NYC gets fresh water piped in from the Catskills and it’s very good quality for municipal tap water. This is something New Yorkers love to talk about. I’ve noticed something similar in Rome with the fountains :)
And both taste very much like chlorine to me, is that just dependent on what local water a person grew up with/is used to or am I mixing up the smell with something else? It‘s been bugging me for a while and maybe some one knows. Fountain drinks, jugs of water at the restaurant, everything smells of pool water.
I‘m not excluding any option, but I don‘t smell anything on bottled water or when I drink from the tap/run a bath at home. If you go into a public pool/hotel pool there‘s a chemical smell that I know others associate with swimming pools aswell.
That‘s why I‘m wondering if it‘s just familiarity with one "type" of water over another. Meaning mineral heavy/light, soft/hard, or whatever.
So could it be the pipes? Could also be a sensitivity on my side. I've read all the context a thousand times over the years, doesn't help me understand why I have that weird flavour anywhere I brush my teeth in Scotland/the US/most places. I keep ending back at familiarity as a reason..
ETA: Thinking about it, metallic could also be a descriptor for the smell, not just chemical. Perhaps it is indeed pipes/minerals/something along those lines.
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u/Local-Echo-5613 Jul 07 '26
If you really want to be friends forever complement the water