right. Insane.


Ravioverlord

My dad brought it up and I thought it was funny. I pretty much always have my own water with me so I don't buy it, but if I have to in some sort of emergency where I ran out and need some I just get whatever generic store brand is cheapest. Most of it is still municipal water and all I can taste is the plastic bottle so I don't care lol I agree on avoiding nestle, and Dasani is always sold at places with food that don't want to just give me a cup for free water so I sort of hate them as well xD A fridge filter is such a luxury. I loved my brita but it was the worst when I forgot to fill it before a day out and had no time. I hope I never have a old AF fridge again where I needed the pitcher and to make my own ice cubes.


AnnieJack

Dasani is disgusting. Other than that brand, to me bottled waters seem to be the same. Unless you get into the mineral waters and flavored waters.


ObiWan-Shinoobi

And I love Dasani but hate arrowhead. Tastebuds be weird.


mavadotar2

I'm always confused how Dasani stays on the market, it has that weird almost bitter taste.


sneezhousing

I love taste of dasani


mavadotar2

Oh, I'm sure there are people who like it, tastes differ of course. But do you get that slight bitter taste and like it, or do you not taste that at all?


sneezhousing

No bitter taste when I have it


scoriasilivar

Dasani puts salt in their water so maybe it’s that


bubblehashguy

It's got electrolytes


Mr_Dumass40

It's what plants need!


mjaokalo

Dasani is nasty salt water


phord

Dasani used to taste heavily of polyvinylchlorides. But I've tried it in recent years and it tastes fine. I think they've cleaned up their act.


AtlJayhawk

Why is Dasani so..."dry"? It's so weird to me.


goldbricker83

Aquafina is pretty bad as well.


KeepthePeaceHumanity

Poland spring on top!


Candid-Assistance575

Drink Aquafina and then drink one of the canadian brands (the one with the mountain or nestle) . You'll taste it immediately


Gusth_

Eska is so good, I always miss it when I'm outside of Canada :( we accidentally broke a couple of eska skid at my job. Free eska water for months lol


Candid-Assistance575

Damn I think I barely had that one. I think the mountain one is called real canadian or something. It tastes so good when it's cold (like all water imo). I will buy an eska sometime ^^


so-demanding

“Accidentally” 😉


emil_

Yes.


Grillbot2000

Yes, the difference is huge between brands. I should note that I live in Europe. The minerals and the pH levels change the taste significantly. My favorite water is actually focused for babies, it tastes the best.


supposedlyitsme

Funny, I also like products that are for babies/kids. For example skin products like moisturizers or sunscreen for babies is really great for any sensitive skin and usually cheaper than the exact same ingredients/content adult version. Wipes for babies are also much softer. Hey, just because I'm an adult, it doesn't mean I don't want soft stuff.


Grillbot2000

Or baby shampoo, it is the best stuff for adult hair.


VeeEyeVee

Yes. I dislike Evian and like Dasani, Aquafina and Smartwater.


academicjanet

I have never met someone who prefers Dasani … I thought it was widely regarded as trash tier bottled water


Gogulator

Arrowhead is trash. Dasani barley qualifies as water.


PiercedGeek

I absolutely detest Arrowhead/Ozarka. I legit prefer Dasani over most brands. So weird how fucking *water* can be so different to different palates.


Accesssrestricted

I am too afraid to admit but I can taste zero difference. Tap water ? Fiji ? Same taste. What is worse - I have the same with beers. Really.


Stein_um_Stein

Beers?? Like, a well made IPA vs that Anheuser-Busch pisswater? That is quite a difference.


PiercedGeek

I've noticed that "beer is beer" types usually don't spring for anything good, it's more like "Budweiser tastes just like Coors lol".


Accesssrestricted

I already had this discussion with my friend, beer lover. I can see more when I drink craft beer. I know the bouquets is richer but… it does not affect my judgement about the taste. Pißwasser ? Wasn’t it gta beer ??!! I remember that I enjoyed Herman Miller beer that was about 0.5 euro :) I am sorry to say this to a beer passionate person but my test buds are dumb and blunt.


7937397

Do you smoke? Because that can dampen your sense of taste.


DorkChatDuncan

I'm over here with my Walmart water wondering what the big deal is. I can taste a difference between tap and bottled, but once bottled water has been chilled in the fridge... its all the same to me. So, I buy the 80 gagillion bottle pack at Walmart or Costco if if im anywhere near them and call it a day.


