Water tastes horrible. And I dont want people telling me “It tastes like nothing” because thats not true. Water has been my enemy since I was a young age, I dont remember when or why I started hating it but I did and still do. Ive been twice to the hospital for dehydration (not recently thank god). I know water is essential, natural, and not drinking it would simply kill you but I just cant like it. I’ve heard lots of people that only drink water when its really cold but I dont even like that, I just dont like water. I wish I liked it, I really do but I cant force myself to just drink it. Im terrified of stone kidneys, probably gonna die early for not drinking “8 cups of water a day” and just drinking coke and juice all day. I hate water and I won’t change my mind.
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Okay Asmongold.
Your opinion is wrong.
Get some decaf Mio drops or the offbrand version. Or some drink mix powder. See if adding in flavor helps–even with the additives, it’s still going to have less sugar than soda or juice, and should make it less likely that you get a kidney stone or experience other health issues. There’s nothing wrong with not liking the taste of unflavored water.
Try filtering it and/or adding flavor to it like those water drops or limes/lemons
What does it taste like to you?
You should try real spring water. I’m not talking the bottled stuff. Fresh spring water hits different
They make zero sugar powder mixes for water. Masks the taste while still keeping you hydrated.
There IS a such thing as good and bad drinking water. Filtered, chill (not cold) water is the truth. There’s certain water dispensers at work I won’t use because it doesn’t taste the same as the others lol
r/hydrohomies get him!
This ain’t unpopular- it’s just straight up wrong.
try adding a drop of lemon!
What does the rest of your diet look like? Do you eat lots of other sugary things because I can’t imagine saying water taste bad unless your so used to sugar that it’s absence becomes a taste.
I got a ZERO WATER PITCHER. Removes most of the things that make water unbearable. A little expensive, but 100% worth it. Please drink water, your body and mind will love you.
Bottled water is crap.
I’m spoiled with good water here in Alaska.
Our tap water is great. Well water is better in the right areas.
Get a good filter.
Reverse osmosis is wildly expensive but if you want it as filtered as you can get it….
i think there is something wrong with your water
The day you get over this and discover that water is the best tasting liquid in the world will be the day you’re finally an adult. I love water so much
Only if it’s Dasani
You obviously haven’t had good water but I hope you find a way to like it—dehydration will cause so many easily avoidable health problems.
Try sparkling, it will change your life.
Agree. I can taste minerals in water, even bottled. We have good spring water at home and filter it twice and I still can’t like it.
You don’t live where I live
So water itself doesn’t have any taste it’s the mineral content that’s in it. I would say maybe try drinking different bottled waters or getting a filter, that can alter the taste more than you would imagine
I don’t know how to convince you otherwise because i only drink water
I completely agree with you!
Bro lives in Flint, Michigan
where do you live bro? I live in the Canadian Rockies and the tap water here is fucking phenomenal, in some places it genuinely tastes like dirt.
Are you sure you don’t have rabies?
For me water taste depends on the location, like water from Florida, George, and other places. I will just refuse to drink them, and buy bottled water. It gives me a stomachache!
But if you give me water from Colorado, Canada, Alaska, and other places I will drink it in a heartbeat because it taste better.
Sounds like sugar addiction. Quit the coke and the juice for a month and you might feel differently.
Two things: 1. Check the water quality where you live. If it’s bad, try getting a filter, or purchasing bottled water, because while travelling I have had some truly horrid tap water. 2. Buy a sugar-free cordial to put in your water. Shouldn’t have that much of an adverse health impact and it’s much better than alternatives like soft drink and juice
Like, from a toilet? Doesn’t have electrolytes.
Bad bait.
It depends on the water, and how dehydrated I am.
Regular tap water is ass tho
Depends. It’s pretty much the best drink for when you’re eating snacks like chips, but just drinking water alone, it doesn’t taste great.
What kind of water do you drink? Contrary to popular sentiment, water can taste different depending on the source. If you’ve only ever had disgusting tap water then I can understand. Even bottled water can differ by brand, DeSani tastes like you’re giving a T-1000 a blowjob, and then there’s a plethora of powders and flavorings you can add to water to make it taste like whatever you want.
