Tasty Water

I think it's weird that water is one of the only things humans consume that we actually prefer with less taste. And that desire has totally escalated in the past 20 years.

When I was like 6 and I wanted water, I went to the fridge and used that water dispenser attached to the freezer. I had NO IDEA that the water coming out of that dispenser came from the same place as the water out of the faucet at the kitchen sink. And for some reason, I thought the water from the bathroom faucet was not for human consumption.

18 years later, I rarely drink tap water because my tongue is conditioned to drink the liquid out of the bottle, or at least out of one of those huge jugs. Sure, I'll drink out of a tap if there is nothing else, or if I'm at a water fountain at a park, or if I'm in the East Bay (the water there tastes so much better than anywhere else, honestly. Look it up.) Maybe you drink out of a Brita filter; I did when I was in Davis because the tap water there is...how do I put this...um...let's see...farty? Is that a word?

Anyway, I just bought a Brita filter for the house because we discontinued our water delivery, as it was way too expensive. But I do wonder if we are all conditioning ourselves to have weak stomachs because we don't deal with the "tastiness" that comes out of the tap. What with flouride and lead and all that.

By the way, the title of this post refers to a time when I was 12 and Mom told me I couldn't eat anything until dinner (it was like 3:30; I was getting to be quite overweight). I asked her what I could eat, and she said: "You can have water." My brother thought this was hilarious and kept saying "TASTY WATER!" for the rest of the afternoon.

This is the second drink-related post in 10 minutes. I'm going to go use that Brita filter.