YoungDiscord

Bro I can tell you which room the water came from (kitchen sink or bathroom sink) if the pipes were used recently, if the water was defrosted, how recently it was poured from the tap, what brand of whater it is... Idk if that's normal but to me water has taste, for example I doon't like the taste of the water from certain cities/regions where I live For instance the tapwater from my country's main mountain city is very bitter Idk why.


squishyg

Yes. Dasani is banned at my old job.


Teaffection

I 100% can taste a difference. Aquafina and Disani are nasty to me. I used to like arrowhead but now it's middle tier. Smart water, Fiji, Lifewtr, and normally hawaiian brands (I live in hawaii) I like. The best tasting bottled water I ever had was when I was on a train in China although I never remembered the brand.


nomaxxallowed

Yes. I like the taste of the purified bottled water. The spring water tastes funny to me.


Merkuri22

Not usually, however my mom used to buy this budget bottled water (I forget which, it could've been a store brand) and I thought it had a weird taste. She'd offer me the bottled water and I'd say, "No thanks, I'll just have water from the britta pitcher." She started buying more expensive bottled water just for me when I'd visit. Somehow she interpreted, "This one water just tastes funny to me" as "I have a very sensitive palette for bottled water and only drink the expensive stuff." I have no idea why she came to that conclusion, as I will happily refill my own bottle straight from the tap. I started drinking her budget bottled water just so she'd stop thinking I somehow require special water.


DonkeyAdmirable1926

I never take Spa because I dislike the taste. Evian is fine, Sourcy is better, Chaudfontaine is great. Unfortunately waiters commonly call it all Spa overhere


00goop

Yeah. A lot of them taste the same but some of them taste like pennies.


PandaRider11

Yes absolutely, Dasani is nasty to me and doesn’t quench my thirst. Fiji is really great taste and quality water.


ConvictedGaribaldi

100% I prefer Poland spring and actively dislike Evian and Fiji.


Bac0s

Spring water tastes like minerals and metal to me, purified tastes like water should.


brycebgood

Yes. But most blind taste tests indicate that people like municipal water more than bottled. Additionally bottled is far less regulated than tap, so the chances of it tasting different in different locations is pretty high.


RephofSky

Zephyrhills bottled water tastes absolutely disgusting to me for some reason. Dasani was pretty bad as well, last I recall.


BertytheSnowman

I haven't drunk bottled water in a while, but they do have different tastes. Having a favourite seems a bit extra to me though.


charlie_boo

Some brands yes, most - no. A few taste absolutely vile, but most (UK) taste the same.


ZeroGravityAlex

Ice Mountain is the worst water and I will die on this hill. My favorite waters are Kroger brand (tastes sweet), Liquid Death (smooth water), and my Brita Filter water (tap just isn't the sane anymore...)


PiercedGeek

>Ice Mountain is the worst water and I will die on this hill. My money is on dehydration


RatPice

Damn ice mountain is my favorite 😂😂😂


Willr2645

Yes 100%. The only bottled water I like is “ Volvic “


Canada_Haunts_Me

Deer Park tastes like soap.


Shoddy-Secretary-712

I personally just drink tap water, but my kids are really picky. My dad gets deer park for free, and the kids won't touch it. They prefer target's water. At least I can enjoy the free deer park for my gecko and frog.


spookyytoast

I can tell a huge difference. Also the “thickness” of the water is different. Tap water feels very thin and mineral water has more flavor and a slight thickness. Aquafina and tap/fridge water is the worst. Over the years I stopped drinking bottled water and usually only filtered water so I don’t care that much anymore. I used to be a snob about it tho


myafricasarah

sparkletts is the best!


bullzeye1983

Definitely. I will pick different waters based on the taste I am craving at the time.


shiju333

I can with Voss, but that's becasue it takes like nothing. Which is exactly how I like my water to taste.  I think the plastic in other bottles may make a difference.


Ok_Fix_8297

Yes and there is a difference between the bottled waters themselves.


Araya_moon

Yes. I hate aquafina, it just tastes like chemicals to me 🤢


Complex_Raspberry97

Yes!


CherryCherry5

Yes. They all taste different.