Ignore everyone here and just stop drinking ALL artificially sweetened drinks. Your appetite for water will grow and grow into a beautiful relationship
How old are you? What kind of water are we talking about also? What brands have you tried? Was it Spring water or Purified?
So much is missing here, and you can’t just classify all water as the same. That’d be the equivalent of saying all candy is the same, which is just flat out stupid and untrue.
Are you drinking purified water? Dasani perhaps? I used to hate water because Dasani was the only water in my area and it tasted like metal. When I moved and tried spring water, I liked it. Had a slightly sweet taste to it. You should try it, if only for health reasons because soda and juice are terrible for you in the long run.
You probably live in a part of the world where the water quality is shit and therefore has a bad taste. Water is not everywhere perfect. I’m fortunate to live in a country having one of the best water quality in the world and I can still recall different taste of tap water drinking it from different places.
I like my German tab and sparkling water 🌊
Have you had it from different sources?
Some water tastes gross. Some tastes nice
I agree with you in every way. I’ve hated water my entire life and always been told I was wrong.
I drink a lot of water with the squirt bottle flavor because I just can’t stand plain water.
I don’t like water either, but I’ve gotten used to it. I’m on meds that make me thirsty, to the point water is literally the only thing that will quench my thirst sometimes. A mouthful of water will quench my thirst better than a glass of pop. Still don’t like the taste tho. For me, that’s where mio comes in. It at least makes the water palatable.
That said, water absolutely does taste like something. I couldn’t tell you what, but it’s defiantly something and it ain’t good.
Water can taste awful depending on its mineral content. Aquafina for example is awful. I prefer tap water to most bottled water, though the tap water in some locations can taste gross. Have you tried Fiji bottled water? It’s the best tasting water in my opinion.
Upvote because this opinion is mind-blowing. I wonder what’s going on with your body to make water taste bad to you. I love me some water, it’s affordable and goes down smooth.
Edit: And it doesn’t wreck my teeth
Dude, I actually feel sorry for you. Sincerely. Drinking water should be, at absolute worst, a completely neutral experience.
Unpopular but correct opinion.
Water you talking about??
Holy shit I never thought I’d meet another one, my wife hates water with a passion. She drinks it begrudgingly, and complains about the taste. I installed a $300 reverse osmosis filtration system to make it just bearable for her. I think she’s crazy.
No tf it don’t lmfao arguably the best tasting liquid we have available.
The town I grew up in had horrible water because of corporate contamination, but I moved a good 20 minutes away and now my sink water tastes much better.
I’d still take just about anything else over it though, which is why I always drink Prime or Powerade.
I wasn’t raised drinking water so I was never able to get used to it. I did time a long time ago, and in there water is really all you get unless you spend Alot on commissary for a warm coke or tea bags or gross Koolaid stuff. I drank it then because I had to. It was always room temp water too. Not good water.
Now though, I drink a ton of water. Had a doctor tell me 15-20 years ago just to do get drink mixes. Sugar free drink mixes. So now I buy bottled water. I add mix to the bottle and shake it up. I refill it a few times and add mix and stuff them throw out the bottle for a new one. If I had no choice but to drink water, I know I can do it because I did it for years that time before.
Water does not taste like nothing, I agree with you there. For me, I had to learn a way to drink water that was still halfway healthy. Thank goodness for drink mix packets lol
Dehydrated ahh opinion
This sounds more like a slight mental food disorder. Like a low level type of AFRID. Has a doctor mentioned this when you went in for dehydration? Or something similar
I am not at all a doctor tho, so don’t take my medical advice to heart
Maybe OP needs to try a nice bottled water. I do agree that some municipal water supplies are god awful. Well water can be even worse. But filtered/purified water is usually awesome.
Your kidneys would disagree.
Bro is tasting his mouth and saying it’s terrible, gross
Bro just put some light flavor packets with vitamins in it to change the flavor
Gotta be an eating disorder of some sort. Water hits the spot 100% of the time
You should try a variety of waters and find out what you like.
Look for bottles that describe the mineral content or TDS (totally dissolved solids) in the water.
