Fiji artesian water....this stuff ain't bad!

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iGas

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I'm curious if the people claiming they can discern water taste differences is tasting the water out of the same receptacle. With purified water, you should be tasting that more than you are anything in the water.
I can't drink bottle water because they are all have an off taste (calcium, sodium, potassium, and plastic). Regular tap water is worst due to the strong chlorine in the water. IMHO, RO or distiled water at home is the way to go.
 

TallBill

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Tap water near Lake Michigan is amazing. I can't believe how many people drink bottled water around here, what a waste of $$$.
 

lxskllr

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I'm curious if the people claiming they can discern water taste differences is tasting the water out of the same receptacle. With purified water, you should be tasting that more than you are anything in the water.

Purified water should taste pretty much the same. Water gets it's good(or bad) flavor from minerals in the water. That's why the soda companies add minerals to their purified water. I like mountain water, and if Fiji has that flavor, it would be worth the occasional expense to me. I'm gonna pick a bottle up next time I'm at a convenience store.
 

Crono

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It just mean that FIji bottle water is dirty water.

I like my water how I like my women:
cold, dirty, and quick to pass through my urinary tract.


I may need to rethink that last one.
 

DayLaPaul

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$45 X 12 = $490 = lol



Am I the only one to notice that these two... er... "brilliant specimens"... are two of the most ardent apple fan boys in AT?

lol

Actually $45 x 12 = $540.

I have no problem with anyone who wants to spend that much on water. Before I got my own RO system, I used to buy drinking water from the Pure Water store. Of course, that was only 10c a gallon and a $20 subscription would last me months and months and months.

I've had the RO system for over a year now and while it hasn't paid for itself in savings yet, it will eventually. However, it has more than paid for itself in convenience.
 

mjrpes3

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I like my water how I like my women:
cold, dirty, and quick to pass through my urinary tract.


I may need to rethink that last one.

I like my water how I like my women:

Full of silicon and with a backup in the closet.
 

Dumac

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Fiji owns, it tastes much better than any other water I've had. Expensive? No not really, it cost more than tap water sure, but $1.50 a day for a bottle of Fiji isn't what I'd consider expensive. For a place full of 23 year old multi-millionaires I'm surprised this water would be called expensive. Trader Joes has it for a good price. $1.50 a day is worth ir for me for something I enjoy, but hay that's just me *shrug*

$1.50 a day? $1.50 is enough for one small as bottle, which isn't enough water for one day. I drink at least a gallon a day.

I'll take you up on this, easiest $100 I'd make all week, the minerals in it give Fiji a very distinct taste over every other water I've drank.

For a project on bottled water, I did a blind taste test. People couldn't identify Fiji water from cheap ass Ralph's water.

There is a reason Fiji water is the only water sold at Starbucks....
 

Dumac

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Really? You don't like it and I'm a sap for thinking it tastes unique and enjoying it? Oh, OK. I'm sorry. God knows I want to do the right thing. I'm really sorry I felt like this. I'll only drink tap water from now on and will never buy another bottle of Fiji.

Thank you for setting me straight.

If you get enjoyment out of it, then keep buying Fiji water. It doesn't make you any less of a sap though.

It is as if I only liked special Fiji air, and scoffed at people who just breathed with a tank of Fiji air attatched to their mout/nose. I'd be a sap, and I'm sure you'd think so (even if you claim you wouldn't). It is like people who pay out of the ass for Starbucks coffee, or people who buy monster cables.

If you like it, good for you. You better not complain about any expenses though, spending money on such a luxury.
 

coreyb

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this thread is lol

water is water. how does anyone get into analyzing the "taste" of the water they drink like they're wine/cigar tasting?
 

Crono

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this thread is lol

water is water. how does anyone get into analyzing the "taste" of the water they drink like they're wine/cigar tasting?

And wine is just sour grape juice.

How the hell does anyone go around comparing the taste of sour grape juice?
 

coreyb

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there's a lot more to wine then that. you can't compare H20 and wine. k thx
 

Capt Caveman

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$100 says in a blind taste test you can't pick the right water.

I'll take that bet. If you can't tell the difference between the Fiji Artesian water and tap water, you're lying. And it is good stuff but not worth the cost.

Simple test, filter your tap water and drink it straight from the tap.
 

QueBert

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$1.50 a day? $1.50 is enough for one small as bottle, which isn't enough water for one day. I drink at least a gallon a day.