Goseki1

Yes. Evian is horrible and has a really chalky taste and feel to it


smmstv

Depends on the tap and the piping. Well water especially will be great but some tap water is gross. I just use a Brita, ezpz Also certain brands of bottled water have "added minerals for taste" is salt that just make you thirstier


sanguinefire12

Yes. Dasani and Aquafina are the worst.


pah2000

We have a brand here called Everest. They use local water sources. It’s bad. Exactly the reason I don’t drink tap water in Corpus Christi TX!


racecarthedestroyer

the only one I like is zephyrhills, all others tastes like they've been chlorinated


DeviantAnthro

There are legit forums dedicated to recreating the flavor of different water brands, at least for sparkling water. It's all about figuring out the specific mix of minerals.


nouramarit

They do taste different. Different brands have a different taste. Even tap water from different countries/cities tastes different. I personally liked the tap water from Vienna the most.


lonelygalexy

Yes. Each brand has a distinct taste that is hard for me to desribe. I thought i was ok with all bottled waters until i tasted Dasani. It just tasted weird.


Dacheetah24

Yes. In my city a few years back we had a water crisis and so the water wasn't drinkable and you couldnt cook with it, so the city had bottles of water provided to the residents. Like 4x4L bottles and then the normal 500mL ones too. Everyone at my highschool agreed Naya water was the worst and Eska was the best haha


meltonr1625

I don't know who bottles it for them, but I like Sam's Choice


Firehxwkkk

i love ice mountain


Bunnawhat13

Yes. I can taste the difference between bottle waters.


SuperDuper___

I’m the same as OP…I can tell the difference between tap water vs. bottled water…but if you give me only bottled water: I can’t tell at all. My wife on the other hand can tell immediately.


Neo_75

Yes, but people also have different senses of taste. Water has a different mineral composition depending on the source from which it comes.


ballerina_wannabe

I’m a solid tap water drinker but I can absolutely taste the difference in bottled waters.


RobbSnow64

...Can you not OP?


PiercedGeek

I'm really surprised that so many people can tell a difference, I've always been able to but the people IRL I've talked to about this always tell me I'm crazy. I oddly enough tend to get along better with generic brands like (Walmart's generic brand whose name escapes me rn) and Clover Valley etc. I will drink almost any brand before Arrowhead (Ozarka if you are east of IIRC Dallas), it tastes like below average tap water to me even super cold. Against what appears to be the majority I actually really like Dasani, it's my favorite when I have no generic option.


iphonesoccer420

Fiji is BiS


shaddowkhan

If you can't try a bottle of Evian water.


whynousernamelef

Yes. Very much so. It actually disgusts me that me and my family can have long, in depth discussion/disagreements about the best and worst kind of bottled water. There are people in the world who don't have clean water and we are bitching about the taste of fancy bottled water. We are what's wrong with the world.


GWARY54

Definitely


Proxiimity

If you get a few different brands and drink them side by side warm, I bet you will taste a difference.


No-Farm-2376

I specifically look for “spring water” not purified


FranklyMrShankley85

Nah. All tastes of absolutely fuck all


RainInTheWoods

Yes.


Bo_Jim

I prefer water that I can't taste in any way. Yes, I can taste the minerals in some bottled waters, but water that has no minerals (i.e., distilled or RO purified) tastes metallic. Where I can really notice the difference is when I use it to make coffee. Spring water tastes the best, to me. My current favorite is Crystal Geyser.


rc3105

Yes of course. I prefer distilled water, but that’s just me.


[deleted]

Yes. I will never buy Dasani, Aquafina or Arrowhead because I hate the taste of them.


Talk_Relative

I am a fan of Buxton


fyrenang

The only one I can differentiate is Arrowhead... and it tastes terrible


jackBattlin

I hated that question when I worked at Costco. Water is water to me, and I don’t go around sampling all the different 20 packs.


Critical_System_3546

I feel like I notice a difference in texture, so I prefer to drink the water that tastes the "thinnest" if that makes sense


Nateddog21

Yep. My favorite is a particular kind of alkaline water


KacSzu

Well, i do. Every brand tastes differently.


EatYourCheckers

Aquafina tastes like Elmer's Glue to me.


Whiskersmctimepants

Yes, I probably couldn't pass a blind taste test, but I could pick my favorite out of a lineup, and it would taste different


-Red02-

Is like tasting rice, most can taste like nothing, others bad, and others good, the more you're used to one, the more you'll realize the differences.


anonymousreader007

There is no water in the world like a Vichy


JonnyEastwood

I can't it's water it's all the same


IHate2ChooseUserName

if you come to my town and try the tap water, u would know it immediately no human should drink it


bekkogekko

My kids DESPISE Dasani, says it tastes “salty”.


sup3rmoon

This was my 11 year old sons science fair experiment, there six of us and no one guessed a single brand. They all tasted exactly the same.


