Cold water will come if i pull the tap to one side and hot water if i pull it to other side...
During the cold days .... i prefer to have hot water ..
is it good to drink hot water ...
Is it advisable to drink hot water coming from the Tap?
it's not bad but consider that hot water has been potentially held in a tank for some time and that tank might have certain residues and other nasties building up.
Get a Britta filter jug and leave it on the side in your kitchen. Filtered tepid water for you.
And mind you don't burn your mouth...
tap water in switzerland is potable...so nothing to worry about....
Just a note, it kills the Brita or pur filter if you run hot water through it. I would suggest filtering cold water, then heating. I love a cup of hot water with a little lemon.
Tap water is great here, but I wouldn't drink the hot water. I wouldn't use it for cooking either (to speed up boiling water for pasta for example) - you don't know, there could be a dead something in the boiler.
I was actually suggesting filtering cold water and then letting it get to a tepid temperature. Otherwise yes, invest in a kettle (Wasserkocher in German)
Since from where I come from, tap water has to be boiled for about 10 minutes prior to consumption....I guess I've built up quite an immune system....
Oh, you poor dear. The swiss tap water must be a taste treat then. Drink up! Cheers.
One of my friend told that hot water from tap is recycled water and cold water is fresh ... but i love to have cold water ... thanxs a lot for all of your answers
Nothing wrong with the hot or cold tap water here IMHO ... I use the hot tap water (unfiltered - OMG) to make coffee, my wife makes tea, we boil our pasta in it, etc.
Here? In CH? Yeah, right ...
Well, if you like warm water why not have some tea? Boil freshly drawn water first, mind...
I'm curious how that would work out. Two separate water lines coming into your residence? One from a sewage treatment plant and the other from the a lake or spring. But considering the treated water either goes back into the lake or gets used for irrigation and is technically recycled anyways. . . We're all drinking recycled water.
I've made pasta with warm tap water for years and haven't noticed any negative effects. I think it's safe and sterile. And in the odd case it is not, one gets infected anyway because the legionnaire's disease bacteria infect us by inhalation and not by drinking it (and I don't know any other threat that is specific to warm water).
There are in fact two separate drinking water pipe systems in the city of Zürich, the smaller one is connected to many public wells, serves spring water and is independent from electricity. All the wells of this type serve spring water (and some others):
I like drinking cold water, but the Taoists recommend that you don't drink ice cold water after Chi Gung - it has an effect on the bodies energetic system, which you would imagine as energy would be required to warm it to body temperature.
I wouldn't use hot water from a tap - better to heat it yourself in a kettle, avoid plastic kettles (because some of the toxic stuff in the plastic gets in to the water), use stainless steel ones.
I would though use filtered water placed in a jug (glass jug preferably) to come to room temperature.
In cold climates it's good to drink 'hot' water - or tea. I use mild green tea in large tea pots. Even in hot countries, it is still better to drink hot water (ie Tea) then cold because it helps better regulate body temperature - this is why in hot countries like India, they serve you tea everywhere, and if you drink tea instead of an iced drink you might find that it helps the body regulate temperature better.
When you heat water, the dissolved oxygen in the water would be removed by the agitation - but that is of no concern. I don't know if there is an effect on pH (I doubt it), but it does increase the ORP (ie makes the water more of an oxidant), but as Tea contains anti-oxidants, this won't be an issue. So it's better to drink hot tea then hot water I'd say.
As Lob mentioned, hot water tanks that are set under 60°C can harbour bacteria (normally around 10' away from the tank in joints). I wouldn't drink it, especially do not give it to young children or babies.
80°C will kill most germs, but kettles do this best.