How do you like your water?

16 years ago

Mine has to be ICE cold. I love it over crushed ice, then chew on the ice afterwards. My SIL would just stand at the sink and drink tap water. UGH! How bout yall?

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Terri_PacNW
16 years ago
room temp is my preferred choice..unless it's really really HOT..
msmarion
16 years ago
I prefer it iced cold, but I live in FL and dehydratation is a big concern I drink it room temp. The body absorbs room temp much better.
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carol_in_california
16 years ago
cold and tasty.....love fresh mountain water.....I even brought home some water from Yosemite last week in our canteens.
Terrapots
16 years ago
I drink ice water, filtered tap. Only drink room temp as a last resort. Carol, Yosemite water fall water may taste better than any other kind of water but when read how it comes from miles away and what wild animals deposit on the snow I thought better of it. I would at least boil that water. Sorry.
soxxxx
16 years ago
I like it turned into something else - tea, lemonade,or through the cow into milk. I do not like plain water.
lilliepad
16 years ago
RO or bottled water over ice with a straw.Gotta have a straw!LOL I use to eat the ice but not anymore.Hurts my teeth. I don't drink as much water as I use to (or probably as much as I should).I mostly drink iced tea sweetened with Splenda.
Jasdip
16 years ago
I drink a lot of water. Not ice cold. Everywhere I go I take my stainless bottle with me, and with every meal in a restaurant I ask for water.

I don't like pop, or flavoured water. I love iced tea, but only the real stuff. Canned or bottled is way too sweet. I learned how to make brewed tea in the sun last summer thanks to you guys! I'll have to do it again soon.
Marilyn Sue
16 years ago
My water usually out of the R O faucet at room temperature. Mostly I drink iced tea and sweetened with Sweet and Low. I don't drink much soft drinks. I do drink milk also.

Sue
OklaMoni
16 years ago
for drinking I like it cold, but without ice
for showering I like it very warm, bordering on hot. :)

In the summer I have water in the fridge for drinking as it is to warm the way it comes from the faucet.

Moni
azzalea
16 years ago
I'm really not fussy. I drink it chilled, over ice, or room temperature. I order it in restaurants--usually there it comes with ice, sometimes with a sliver of lemon. I like bottled water for convenience (I rarely leave the house without grabbing a bottle to take with me), or I will drink 'spigot water'. I have a Britta pitcher, but usually forget to use it. Any way is fine with me. As long as it's not chemical-tasting, I'm happy. And as you can tell, I drink a lot of water. I especially resent buying soda or iced tea in restaurants--they charge you $2-3 for something that costs them only pennies to put into the glass. I'd rather save my 'eating out' dollars for more interesting--like an appetizer or dessert.
lynn_d
16 years ago
Ice cold! I drink a lot of water each day, that is the drink of choice at our house. We do use a Brita pitcher, it is refilled a couple times a day. I seldom use bottled water.
nicole__
16 years ago
Cold tap water! In colorado it comes from a mountain lake. It's melted snow run off. I keep a HUGE glass of sweet tea(made with nutra sweet) handy in the fridg(Texas girl here).
bearcat_va
16 years ago
Filtered and room temp is fine with me. I do not like ice in my water. I drink 4 Nalgene's a day (2 at work, and another 2 at home) which is about 128 oz a day, give or take. An no, nothing's wrong with me and I'm not going to be over-diluted. I just like water. :)
linda_in_iowa
16 years ago
I like my water very cold with Crystal Light added. I stopped buying bottled water in order to help save the planet. I have a stainless steel water bottle I can add ice cubes to.
kacram
16 years ago
doesn't matter... Cold, right out of the faucet, usually.
I don't really care for ICE cold.
joyfulguy
16 years ago
Plain old tap water ... hauled in a jug from the city, stored in the basement.

Keep a pitcher in the frig, and mix with water from the room-temp jug about half and half.

Don't feel the need for bottled ... with the bottles mainly sourced from petroleum, some of which they were planning to get from that well that blew up in the Gulf a week or so ago.

As altered in coffee quite a lot, not so much as tea.

Don't feel the need for the alteration called "pop/soda", either. Or beer: they should pay me to drink that stuff!

ole joyful ... who remembers that they say that we should drink several glasses daily
kathi_mdgd
16 years ago
Doesn't matter as long as it doesn't come from my tap.Our water is nasty,you can smell the chlorine,before it even gets close to your mouth.We buy bottled water,and i drink it either cold or room temp.
Kathi
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16 years ago
I like my water in the pool.
If I just have to drink it, I like it from Dodge City Kansas. Oh its so good & sweet there!
jannie
16 years ago
I have a Pur water filter and pitcher. I keep cold filtered water in my refrigerator at all times.

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