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[jaydub]

Chinese folks do this.  I don't know what its about either,  but living & working in California, I encounter a lot of folks from mainland China and many of them settle down for lunch with a steaming cup of hot water.

[bluemoon72]

I was embarrassed to say so at first, but I also hate ice water.  Can't stand it.  I don't like the taste, the temperature, or the texture.  IF (and it's a big if) I drink water, it's got to be cool at its coldest, but preferably tepid.  And be chock-full of Crystal Light or something.  I hate pretty much everything about drinking water.  However, I do like to shower in it, swim in it, and eat things cooked in it.

[JorgeFabregas]

On no account will a commie ever drink water, and not without good reason.

[littlefallsmets]

Left to my own devices, I'd basically only drink ice water and hot coffee. Snapple in a pinch at a truckstop with bad coffee. That's it.

[greenkoolayd]

i only really like snapple for the 'real facts'.........

[Choop]

i drink cold filtered water, but i cannot abide ice in my drinks. i like sparkling water, and i was surprised to discover one that actually tastes cleaner, different and better. still, no ice. also: at a soda fountain, i put just enough ice in to keep it cold, and don't use a lid or straw, and usually finish it before i drive off.

ice is awesome for keeping things cold but it ruins every potable.

[jaydub]

My wife is one of those bizzare people who fills the cup with ice, then adds soda.  I can understand it when a vendor rips you off doing that (although the margins on soda syrup are already so extortionate it hardly seems worth the effort) but to shortchange yourself?  Plus, she gets mad at me if I bring her a cup of soda with just enough ice to keep it cool.

[Victoria Waterfield]

Chinese folks do this.  I don't know what its about either,  but living & working in California, I encounter a lot of folks from mainland China and many of them settle down for lunch with a steaming cup of hot water.

That is supposedly how tea was discovered. The Emperor of China was having a walk around his garden with a cup of hot water, and a tea leaf dropped into his cup, and instead of pouring out the now-brown water, he decided to drink it anyway. Good man.

[linnea]

This "drinking plain hot boiled water" thing confuses the hell out of me. I have a half-liter mug at work and drink about 2 mugs full of green tea or yerba mate each day.

I love water, though. Chilled from the Brita or ice water. Either is equally awesome.

[jay-ell]

you know what i coul d use right now/

probbaly some water.

[jay-ell]

two cubes

that's the perfect amount of ice

[pmcd9]

two cubes

that's the perfect amount of ice

What the fuck, I thought I split this.  We're still talking about ice water over here in the bacon thread?

[littlefallsmets]

Sure, extra water from melting ice dilutes your drink.

But without it, the drink cannot be SUPER COLD.

I will take super cold and 'lute, any day. Any damn day.

[pmcd9]

My wife is one of those bizzare people who fills the cup with ice, then adds soda.  I can understand it when a vendor rips you off doing that (although the margins on soda syrup are already so extortionate it hardly seems worth the effort) but to shortchange yourself?  Plus, she gets mad at me if I bring her a cup of soda with just enough ice to keep it cool.

I like my soda as cold as I can get it so I'm with your wife on this one.

[wombat]

When we remodeled the kitchen we got a fridge with a filtered water dispenser inside. I insisted that this was a needless complication but everyone said I would come to love it. The water that comes out is ice cold. As it turns out, 90% of the year, I drink the room temperature water out of the Brita pitcher on the countertop instead.