When water hits that sweet spot, it feels life-giving and tastes delicious
I used to HATE water. Spent a solid 25 years without drinking water, even as a kid i hated it and idk it just made me feel sick after drinking it.
Now I live where there’s well water… woah! What a change! I drink a solid 80oz a day now. It definitely tastes different/better than city water. If I can’t get my own well water, I prefer any of the alkaline PH waters.
Live in the city or have city water?
Water definitely doesn’t taste like nothing. It tastes different in every municipality because it gets its flavor from dissolved minerals from the source plus chemical from water treatment. I like water from my own area, but drink it rarely elsewhere.
Bottled water is filtered water with minerals added back in. Those mineral concentrations are tested to figure out the taste the consumer likes the most and why so many people are brand-loyal to certain bottled water brands.
If you like and can tolerate milk, moderate consumption of that helps a lot with dehydration.
is this reddit day at the asylum?
I disagree. I love the taste of water.
But water does have a taste, and it would be ridiculous to say otherwise. Whether you like that taste is a matter of personal preference.
Could also be that water in your region sucks. Bottled water from the same brand can taste different in different regions depending on the source. Maybe try to get some better water?
Agree! Water taste super funny and it’s unbearable when it’s not cold. I drink it so i don’t die but I rather drink a juice or something
I struggle with water a lot as well. It’s easier as an adult, but as a child I hardly ever drank water plain. It’s easier to drink when it’s cold, and using a filter really helps.
I think different water taste different. I don’t know what makes it different. Maybe the minerals or whatever I know everybody hates Dasani but that’s my favourite tasting water in a bottle. It’s like sweet. I can’t explain it, but I think it’s so good especially when cold.!
Different water has different minerals that will affect the taste. Just have to figure out your brand.
You sound like my grandma. Whenever she drinks water, she says “Fuckin’ gross.”
Just water down your juice. Half water half juice.
I actually like water, but the military instilled that in me for certain. (Spring water to be specific)
funniest thing ive ever read. keep it up, OP
I hate water. Hate it. Hate hate hate. It’s usually thick and it coats my tongue. Even if I could find a water I would drink, I’ve found that no two glasses or bottles of water taste the same anyway.
I get this. With that said, eh, don’t listen to the purists. If you have to put flavor in it, do it. It’s better than dehydration
Your parents failed you when they allowed you to drink soda.
They say:
It’s not the water.. It’s your breath that makes it “taste gross”.
Apparently, water takes on the taste of the person’s overgrowth of bacteria in their mouth. And if water tastes nasty to you, then that’s your stank bacteria that you can actually taste. 🤣
You can change how you experience the taste of water. I used to be a soda addict, and only drinking extremely flavored liquids changes how you taste plain water. If you just force yourself to drink only water, you will grow used to it within a week. Over time, I’ve even began to notice a slightly sweet taste to just plain water! It’s tough, just as breaking any addiction is, but you are capable of doing tough things!
Depends what country you’re from, if you’re from Africa drinking a mud puddle then yes, if you’re from Iceland drinking natural Icelandic glacier water then it’s different.
I’m glad someone agrees with me that water actually has a taste…
That is a myth you need 8 cups of water a day.
Get yourself a Zerowater filter system put it in the fridge and give it a try when it’s chilled. Best tasting water I can find around my area.
Buy a portable RODI unit from Amazon for $60. You can’t taste pure H2O when everything else is removed
The temperature and filtration really affect the taste. You should experiment with that before writing off 60% of your body composition as nasty
Bottled or tap?
Are you one of those “day in the life of a small twitch streamer” people?
flavored water??
I used to not like water because I was accustomed to drinks with a lot of flavor and/or sugar. When I was growing up, water was just a before-bed drink to quench your thirst when it was too late to have coca-cola.
Then in my late teens I went on a medication that required me to drink a ton of water, or else it could damage my kidneys. I lost my taste for sugary drinks entirely (not to mention all the weight I inadvertently lost from cutting out sugary drinks). I almost exclusively drink water now.
Maybe you could try flavored electrolyte drops or tablets for your water? You gotta keep yourself hydrated!
Maybe I’m just stupid but how can something taste like nothing? I hear it all the time and it’s just so hard to imagine there isn’t a taste to water when I feel like there is.
