Water (10)
Good evening Zell,I fill my kettle straight from the tap, i used to buy bottled water for drinking but was told that my tap water is more healthier than bottled water,Scottish water tastes real good and up in the hills we have a stream and as kids we used to drink straight from it,When i visit my family in London i cant drink the water from the tap as there is a funny taste from it, i did hear that filtering water is a waste of time..
goodfriend: Good evening Zell,I fill my kettle straight from the tap, i used to buy bottled water for drinking but was told that my tap water is more healthier than bottled water,Scottish water tastes real good and up in the hills we have a stream and as kids we used to drink straight from it,When i visit my family in London i cant drink the water from the tap as there is a funny taste from it, i did hear that filtering water is a waste of time..
I use water from the tap unless abroad then its bottled. Liverpool water is good as it comes from the hills of Snowdania.
goodfriend: Good evening Zell,I fill my kettle straight from the tap, i used to buy bottled water for drinking but was told that my tap water is more healthier than bottled water,Scottish water tastes real good and up in the hills we have a stream and as kids we used to drink straight from it,When i visit my family in London i cant drink the water from the tap as there is a funny taste from it, i did hear that filtering water is a waste of time..
heck yes, I forgot about water tasting different in hard and soft water areas. Maybe Scotland is soft water area. I know Hulls hardwater area. Probably Londons hard water area too 
I've got one of those kettles with filter in the top but not sure if I can taste difference or not
...Yet, plenty of people I know say they definitely can tell the difference so maybe I've just lost my taste buds The bottled water I buy for the birds as it always advises it in the birdbooks. It says if they have tap water they're risk of lead poisoning. This is how I noticed difference in the prices of bottled water. It varies from £1.10 to 24p
so I just buy them 2 bottles of the 24p stuff and it lasts them a week scousedon: I use water from the tap unless abroad then its bottled. Liverpool water is good as it comes from the hills of Snowdania.
I'll have to try and find out where our water comes from If it's somewhere good then I'll flog my filter kettle All bottled water aint expencive 19 litres here is as cheap as £1 and that's delivered i suppose it depends where you live and where the water comes from as to what qualities lie within??
Don't eat yelow snow or water
Don't eat yelow snow or water
The water straight from the tap in East Kent is very hard as the soil is chalk based.
Therefore as the taste is also affected by the amount of Cloride and Fluoride the French owned Souther water add to it as well, drinking it from the tap, Tea and coffee always tastes dreadful.
So for practicalpurposes and taste I have two 1.5 litre filter jugs and change the filters once monthly.
Therefore as the taste is also affected by the amount of Cloride and Fluoride the French owned Souther water add to it as well, drinking it from the tap, Tea and coffee always tastes dreadful.
So for practicalpurposes and taste I have two 1.5 litre filter jugs and change the filters once monthly.
Zellarrone1: heck yes, I forgot about water tasting different in hard and soft water areas. Maybe Scotland is soft water area. I know Hulls hardwater area. Probably Londons hard water area too
I've got one of those kettles with filter in the top but not sure if I can taste difference or not ...Yet, plenty of people I know say they definitely can tell the difference so maybe I've just lost my taste buds
The bottled water I buy for the birds as it always advises it in the birdbooks. It says if they have tap water they're risk of lead poisoning. This is how I noticed difference in the prices of bottled water. It varies from £1.10 to 24p so I just buy them 2 bottles of the 24p stuff and it lasts them a week
I've got one of those kettles with filter in the top but not sure if I can taste difference or not ...Yet, plenty of people I know say they definitely can tell the difference so maybe I've just lost my taste buds
The bottled water I buy for the birds as it always advises it in the birdbooks. It says if they have tap water they're risk of lead poisoning. This is how I noticed difference in the prices of bottled water. It varies from £1.10 to 24p so I just buy them 2 bottles of the 24p stuff and it lasts them a week
Mmmm..........
Your worried about giving the birds lead poisoning, but not yourself!! Strange...........
Nowadays water pipes are made from copper or plastic, not lead, as they were many years ago. So unless you have an very old house, there isn't much chance of lead poisoning.
passion8: Mmmm..........
Your worried about giving the birds lead poisoning, but not yourself!! Strange...........
Nowadays water pipes are made from copper or plastic, not lead, as they were many years ago. So unless you have an very old house, there isn't much chance of lead poisoning.
Your worried about giving the birds lead poisoning, but not yourself!! Strange...........
Nowadays water pipes are made from copper or plastic, not lead, as they were many years ago. So unless you have an very old house, there isn't much chance of lead poisoning.
Ah, it would take more than a good dose of lead poisoning to see me off Not so sure about the birds though I once dreamt their bellies got all limescaled up and I had to descale them with kettle/iron descaler!I agree with what you said about water pipes not been made from lead nowadays. Although, I did take my other cockatiel to the vets a few years ago and he diagnosed her with lead/heavy metal poisoning and told me to be careful which water I gave her. Maybe he was mistaken though
When on walking holidays in the Alps or Lake District I like to fill my drinking bottle from the mountain streams.
My brother thought I was crazy.
"What if you catch something? What if there's a dead sheep just upstream?"
So, after a bit of persuasion, I managed to get him to take the taste test. My stream water against his tap water.
The stream water won. The tap water tasted metallic and greasy compared to the fresher purer stream water.
Coming back to the OP. Yes I can taste the difference between different waters. But no, I don't bother filtering it. It's just not something that takes a high priority in my life.
But if I ever go on a cruise holiday again I'd be tempted to take something to filter out the chlorine that they put in the tap water. I found that chlorine has a similar effect to bromine.
My brother thought I was crazy.
"What if you catch something? What if there's a dead sheep just upstream?"
So, after a bit of persuasion, I managed to get him to take the taste test. My stream water against his tap water.
The stream water won. The tap water tasted metallic and greasy compared to the fresher purer stream water.
Coming back to the OP. Yes I can taste the difference between different waters. But no, I don't bother filtering it. It's just not something that takes a high priority in my life.
But if I ever go on a cruise holiday again I'd be tempted to take something to filter out the chlorine that they put in the tap water. I found that chlorine has a similar effect to bromine.
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If you're having a cold drink or even for cooking do you filter or even buy bottled spring water?
Why is some bottled water so much more expensive than other brands? Does it come from a "posh" spring with lower or higher levels of pottasium, sodium and whatnot?.. Or do we just pay more because it's a branded name?
Lastly, can anyone taste the difference between tap water and filtered water in their hot drinks or even cold drinks?