Does water have taste?

[ironman]

famousringo said:

ironman said:

famousringo said:

ironman said:
It does, drink distilled water and tell me water doesn't have taste. Distilled water is water in it's purest form.

According to the distillers, the taste of distilled water is actually the oxygen dissolved in the water. They recommend giving it a shake if it tastes 'flat.'

Depending on what container you store your distilled water in, it can leach flavours out of the metal or plastic that it's bottled in.

Yes, and since water is H2O that means that it is made of two molecules hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen. Both are gasses, but when combines, become a liquid. Basically, you confirmed what I was saying, distilled water has a flavor. and distilled water is the purest form of water.

Eh, you're confusing molecules with atoms. Water molecules contain oxygen atoms, yes, but oxygen gas also dissolves into water. Your "pure" water is an H₂O and O₂ solution, and the point of the shake is to keep the oxygen in solution to maintain taste.

An oxygen molecule is very reactive, the oxygen atoms are keen to seek bonds with atoms other than each other, so the distillers are saying that oxygen dissolved in water will bond to your taste/smell receptors. A water molecule is very inert, those hydrogen atoms doing a great job of satisfying oxygen's need for bonding, so it doesn't bond to your receptors.

Your receptors do not figure into the mix, molecules do not bond to them, they get trapped in them. so no matter how you put it, water is going to have a taste, whether you actually perceive it or not, it will have a taste.