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You are spot on. Water is absolutely not flavorless.

Fortunately I live in a place with high quality clean water, and on a warm day if I’m very thirsty, the taste of water is really really good, it clearly beats any soft drink IMO. I can even prefer it over a cold beer when I’m thirsty!
But even minor contaminants can make it taste way worse, if you live in a house with old plumbing, or if you can see buildup in the metal filter most taps have, the taste of your water is probably influenced by contamination besides Iron from the pipes. Good iron pipes are OK, but new synthetic pipes are better.

If I drink a carbonized mineral water, I can also most definitely taste the carbonation.

If the water smells like rainy weather or wet skin or in some other way smells off, it is probably contaminated. However the water can have a slight metallic smell because there are actually naturally occurring minerals in the water. BUT if your water is discolored, it is definitely contaminated, and drinking it can make you sick.
Our water is pretty high on calcium, but there is for instance also a small amount of lithium. Lower calcium water taste a bit sweeter, so natural water definitely exist that is even better than our water.

Remember always let the tap run for a short while before drinking from it.
If the water doesn’t taste good, it’s probably because it’s not good.

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grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Sometimes discoloration of water is just it being full of air. My HOA’s backup water well is like that. It’s been tested and is fine to drink, but it’s incredibly cloudy until it’s sat for a few minutes.

Also, if you’re on well water get it tested. Even if it was fine when you moved in, things change. Maybe the new farm down the road’s fertilizer is leaking in to the ground water. You won’t know unless someone tests.

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- Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  If it’s only air it just gets cloudy, not discolored.
  It can be disolored from iron, and that’s not a health problem AFAIK.
  
  I have never heard of anybody here in Denmark who has brown or cloudy tap water. That would simply not be considered acceptable.
  Tap water here is always CRYSTAL clear, and generally higher quality than bottled water.
  
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HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I don't think the cold water on a hot day is about flavor. Its just as flavorless as its ever been. Its neutral and you can't get away from that without flavoring it. Bad water can taste aweful but the best is just going to be neutral. We like the taste of acidic things for some reason. Not sure why. The cold water when hot is more a craving and if for some reason you can't get ice cold water but you can soda. Even if your not a soda drinker you may guzzle the icey drink.

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- scintilla@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  This is just not true. When my wife’s family moved to my home state they all though that the water tasted “sweet”. Good tasting water definitely exists.
  
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  - HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    If i moved there I would get it tested to find out why it had that flavor. Pure distilled water that is only h2o definitely does not.
    
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- Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Sad for you, but just because you can’t taste it doesn’t change the fact that water actually has taste.
  
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  - HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    pure distilled water does not. if water with taste is water then great. I personally have a bad habit of drinking a particular flavor of water called soda.
    
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