Bottled Water or Tap Water

Elfrida

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 11:21 pm

amother Lime wrote:

I always put 4 water bottles on their side table. And show them where to take more from.
How would tap work? Give them a pitcher?

We refill the water bottles!

Buy new once a month or so (and for Pesach), when they're not in such good condition, but there are always a few bottles in the fridge. If cold water from the fridge runs out, we add ice.

amother

Viola

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 11:21 pm

I live in Israel.
We drink tap.
We serve bottled to guests.
(I pour it into pitchers to look fancy, but let my guests know that it is bottled)

amother

Forestgreen

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 11:29 pm

We drink unfiltered tap unless we are in a country (not Israel!) where that is known to be unsafe. Eg Thailand, not that I have ever been.

We do keep it chilled in bottles in the refrigerator so if you didn't know you may think that this is chilled bottled water. This is for our convenience and we tell guests it is regular tap water, it is not to fool anyone.

We have a few small bottles of mei eden/similar for bedside water for guests. We also have refillable bottles for us, guests are welcome to use them. Most people bring their own refillable bottles.

Ema of 5

Sun, Jan 05 2025, 11:33 pm

amother OP wrote:

The threads on hosting made me curious, when you have Shabbos guests do you have bottled water or tap water on the table?

We have a filter spout on one of our sinks.

amother

Glitter ↓

Yesterday at 4:44 am

amother Eggshell wrote:

Tap. I don't buy bottled water.

If you are my guest and let me know in advance that you only drink bottled water, I'll try to accommodate, but in my mind it's equivalent to any other food aversion that I only work around if I'm told about it in advance.

(Incidentally, a relative who used to only drink bottled water realized that refrigerated tap water was indistinguishable from bottled water to him and to any of his guests that he later tested his theory on.)

I don't know if I would feel so comfortable telling a host I only drink bottled water. It's not the same as saying I'm allergic to this.... or I can't have spicy foods.
If someone posted that here they'll be labeled "high maintenance "
Am I wrong?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 4:56 am

amother Glitter wrote:

No youre not wrong. I think some would label a bottled water drinker as high maintenance if she responded to a host that she prefers bottled water (when asked by the host if she has any food allergies or food preferences)

amother

Smokey

Yesterday at 5:25 am

I live in Israel. We have a filter on our main water pipe so all of our water is filtered. We serve tap water in a nice pitcher, with ice cubes. I noticed that our guest this week did not drink all shabbos and finally had a cup of water by shalashudes. I felt bad but I didn't have any other drinks to offer. I have ADHD kids who go wild if I serve sugary drinks so I never buy them.

amother

↑ Glitter ↓

Yesterday at 5:32 am

amother Smokey wrote:

Im only asking because of all the previous threads, did you put water bottles in their room?
Some responses on previous threads said they put water bottles in rooms, but serve tap at the table.
And going forward, would you buy bottled water for shabbos when you do have guests. ( maybe ill start a s/o for that)

keym ↓

Yesterday at 5:32 am

We have a Brita filter and all drinking water gets filled from there (filtered tap).
We have a few bottles that get filled up and put in the fridge, refilled from the filter.
We don't like the taste of bottled water. It tastes too plastic for us.

We have a few bottles in the pantry for emergencies. And we let any guests know that the water comes from the filter

Even my guests who claim they only drink bottled have no problem with filtered water that gets put in a bottle and put in the fridge. I think there's something psychological about filling up a cup from the sink.
I don't trick anyone.

But if you would insist on only bottled, I would consider you high maintenance and an expensive guest, similar to a guest who insists on salmon rather than gefilte fish, or meat rather than chicken.

↑ shabbatiscoming ↓

Yesterday at 5:34 am

amother Smokey wrote:

Next time just tell her its filtered water. I always tell guests just in case they dont want to drink tap water. The filtered water tastes fine. The actual tap water, does not.

amother

↑ Glitter

Yesterday at 5:37 am

shabbatiscoming wrote:

Next time just tell her its filtered water. I always tell guests just in case they dont want to drink tap water. The filtered water tastes fine. The actual tap water, does not.

The filter takes out the minerals from the "hard water"?
I haven't been to Israel in a while but seems like this is a hot topic.
Also, at least personally, any water that is cold always tastes better that room temp or warm.

amother

↑ OP

Yesterday at 5:43 am

keym wrote:

You can buy a large 1 gallon bottle of water for about $1.50. How is that the same as beef vs chicken?

↑ keym ↓

Yesterday at 5:50 am

amother OP wrote:

You can buy a large 1 gallon bottle of water for about $1.50. How is that the same as beef vs chicken?

Because to fill up that gallon bottle with filtered water costs me 5¢ (I calculated). So that's a $1.45 upgrade per gallon.

And most people drink more than a gallon of water over Shabbos - between 3 meals, Shabbos afternoon, Erev Shabbos.

↑ Molly Weasley ↓

Yesterday at 6:04 am

keym wrote:

I understand you trying to be frugal, but you're overstating the cost.

I don't drink anywhere near a gallon over shabbos.

A couple of cups night/day sudah, coffee in the morning and for S/S

That's it.

sky18

Yesterday at 6:08 am

keym wrote:

You can have tap water for your family and the others that drink tap, and put bottles for the guests that dont