Board 8 > Sparkling water is ass true/false

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07/10/22 12:41:32 PM
#1:


I will die on this hill


Im in Europe right now, and Ive gotten blindsided several times with sparkling water when I asked for or bought water.

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07/10/22 12:43:47 PM
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swirIdude
07/10/22 12:44:35 PM
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Always have to ask for tap water when in Europe.

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Leonhart4
07/10/22 12:46:57 PM
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Sparkling water is indeed awful

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paperwarior
07/10/22 1:01:49 PM
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No way! I wouldn't take it as an all-purpose substitute for water, though.

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redrocket
07/10/22 1:06:46 PM
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Some of the flavored brands are good. Unflavored sparkling water is terrible though.

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Johnbobb
07/10/22 1:18:46 PM
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Leonhart4 posted...
Sparkling water is indeed awful


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07/10/22 1:27:29 PM
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redrocket posted...
Some of the flavored brands are good. Unflavored sparkling water is terrible though.


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BlueCrystalTear
07/10/22 1:30:29 PM
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Europeans tend to find root beer disgusting yet they like sparkling water.

All the proof you need that Europe is culturally backwards.

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Snake5555555555
07/10/22 1:31:35 PM
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Nah it's pretty good, especially ICE.

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Big_Bob
07/10/22 1:36:59 PM
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As someone who doesn't drink alcohol, sparkling water is a necessity when I go out.

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banananor
07/10/22 1:40:43 PM
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I find tonic water gross, but I don't understand the issue with sparkling water

I guess if you're expecting flat tap water it would be an unpleasant surprise

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Esuriat
07/10/22 1:43:59 PM
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Carbonation itself creates a strong bitterness to me. Some flavored sparkling waters mute it enough, but the majority don't.

So yeah, it generally sucks.

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Mr_Lasastryke
07/10/22 1:44:05 PM
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huh? i rarely drink sparkling water but i'm fine with it.

didn't know this was a europe thing.

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Menji
07/10/22 1:44:40 PM
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It's awful by itself, got to add it to grape or apple juice.

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redrocket
07/10/22 1:54:56 PM
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Esuriat posted...
Carbonation itself creates a strong bitterness to me. Some flavored sparkling waters mute it enough, but the majority don't.

Yeah, this is the problem.

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MMXcalibur
07/10/22 2:07:32 PM
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Are we talking about that La Croix shit?
It tastes like death, sapping out all taste.

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redrocket
07/10/22 2:25:30 PM
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MMXcalibur posted...
Are we talking about that La Croix shit?
It tastes like death, sapping out all taste.

Its not just La Croix, but that is a particularly heinous example.

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Kenri
07/10/22 2:44:10 PM
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Nah sparkling water is great

Also I'm convinced people who find carbonation bitter have, like, a gene that makes it that way or something. Like with cucumber. To me it has literally no taste at all.

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NFUN
07/10/22 2:45:28 PM
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Kenri posted...
Nah sparkling water is great

Also I'm convinced people who find carbonation bitter have, like, a gene that makes it that way or something. Like with cucumber. To me it has literally no taste at all.
carbonation makes water acidic, and therefore sour

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07/10/22 2:52:37 PM
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Don't know about restaurants or whatever, but as far as bottled stuff in stores:

I feel like there's a difference between brands that are "here's a flavored drink, it's water based" and "here's some sparkling water, it has flavor added". When they lean into the flavor specifically, they can be good. When they're just trying to be Water Variation #45678, they're always gross to me.

I'm sure ordering water and getting this instead of plain water would be annoying (whether it's flavored or not), just like places that don't specify between sweetened and unsweetened iced tea.

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KingButz
07/10/22 2:57:59 PM
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I wouldn't call it ass but it's worse than normal water.

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Kenri
07/10/22 3:03:14 PM
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NFUN posted...
carbonation makes water acidic, and therefore sour
I don't think acidity necessarily makes things taste sour, though I'm not super educated on the topic and I would imagine it depends a lot on what else is in it (sugars, flavorings, etc). Maybe a good experiment would be to taste test sparkling water against two glasses of still water -- but not tell the participants that one glass of still water is actually rainwater, which is much closer in pH to sparkling water than tap water

in any case i can't taste it so it's fake to me

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KingButz
07/10/22 4:35:49 PM
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The pH scale is logarithmic

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tcaz2
07/10/22 4:49:20 PM
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Kenri posted...
Nah sparkling water is great

Also I'm convinced people who find carbonation bitter have, like, a gene that makes it that way or something. Like with cucumber. To me it has literally no taste at all.

Sort of, it has to do with the amount of taste receptors on your tongue. Look up studies on Supertasters. Some people taste things more strongly than others, which means bitter flavors are picked up more and thus more repulsive.

tldr; carbonated water is bitter you just have no taste, literally.
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RyoCaliente
07/10/22 5:04:59 PM
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The irony is that you get sparkling water as an American because you're American, and we Europeans assume you're all fatasses who need carbonation and sugar in everything you consume.

I have a friend who hates all kinds of carbonation and doesn't drink alcohol, so whenever we go to a restaurant he 9/10 will order water, and if he doesn't specify still water he'll always be asked.

That being said, my irony is that I hate all kinds of sparkling water, except for the one company whose still water I despise, because I can actually enjoy their sparkling water for some reason.

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Crescent-Moon
07/10/22 5:20:08 PM
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Sparkling water and Seltzer are both awful.

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DeepsPraw
07/10/22 6:03:26 PM
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theres a reason sodas have a shit ton of sugar or artificial sweeteners in them. unsweetened sparkling water is disgusting

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Janus5k
07/10/22 6:07:52 PM
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Nah, it's fine.

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StealThisSheen
07/10/22 6:24:55 PM
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Kenri posted...
I don't think acidity necessarily makes things taste sour, though I'm not super educated on the topic and I would imagine it depends a lot on what else is in it (sugars, flavorings, etc). Maybe a good experiment would be to taste test sparkling water against two glasses of still water -- but not tell the participants that one glass of still water is actually rainwater, which is much closer in pH to sparkling water than tap water

in any case i can't taste it so it's fake to me

Something something science.

The higher the acidity, the more hydrogen ions, and hydrogen ions trigger the "sour" reaction from our taste buds, or something like that.

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ChichiriMuyo
07/10/22 6:34:03 PM
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Snake5555555555 posted...
Nah it's pretty good, especially ICE.
Those things have so many added ingredients that I don't know how they get away with calling it water.

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