Sounds like my coworker who is damn near allergic to water. I am literally the opposite, I drink roughly 10 gallons a day.
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Bobby Boucher is coming out of me right now! this is wrong!
Upvoted because I LOVE drinking water
What region are you in? The flavor of water can vary significantly based on the mineral content of local water sources.
All that coke and juice will take a toll on your health. I make a big container of unsweetened tea with lemon every couple of days. I don’t drink sodas and kicked the juice to the curb a couple years ago. I stopped drinking sodas in 2003 and immediately dropped 20 pounds over the next 6 months. I drink a lot of water. We are on a well where I live and the water has no weird smell or taste.
I have the same problem drinking water. I have to force myself to drink it. I have a big bottle of Liquid IV every day to hopefully offset the amount of water I don’t drink. I would take almost anything over water
You never had to cut weight for a sport. Try that shit when you haven’t had it for a couple of days.
Where do you live? All different kinds of bottled water tastes bad to you too?
I like it warm 🙂
Have you tried filtered or bottled water? I have a Pur filter on my kitchen tap, and the water is delicious. If you still can’t drink it, try to drink more juice and less soda.
Water is the only thing I drink.
It’s funny how our tastebuds can make 2 ppl consume the same product but taste something entirely different.
I don’t really have any advice for you, as I’ve never dealt with what you are going through, but I do feel sad for you
If water had no taste, a water sommelier would not be a job…🤔
It does
It literally makes me retch. I always put a flavour sachet or something in it. (sugar free)
I havent drank plain water my whole life (nearly half a century). Same with raw fruit too
Can’t eat it
What’s your dental hygiene like? Often, when people don’t like water, it’s because of not so great dental health. The water disturbs the bacteria and allows them to taste their own mouth.
Water tastes gross if you drink it after certain things, one time I made candied cranberries, the water tasted like straight of chemicals after.
And it can taste odd unfiltered. Britain filter frfr.
Have you come into contact with any bats recently?
Cirkul might just be your best friend
There are lots of healthy things to drink that aren’t straight water. I probably drink more herbal tea than I do straight water, especially through the winter.
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Have you tried flavored water? Some of them aren’t amazing to drink all of the time but I’ve heard you can find some that are healthy. There’s no full substitute for water but it might be a way to stay hydrated and healthy without having to drink water.
That must be horrible… with my lifestyle i’m sometimes required to drink 6-8 or even more liters of water during the more extreme activities. I can’t imagine hating it and having to do this.
To be fair I have difficulty drinking the recommended amount of water daily because I find water to be boring (unless it’s a hot summer day and the water is very cold and filtered). Some water has tasted nasty, especially some bottled water like Dasani or tap water that hasn’t been filtered.
Also as others have pointed out, do you brush your teeth often or have had them checked for cavities/disease? That would be altering how water tastes to you
Where are you from? Some places have way worse water than others. At least in my country, some cities water taste awful and others actually taste like nothing, depending on the water ‘s mineral levels and that sort of stuff.
Sparkling water?? Flavors can help that issue.
Unless the water in your area sucks I am just confused on how it tastes bad, I never really considered the taste of water.
Sounds like you might be addicted to sugar lol. Try not drinking soda and juice for a while. Maybe try coconut water. Your brain should reset it’s dopamine from sugar addiction and will normalize so that water tastes fine.
sipping on my 🖐🏾th bottle of the day hmm, can’t relate.
What’s your overall diet like?
I think its more accurately that you are addicted to sugar, and water doesnt ease the craving.
you need to actively work to break this addiction, and treat it like what it is, an addiction that will kill you if left untreated.
there a lot of stuff that you wont like about life. if you think water is bad, youre gonna love losing a foot.
the first two weeks are the hardest part of breaking an addiction. It gets easier soon after that; youll see dividends, feel better, be happier, and feel fewer and fewer cravings.
you got this
Try flavored sparkling water, like Sparkling Ice. Those got me to quit soda 👍
We buy alkaline water and it tastes certifiably delicious vs tap water. Maybe give it a go one time to see how you feel about it
Sorry you live in Flint.
