Water. Not one in the same.

Water has always been my favorite drink. I never want to go anywhere with out my canteen in hand, filled with fresh crisp water. Soda sincerely disgusts me, what they do to coffee these days seem so unnatural and milk is only a breakfast drink. I love the way water can quench any unbearable thirst. You can be in the middle of the Mojave Desert or simple sitting in your house on a hot summer day and water just does the trick. Water has that cool, crisp, and unbelievably clean feeling as it descends down your parched throat and it feels as though all of your ailments melt away. I love water so much but why do I and many other people have such a biased on which brand or type of water they would rather drink. Isn't water... water?

I remember when I was younger and my dad dug our first well. My whole family was so excited and wanted to taste the water straight from the Earth. Unfortunately, the water table was deeper than he thought and while he dug endlessly in the hot dry heat, we were forced to drink bottled water that whole summer. My family's water of choice was Aquafina. I fell in love that summer. My mom had never bought bottled water before and it pained her to waste so much plastic but she dealt with her buyer’s remorse and did not let the family suffer. Drinking water out of a bottle was amazing how could I ever go back to drinking from a rusty, ironed enriched tap? The taste of Aquafina was an orgasm in my mouth, with every new bottle came a new orgasmic adventure. It was sweet yet slimy and ran down the throat like a wet water slide in the middle of summer. I loved bottled water and the great thing was it would all taste the same. Or so I thought.

One day while at the store my mom bought Arrowhead water because it was cheaper. I didn’t think twice and eagerly brought the case home so I could chill the contents and begin to indulge in all of its “waterous” wonder. I hated Arrowhead. Have I become a biased water drinker? The water was not smooth and almost had a hard texture. It had an indescribable taste and was not the sweet Aquafina I was used too. I felt as though I had spent the summer in Georgia eating homemade fried chicken and mashed potatoes, and then went back home to California only to find KFC. I was now on a mission to try other bottled water brands in search for a taste to match Aqaufina.

Dasani was horrible and tasted like chalk in a bottle. The off brand water's made me want to cry and I wouldn't even look at the expensive brands such as Evian or Fuji because water should never burn a hole in your pocket. Don't you believe that all water has a different taste? I later found out that all water brands have their own signature taste infused with their own signature mineral and vitamins. I was appalled.