# Do you like to drink \*non-flavored) water? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188 "2010-07-19T03:09:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/1 "2010-07-19T03:09:25Z")
I’m talking about regular, mostly tasteless water, not flavored like Propel or Clearly Canadian or VitaminWater. I don’t. I’ll usually drink Gatorade or Powerade or Juice to get hydrated. I can’t really stand drinking just water alone, though, because it’s just so flavorless. Sure it’s quenching but I need something that has taste to it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/2 "2010-07-19T03:14:57Z")
I hate “energy drinks”. They’re just nasty to me. Plain water every time, please. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/3 "2010-07-19T03:15:14Z")
“Love” is a bit strong, but I like it. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/4 "2010-07-19T03:17:11Z")
I love it. I drink two things: coffee and water. I will drink other stuff on occasion, but usually not. I used to drink three things, but after I got old I discovered that beer makes me fat. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/5 "2010-07-19T03:28:03Z")
I drink Arizona peach tea almost exclusively, but occasionally I like a Strawberry-Melon Fuse or a Coke Zero. Sometimes when I go out to eat I like ice water when they serve it with the small ice cubes. I have no idea why. It just seems so much more refreshing that way. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/6 "2010-07-19T03:38:53Z")
I drink water almost all the time. I do enjoy it, and a nice refreshing glass of water is great. I was more into soda in the past. Now I drink ginger ale (or ginger cola as I call it) but sparingly. Maybe a can every couple of weeks. I guess I don’t really want something with a taste when I’m drinking. I like to clear my palate with something without a flavor. Plus, I’d hate to get dependent on things that aren’t water. I’d be worried about getting dehydrated or something. Not drinking water most of the time would feel wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/7 "2010-07-19T03:42:12Z")
I generally carry a bottle of water when I’m on the go, but I opt for flavored beverages when I’m at home. It’s kind of counter-intuitive, come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/8 "2010-07-19T03:44:12Z")
It’s my preferred beverage, although ‘love’ is a little strong. Very, very occasionally, I’ll want a drink that tastes like something, in which case I prefer natural things (fruit juices, homemade lemonade, etc.) to sodas and sports drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/9 "2010-07-19T03:44:45Z")
Living here in the desert, you get used to drinking water, because you pretty much have to. A lot of times when I think I’m craving soda or other bad-for-me stuff, it’s just that I’m really super-thirsty, and if I drink a lot of water, those cravings go away. My 11 year-old hasn’t learned that yet, but he is really going to have to start drinking water. I love water now. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/10 "2010-07-19T03:48:39Z")
I drink plain water most of the time. It tastes fine and has no calories. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/11 "2010-07-19T04:13:57Z")
I’ve been trying to drink more water than soda lately, and I’m making some headway. I stopped buying cans of soda and I just have water and Costco’s brand of vitamin-enriched flavored water product when I need something with taste. I still drink soda when I go out, but I’m slowly learning to just appreciate water for water’s sake, rather than as a necessary dullness. Mints plus soda taste terrible anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/12 "2010-07-19T04:19:07Z")
I love water. I can guzzle lots of it down without feeling guilty, and at work I can refill my water bottle from the filtered water spout for free - and I do so even now we can get bottled water for free. I also like soda, and ice tea, but not GatorAde and the like - perhaps because I had to gulp down a gallon of the stuff before a colonoscopy. I drink three or four glasses at restaurants also, even if I have also ordered a drink. No kidney stones for me! ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/13 "2010-07-19T04:37:31Z")
Like another poster above, my go-to non-alcoholic drinks are coffee and water. If I want something carbonated, I’ll typically get club soda. In the summer, I’ll make a pitcher of cucumber-lemon-and-mint water. I’ll add a little bit of sugar to my coffee (and I do love a good Cuba Libre), but I couldn’t imagine a sugary drink doing anything to slake my thirst. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/14 "2010-07-19T05:16:35Z")
My mum buys way too much Perrier water. I drink lots of that. In addition, I like plain old refrigerated tap water. I used to drink 2-3 cans of pop a day before I started dieting. Getting rid of that, in conjunction with many other bad aspects of my food intake, help me shed off 50+ pounds. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/15 "2010-07-19T05:24:27Z")
I buy 3 gallons of water a week, and yet I’m not sure I can put myself in the upper column. To me, when I want water, and when I want a flavored beverage–they’re almost different types of thirsty. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/16 "2010-07-19T05:30:34Z")
Honestly, I am acutely aware of the total number of calories I should consume per day to maintain a healthy weight - I don’t have any room in the budget for 100s of calories of flavored beverages. I drink a cup of coffee (with 2 little non dairy creamers) in the morning, mugs of plain hot tea throughout the day and water with my meals. I generally have a non fat latte 2-3 times per week. I never drink regular soda, but I drink the occasional Hansen’s diet soda (love the root beer). I usually have 1-2 glasses of red wine a week. I make a conscious choice to rarely drink calories. I don’t LOVE water, but I like it well enough. ---
**Author:** ![Acantha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Acantha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acantha)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/17 "2010-07-19T10:49:23Z")
I usually drink either water or booze. 😃 It makes me cringe when I see someone drinking a coke or other sweet drink while eating something sweet. It’s hard to find tea that isn’t sweetened, so water is usually the best choice if you’re running into a convenience store to grab a drink, there are always bottles available. I was glad when the theaters started offering them because I always had to sneak one in before. Am I the only one with the ‘no sweet drinks’ quirk? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/18 "2010-07-19T11:07:12Z")
Before my middle daughter was out on her own, she loved bottled water. I, however, got tired of (one) paying for it and (two) trashing all those plastic bottles. So I bought a water filtration pitcher for our fridge. Turns out, my youngest daughter _loves_ water, as long as it’s ‘fresh, pure water’, which is what she started calling it years ago when I first bought the pitcher! I voted for ‘love’ water, though that’s a strong word. . .First thing in the morning, and when I’m truly thirsty, nothing hits the spot the way water does! I get up, fill a big glass with lots of ice, fill the glass with water from the pitcher. . .ahhhhhh. Instant refreshment! I do drink sodas (diet) and iced tea. But I don’t care for flavored waters at all. They taste too, I dunno, artificial (ironic, I know, considering what’s in diet soda!) ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/19 "2010-07-19T11:16:03Z")
I don’t love water, but usually choose it over most other drinks, because I don’t want to consume too much sugar, or many artificial dyes and flavors. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188/20 "2010-07-19T11:33:42Z")
I wavered between voting for LOVE water and “drink it from time to time.” Plain water is about half of my fluid intake, but it’s more like a strong like than love. When I’m working out (or just doing heavy labor), or just plain thirsty (especially if I’ve woken up thirsty), I prefer lukewarm water, and will drink a quart in seconds; if I’m eating a meal, or on a break at work, I prefer cold diet energy drink or diet soda, and tend to nurse it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188.md?page=2)