[awareBrah]

what do you suggest for people who cannot tolerate the taste of some tap water. The one in my area taste very metallic and makes tea/coffee brewed with it have an unpleasant flavor. I bought a brita-like water filter with great reviews on amazon, but despite that, some of the metallic flavor remains. My old home had a reverse osmosis system which tasted amazing, but I'm not going to invest in a super expensive water system for the apartment I am renting. I just want good tasting water

[reefoctopus]

Buy a reverse osmosis system that you don’t have to install. They have them at Bulk Reef Supply for $100. Get one with a built in tds meter. It’s worth it. They come with every adapter you might need.

I started using mine for drinking water after Scott Pruitt was confirmed.

[vatys]

You can get a reverse osmosis system for ~$150. Maybe not cheap, but not super expensive either. Even if you're renting for a year and leave it behind that's less then $0.50 a day over one year.

[alfanick]

Which leaves you with classical-clean-US-water - no taste, nothing. Doesn't taste good, doesn't taste bad, it's just not there.

[acdanger]

The best-tasting glass of water I've ever had was at the Galway Bay Hotel in Ireland. It tasted like slightly sweet and mossy. I've wanted to recreate that flavor in water ever since, but have no idea where to start.

[nickpsecurity]

I was concerned about that. Aren't there suppliers that sell mineral packets or something to fix that? Anyone know about that or have recommendations?

[Hraefn]

I would highly recommend an inexpensive under-sink water filter, hooked up to the cold water line. I have a 3M "Aqua-Pure" which is far more convenient than the pitcher style, and probably filters better. I use it for everything; drinking water and cooking are the obvious options, but it also improved the flavor of my homebrew beer.

[mancerayder]

Hear, hear. I have a sensitive sense of smell (and thus taste) and tap water here (in a huge metropolitan city in the U.S.) tastes like chlorine, and it's a little sweet. People here say it's "delicious."

To avoid drinking "delicious" tap water I drink bottled water, and I have for decades. Also, fluoride in the tap water? No, thank you. I don't get cavities because I eat well and brush correctly.

[therein]

This is how I feel about tap water as well. In many places I lived, and in my current city people like the tap water and it is supposed to be delicious but it is not. How are people overlooking such obvious notes of chlorine and that little sweetness?

[kian]

get a megahome distiller. Doesn't require installation, so you can take it with . you when you laeve. Be prepared to be disgusted by the residue remaining.

[acdanger]

does it also make moonshine?

[marcosdumay]

Get some water purifier with coal.

[flukus]

> what do you suggest for people who cannot tolerate the taste of some tap water

Drink it until you get used to it, people are remarkably adaptable and will get used to just about anything if they're exposed to it long enough. In the case of water a month should be more than enough.

[petre]

Reverse ismosis filtered water water. Less expensive in the ling run.