h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Does botteled taste better? I've found that it doesn't matter whether it's bottled or tap - it tastes better chilled. I always keep a jug of tap water in the fridge.

Though I've also noticed that tap water can taste slightly different in different areas. Probably to do with temperatrure, treatment, and the type of pipes it's passing through.

I really dislike the taste of most bottled waters for some reason. Some of the pure spring water unfiltered ones are alright, but most of the purified ones or the ones with vitamin additives usually taste dry or just weird. But then again, the tap water that I'm used to is really sweet-tasting.

Yeah, think you're right that some of the bottled stuff has a funny taste too. Though the fizzy stuff always tastes .

It depends on the source of the water - if it filters through chalk you get hard water, which I like the taste of - other rocks give it other tastes - they treat it the same in most bits of the country, and pipes shouldn't be corroding THAT much. There's a bit of the marches where the water tastes of sulpher. While I was hiking there, I didn't drink water for two days.

hope you didn't keel over from dehyration.

Beer helps in these situations... As does orange juice...

Beer?

Saviour of the working classes ! It has vitimins and all good things, plus a fairly high water - low alcohol content (compared to cider or wine...) I didn't used to like it, either, but it tastes better than sulpher water...

Well most things would taste better than sulpher. Though I'm not sure how much better beer would be. Can't get past the smell. Prefer Coke.

Are you a thirteen sugars a glass coke person or an aspartane addict? (I probably spelt that wrong...) I'd side with beer, the hop smell is rank, but you do get used to it.

Can't stand the dieyt stuff. Doesn't taste right and it's carcenogenic. I'd rather be a bit overweight than have cancer.

I am actually somewhat allergic to both aspartame and splenda. They act as a light poison in my blood and cause rather massive migraine-like headaches.

Well good reason to avoid them.