For a project on bottled water, I did a blind taste test. People couldn't identify Fiji water from cheap ass Ralph's water.

There is a reason Fiji water is the only water sold at Starbucks....

Doesn't surprise me, a lot of people lack any sort of taste buds. Hell as I already said my roommate couldn't tell the difference between Coke & Pepsi in a blind taste test. I guess because he, and the few people you did your test on can't tell the difference then that means it's an absolute right? Trader Joes has the one size up bottle for $1.50. It's not enough for a full day, but its the perfect size when I'm out doing shit. I suggest next time you do a blind taste test you get at least a couple people with some actual semblance of taste buds.



this thread is lol

water is water. how does anyone get into analyzing the "taste" of the water they drink like they're wine/cigar tasting?

Not analyzing but I taste a difference, and it's enough for me to enjoy the taste of Fiji more than other water I've drank. Water is not water, if you think that lemme drive to TJ real quick and get you some of their water, I'm sure after drinking it for a a single day you'll be singing a different tune. As for tap water it varies from county to county. I know in the Inland Empire we have absolutely disgusting tap water, when you turn on the faucet and pour a glass it comes out looking almost gray and it tastes like shit. If you drank it for 2 days I bet you'd jump at the chance for spending 2 bucks for a bottle of something that doesn't taste like water that came out of somebodies ass and was filtered threw a pool full of 2 week old dead cats. The difference between the tap water here and Fiji would be like a burger from MCdonals Vs a steak from Mortons. Fiji vs any bottled water I've had I can still notice a difference, although it's less in your face. We run our tap water threw a Brita filter and while it helps, it still has a noticeable WTF taste to it.
 
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Capt Caveman

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It's just water. lol.

That's like saying, beer is just beer. Lots of noobs here.

But then again, this place is full of folks that love the Olive Garden and other shitty food joints. They can't tell the difference between waters, beers and food. It all taste the same to them.
 

coreyb

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its not like saying beer is beer though. you can't compare the two. beer has....INGREDIENTS. water has no real taste.
 
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Every blind test I have seen has shown people simply can't tell bottled from tap water, yet every bottled water fanatic claims that they can. Sigh.
 

coreyb

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our tap water tastes better then the bottled water. but thats probably because of the plastic taste that bottled tends to get.
 

Capt Caveman

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its not like saying beer is beer though. you can't compare the two. beer has....INGREDIENTS. water has no real taste.

You can taste metals, chemicals, minerals, etc.

So, tap water from city to city is going to taste the same?
 

Capt Caveman

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Every blind test I have seen has shown people simply can't tell bottled from tap water, yet every bottled water fanatic claims that they can. Sigh.

Yet, I can tell the difference from the filtered tap water that I get from my refrigerator to the tap water straight from the faucet. Sigh.
 

Capt Caveman

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Yeah. Because it's cold.

But it isn't. The filtered water isn't stored in the frig, it's just filtered and dispensed thru the front of it.

One of my old dogs preferred filter water also. She would almost never drink water from the outdoors or from other people that had unfiltered tap.
 
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Vette73

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WOW alomst 4 pages and no one has posted this yet...

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0701/gallery.101dumbest_2007/20.html
101 Dumbest Moments in Business
20. Fiji Water
Crisp. Refreshing. And only ever-so-slightly poisonous...
Los Angeles-based Fiji Water runs magazine ads for its bottled water with the headline "The Label Says Fiji Because It's Not Bottled in Cleveland."

Cleveland officials retaliate by running tests revealing that Fiji bottled water contains 6.3 micrograms of arsenic per liter, while the city's tap water has none.

Fiji counters by saying its own tests found less than 2 micrograms per liter.


Yep Fiji's counter was it only has this much poison, not that much. :awe:
 

sandorski

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WOW alomst 4 pages and no one has posted this yet...

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0701/gallery.101dumbest_2007/20.html
101 Dumbest Moments in Business
20. Fiji Water
Crisp. Refreshing. And only ever-so-slightly poisonous...
Los Angeles-based Fiji Water runs magazine ads for its bottled water with the headline "The Label Says Fiji Because It's Not Bottled in Cleveland."

Cleveland officials retaliate by running tests revealing that Fiji bottled water contains 6.3 micrograms of arsenic per liter, while the city's tap water has none.

Fiji counters by saying its own tests found less than 2 micrograms per liter.


Yep Fiji's counter was it only has this much poison, not that much. :awe:

lol