This may seem to be a silly question, but it's something I as well as others I know have pondered, but given little real thought to. When I make a large glass of ice water, it's cold delicious and refreshing, but it seems to get better with age. I and others have noticed that Ice water that has had some time to "sit and chill" seems to be better, softer, and more pleasing than water that has been recently chilled/iced. Is there some kind of scientific explanation why Ice water that's been sitting around a bit to let the ice properly/partially melt at least appears to taste better/softer? I've been thinking about it a while now, and really have not come up with an explanation, after all it's all just water.
A buddy of mine will make a large insulated (approx 32-48OZ) cup of ice water each day, but wont consume the liquid until it's had proper time to "rest" (which is usually a couple hours) into it's more desirable "Old Ice water" form, which he claims (and I agree) that it just seems to taste better after it's "rested".
So, whats the deal? Is is just all in our heads that the "aged" Ice water tastes more pleasing, aside from psychological influences, there must be some way to explain it....
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