Food & Nutrition Meal Ideas Healthy Drinks 20 Tips to Make Drinking Water Taste Better By Melissa Pheterson Published on March 22, 2011 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Give boring tap water a flavor boost to ensure you get your recommended ounces per day. Drink up! 01 of 20 GIVE A SQUEEZE Add a squeeze of lemon or lime (or both). RELATED: Get over 100 healthy juice and smoothie recipes and transform your health with the new book, Clean Green Drinks! 02 of 20 INFUSE WITH FRUIT Fill a large jug with water, sliced fruit (try citrus, berries or melon) and ice; refrigerate overnight. 03 of 20 SOAK IT IN FLAVOR Let pineapple chunks soak in water for at least two hours. 04 of 20 MAKE A MASH Mash up blueberries or raspberries in the bottom of your glass, then add sparkling or still water. 05 of 20 MAKE A SPLASH Pour in a splash of unsweetened cranberry juice. 06 of 20 CUBE JUICE Make ice cubes out of no-sugar-added juice and add to sparkling or still water and cranberry juicewater. 07 of 20 MINT IT Tear up some fresh mint leaves and leave to steep in water before drinking. 08 of 20 CUKE IT Add sliced cucumber for a refreshing zing. 09 of 20 GO CITRUS Freeze clementine slices and use as ice cubes. 10 of 20 MIX IT UP Flavor with Crystal Light (or other sugar-free mix such as Lipton’s Green Tea). 11 of 20 ADD SPARKLE Make half the glass sparkling water, half the glass still water; it’s not as gassy as sparkling alone. 12 of 20 SPICE IT UP Crush some basil leaves, add to water and leave overnight. 13 of 20 VEG OUT After boiling vegetables, such as carrots, reserve the water and chill overnight for a vitamin-packed blast of flavor. 14 of 20 SWEETEN IT Add some artificial sweetener, like Splenda or Stevia, to give your drink pep without the calories. 15 of 20 BREATHE DEEP Add a few drops of rose water. 16 of 20 TAKE TEA Brew green or white tea, then chill. 17 of 20 PICK AN HERB Add an herbal tea bag like passion fruit; heat with lemon. 18 of 20 GRAB A SODA Add a splash of your favorite diet soda to plain seltzer water. 19 of 20 BRANCH OUT Try no-cal Metromint water (in flavors like Peppermint, Spearmint, Cherry Mint and Chocolate Mint). 20 of 20 TAKE IT TO THE TROPICS Add a dash of Acai juice blend, like Sambazon. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit