Question

What does water taste like?

Answer 1

And) Water tends to be tasteless,” wrote Aristotle.

- In his view, it serves only as the vehicle for flavor.

- But later scientists began to notice that a draught of pure distilled water could provoke a certain taste.

- Some found it bitter on the tongue; others said it was insipid.

- So water is the farthest below adaptation: thus we call the quality resulting from the sub-adapting concentrations "water tastes".

- We can make water take on any taste quality by varying the quality of the adapting solution.

- For example, water following adaptation to dilute acids tastes sweet, water following urea tastes salty, and water following NaCl tastes bitter or sour.

Thus giving any form to water, water tastes like that way.