Chinese drink warm water
Americans drink iced water
What does this mean?
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Cold water seems fresher and less likely to be stagnant.
Same reason cats enjoy flowing water?
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Californians disproportionately (from my limited n) enjoy room-temp water.
Also America was first to have readily available cheap ice in early 1800s from ice lakes in new England
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Someone once told me you should drink warm water after a workout, because you absorb it faster.
Another person once told me you should drink cold water after a workout, because you absorb it slower.
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Hot water as standard drink for Chinese is legacy of old public health campaigns (partly rooted in folk theories) under Nationalists and then the Communists. American iced water = New World luxuriousness
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Americans are consistently accustomed to shocking their kidneys into a state of hyper contraction and then blaming their fatigue on China.
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They are getting ready for tea while we're getting ready for a Coke?










