I don't get out much and certainly don't travel a whole lot, so when I went to a friend's birthday party at a local Holiday Inn, I was quite captivated by something they offered in the lobby. In a huge tankard, for lack of a better term, was cold water with fresh fruit thrown in. In this instance, strawberries and lemons graced the inside of the tankard, though I was made to understand that the exact contents of the tankard would vary day to day. But the same fruit-and-water dynamic is maintained.
Of course, fruit in water is no big revelation; who hasn't had lemon in their water or lime in their seltzer? Still, the presentation was what drew my interest. I mean, if you haven't seen it before, I guess a huge container of water with citrus fruits just floating along is pretty striking. Plus, as the water level got low and the levels of fruit essence got more concentrated, the water got more tasty yet. It certainly by no means was as strong as Vitamin Water or Gatorade, but the taste was there. In fact, I like it better that it was more subtle.
I would like to see large-scale fruit-in-water displays such as this more often, actually. I get bored by drinking plain ol' water, so I need the carbonation of seltzer or some light fruit flavoring to get me motivated to drink it sometimes. Consequently, I don't get enough water. If these tankards were around everywhere, though, I'd be properly hydrated, no doubt.
Do you enjoy fruit/fruit flavoring in your water?
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i love fruit flavored water. when it's natural, that is. i'm not a huge vitamin water fan.
I love vitamin water ! :O but this looks neat tho.
Nah...tea for me.
o0o that picture looks soo cool
and i love vitamin water!
Just lemon
every once in awhile ...and just lemon
I like lemon in my water once in awhile. My water has to be either hot or cold, something very displeasing about luke warm water these days.
That looks soooo good!
I love limes.
We do that for parties, adding fruit to punch. It's yummy!!
yummy, sounds like what my bf's mom does. =D
I like lemon and lime. I also remember hearing once that some celebrity liked cucumbers in her water. I've tried it a couple of times.....I find it gives it a very refreshing taste. I've never thought to put other fruits in my water. Sounds delicious and perhaps I will try it! The picture looks great....that water looks great!
I love fruit in my drinks!
My sister does this with cucumber and ice cold water.
Naturally flavored, like in the pics. Never had Vitamin Water, never will.
I don't know... I'd rather have fruit with punch or other drinks.. like strawberries. I don't really like water with lemons
No. I like plain water.
I think I'm the only person around who drinks plain old seltzer. What it is to me is essential as water is to normal people lol.
yeah, i was going to say i sometimes put lemon slices in my water but i agree with you, the whole look of it looks interesting and bet it tastes/smells good too. i love fresh fruity water.
@likewaterforchocolateI love you for this post LOL Wasn't it amazing? My favorite was the strawberry one. I think I'm going to start doing this at home. What flavor would you do?
I like plain water but fresh fruit in ice cold water would be nice every once in a while :)
Hahahaha you call it seltzer. x]
I would probably really like that. I don't drink that much pop, and always get a lemon slice with my water whenever I go out to eat.
I like my water plain and filtered.
No I like plain water...there is something about flavored water that just makes me gag..
I only drink plain water and trying to limit my consumption of fruits