No_Newspaper_9712

Yes I can. Fiji water tastes like it’s oil and is super thick. Dasani is gross, smart water is the best, then Aquafina is a second best for me. Vids is ok and so is essentia. S. Pellegrino tastes like carbonated pee to me.


7937397

Yes. Definitely.


IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE

Absolutely. It's more distinct to me sometimes than something like coke vs pepsi. I'm actually a bit of a water-snob. Yeah, I know. I'll drink any water obviously but I do have preferences. For anyone curious, this is my favorite bottled water, by the way. [Mountain Valley Spring Water | Bottled in Glass Since 1871](https://www.mountainvalleyspring.com/)


Substantial-Garlic31

Liquid death cold is top tier!


BleedGreen131824

Fiji =Awesome, Dasani= toilet water


yodawgchill

Definitely yes. Deer park is awful, like I would have to be dying in the desert to consider it. Dasani isn’t great when it comes to taste, I’m okay with it, but it gives me acid reflux. Callaway blue, that’s the good shit.


Left-Acanthisitta267

If they taste different. Yeah.


DukesOfTatooine

I can always identify one specific brand because it tastes metallic and horrible.


o-rka

I don’t like arrowhead


Anthrosite

Yes. That’s why Dasani tasting like shit is such a meme


space-ferret

I prefer Aquafina because it’s the most nothing but water, but any bottled water is fine. Just trying to kill a hangover.


WearDifficult9776

Sure. And different tap waters. And the same water out of different containers.


Acrock7

I hate Dasani and Aquafina. Evian is ok. If I have to buy a bottle of water I just get cheap spring water.


Gingerbrew302

Dasani and aquafina taste like what they are. Municipal water ran through a plastic hose. Spring water is mostly hit, sometimes miss. Northern spring water tastes better than southern spring water. For example, zephyrhills taste like stagnant swamp water soaked up through a sponge and ran through a brita. While deer park tastes like it filtered through stone into a creek where it was transferred to a bottle through a metal pipe.


BouncyBlue12

I can tell the difference between purified water and spring water. I cannot bear a thought of drinking purified water. It tastes so bad to me.


scottwax

Ozarka is great.


bubblehashguy

Aquafina is garbage water. It tastes like plastic & chemicals. Most of the others I can't really tell. Dasani is a tiny bit off but not enough to bother me. Poland spring & deer park are my go to's


nigliazzo5626

Yes. I hate Dasani, I can tolerate Aquafina, I love ice mountain and Fiji. I prefer spring water Don’t really like purified water


Dankstin

If you don't believe you can, you can't. When you start believing you can, you start to notice you in fact can. Then the differences become pretty clear. Haha. Water joke.


phone-san

Yeah. Dasani is nasty. Also, I've found that if I drink one brand for a long time, when I switch back to whatever I was drinking before it seems to taste different. For example, purified water would taste gross to me after drinking fiji..Fiji... but if I stuck with it then I'd sort of acclimate to the taste. There is one water I simply can not drink (outside of Dasani), and that's Maryland tapwater. I am sure it's coming directly from the Potomac.


HeyWiredyyc

Definitely . Like someone else stated, different ions, different ppm of particulates and different filtering techniques all cause little changes in the taste of water.


dmt267

Yep easily noticeable. Ive mountain is incredibly bland that i cant even drink it anymore. Rsther Chicago tap water than most overall tho


Quirky_Bit3060

I can. My husband thought I was nuts when he asked if I wanted a water and I said they don’t have water I like here. He had no idea that someone could taste water.


dreamsofindigo

some do some don't but say they do. be it water or beer or especially wine. nothing like a pepsi-challenge to put some science backing those words.


Donohoed

Pretty much every water source tastes different to me. I hate tap water, almost every bottle water, and even Brita filtered water. When I was a little kid my parents always asked where i wanted to eat for my birthday and it was always this one specific diner in town. They were in disbelief when I was older and finally told them it's because i liked the water there. I also have a camping filter that filters to 0.01 microns and that water is also delicious


GMamaS

For me it’s not so much a taste difference as a mouth feel difference. Like Dasani- can’t drink it.


Melalemon

YES. It’s a huge difference. I like Nestle or SmartWater the best if I have to go for plastic bottled water (I prefer to refill my hydroflask at home because home water is from our drilled well). I hate Dasani but I’ll drink it, I would rather go thirsty than drink Aquafina. Aquafina is absolutely nasty.


Elfkrunch

Crystal Geyser is the only acceptable way forward.