[Misi 21] Day #2 - Does Water Have Taste?

Yes. To my own shock.

There's even a world International Water Tasting competition held annually.

This curiosity started some time ago in a conversation with a good friend of mine, Daniel Kaurranny, an aspiring coffee consultant. We were talking about beans, wine, and somewhere along the line he mentioned that if you took four different brand of water, you could taste differences among them.

Today I took the challenge as part of Misi 21. I've got in my hands those bottled water, as you can see from the caps.



After sterilizing my tastebuds, here's the note of my tasting:

Dark Blue - I breathed in several times and noted a smell similar to those gallon cleaning wet tissue. Took a few sip and yes, the flavor started coming out. It was clean flowery on my tongue. Subtle. I lost it sometimes and had it again the other times.

Light Blue - Brand wise, I liked this the most. The packaging, the color, it just gets me. But it did not raise any flavor.

Red - Weird. But on my third sip of this water, I couldn't swallow it. Other than the bitter end, something is just off from this water. I wish I'm a Q-grader and could verbalized it in words.

Orange - One word. Tasteless. Its just bland, which is expected since its distilled water. Which means it left almost zero minerals in the water.

To say that water has a taste is somewhat misleading though. Water at is purest state is in fact tasteless. Biology 101. But what adds the flavor is the minerals. You see, water is universal solvent. That means, it dissolves a little of anything that comes in contact with it. A collection of potassium, magnesium, sodium, collected along the way creates the 'taste' although very subtle.

Subtle. Is today's keyword.

Lesson's Learned
As similar as water appears, even they have a subtlest hint of difference. Something that sets the blue apart from the orange. Imparting this analogy to life. If water can have a 'taste' that defines itself, so do us, humans. Each one of us are created unique, with specific talents, passions and strengths that defines us.

The question is, have you found what sets you apart from the crowd? What's your taste? What's your flavor?

Discover it. Be honest to yourself. Your life will change from that moment forward. Take charge. Think less, feel more.

Until tomorrow,

Fellexandro Ruby

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