Water doesn’t have a taste to us because we’re essentially made of water. Most of the chemical reactions that make our bodies work happen in water, including the ones that create our sense of taste. When there’s water in our mouths, it’s essentially just more of what’s already in there, so it doesn’t create a new sensation.
Water doesn’t really have a taste. What makes certain water taste good and others not as good is how similar the dissolved mineral content is to your saliva. That also means the taste isn’t universal since everyone is a little different. Unless there’s something really off about it, asking someone to describe the taste of water is basically asking them to describe how flavorless it is. There might be one language which has a lot of specific words for different types of flavorless but English isn’t one of them.
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