How to Make Drinking Water Taste Better
Many people consider the taste of tap water plain and unappealing. In addition, some municipal tap water contains trace amounts of arsenic, bacteria or other contaminants, so you may have health concerns. But you can take a few steps to make your drinking water safer and more tasty. Does this Spark an idea?
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Use a water filter to get rid of unpleasant tastes in tap water. You can purchase a filter that attaches to your kitchen sink or use a counter-top water filter. Maintain the filter according to the manufacturer's directions.
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Put filtered water in the refrigerator to keep it cold. Cold water tastes much better than room-temperature water.
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Add your favorite fruit or vegetable to your drinking water. Cucumber, raspberry, lemon, orange, lime or mint provide natural flavor enhancers for your drinking water. Just add any of those fruits or vegetables in a water pitcher with ice cubes, and keep it in the refrigerator.
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Add a flavoring packet to filtered or bottled water. You can purchase many of these packets at the grocery store, and some of them contain no calories.
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Remember that drinking water has a shelf life, as does fresh fruits and vegetables. So change your drinking water regularly.
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AbbyNormal
May 22, 2008
I think this is a great article! And the comment ... add chemicals????????? Why not just drink a soda or something ... -
ShirleyG
May 20, 2008
Place cold water in a clean teakettle, once kettle whistles (indicates it has reached the boiling stage); then place water in a pitcher and allow to cool slightly afterwards place in refrigerator to chill. The taste will be smoother and refreshing. Enjoy
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outoftime
May 19, 2008
For Chanel 227 Please would someone tell him/her how dumb he/she would have to be to find this article on drinking water informative? They have asked sooo many times.. someone needs to answer their question..soon.. I would guess .. real dumb for asking it.. but maybe I'm wrong.. I think aything to make the water taste better is a great idea!!!
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militops
May 19, 2008
Cucumber,rasberry,lemon,orange,lime and mint would be a really good flavor enhancer for your drinking water. That's cool.
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Waterbyrd
May 19, 2008
Step #4 - Caution! If you place vegetables or fruit in the water that haven't been washed or are not organic you will leech out the herbicides and pesticides. Yum... better tasting water infused with chemicals. Shave a few carrot curls into a pitcher of water.