Water will taste differently and have different chemical reactions based on your region. It’s entirely dependent on what is transporting the water, where the water is sourced from, and how it’s treated.
You might live in an area with poor tap water. Get a filter.
Also, the 8 cups a day is a myth. Drink water when you are thirsty. That’s all you have to do. Humans absorb quite a bit of water from the foods they eat.
Have you considered cold tea or other ways to add flavor to water without relying on soda? Personally, I have a big jug of unsweetend low caffeine tea in the fridge that I drink everyday. There’s plenty of types of tea out there, too. Also, do you dislike the taste of all water (tap water, filtered tap water, different mineral water, deionized water, etc) or are your water sources limited? I find tap water in some cities to taste god awful.
i just know you’re over 250lbs
Bro isn’t lasting a day on the Savanah.
Dying tastes worse
You’re a rabid anti dentite
The city water I grew up with was pretty good. Then we moved and it has been hell since. NO water, tap, bottled, mineral, spring, and distilled all taste awful. I can’t drink too much soda so I mix in a little fruit juice to mask the taste of the water. I have not ended up in the hospital (yet) but I am sure that day will come. Hang in there!
It should taste like nothing but I have heard of people with conditions in their in their mouth like certain bacterial infections being able to taste the infection when they drink water because the water kind of activates their taste buds and spreads the infection around their mouth. Idk if that is what’s happening with you but I get that it can happen. What does the water taste like to you?
I think you’re tasting the inside of your mouth, OP.
I’m right there with you. It has a taste of chlorine with a gritty texture. Filters don’t help because I can taste the charcoal in the filter.
Don’t worry, you won’t live long if you refuse to drink appropriate amounts of water every day and then you won’t have to drink any water at all!
Asmongold is that you?
Water has a taste for people with sensitive taste buds. The taste varies. I’ve tried filtered, cold, and bottled water. They all have a taste… some are worse than others. Reverse osmosis water is the only water that I have found palatable (I use it at home).
For some people.. drinking a lot of water doesn’t prevent them from getting dehydrated.
Coke and juice are loaded with sugar and there are better options than those if you don’t like water. Tea, flavoured water, heck even milk
absolutely agree with you 100%. i have hated water all my life. when i was a kid i drank a lot of kool-aid and tall glasses of milk when i came in from playing. i drink coffee and tea and eat several oranges and apples every day. i make a morning smoothie that has frozen cherries, blueberries, ground flaxseed, oatmeal and add almost 3 cups filtered water to it. of course, i also eat stews, soups and other sauces that are made with water and have fresh vegetables in them. i’ve tried evey kind of bottled and filtered water there is and just cannot gag it down. i am not interested in anyone’s advice.
Maybe your mouth taste is bad and you are noticing it when you drink water.
I kinda agree. I don’t like most water. I’ve really only enjoyed/liked water from few places. When I was a kid we had well water that was amazing, and I live near where I grew up and the water is alright. Everywhere else I dont like the water. I especially hate most bottles water and city water. It’s nasty and I cannot drink it, if I do I get nauseous.
I also hate all water at room temp or hot unless it’s tea.
You’re probably fine living off of coke and juice. Probably add a tea, or something less sugary, but I know people who have never drank water and only have drank diet coke or Mt dew their whole life.
I drink enough water to know that they don’t taste all the same. Some are better than others, including the bottled water brands. But it could be a symptom of a sugar addiction which makes everything less sweet taste bland. Tea is a good alternative if you really want some flavour.
Just add some sugar-free cordial and move on with your life, damn.
Most water is nasty to me. I have found some bottled water that I like. Fiji is my favorite
Do you have bad breath? You could be tasting your mouth.
Don’t force yourself to drink when you’re not thirsty. That’s stupid. And hydrating with non-water beverages is also perfectly fine.
However, I was expecting you to say that you had tried three different brands of filter pitchers and ten brands of bottled water across three different countries. So let me tell you this: It might just be that the tap water where you’re from is gross. Try getting a gallon of spring water or filtered drinking water from the grocery store. I like the tap water where I live right now, but I will say that stuff is still quite a bit better.
You dont hate water, you just love sugar.