Does water have a taste?

wiki.answers says:
Taste is a relative thing. For humans pure water (liquid H2O) does NOT have a taste. It will only give a warm/cold feeling.
This is because water does not react to any of our taste buds.
Now this isn't true for all animals. Some animals, like dogs, have taste buds that can be used to 'taste' water.
Most water however isn't pure and thus our human taste buds can 'taste' water.

So, yes and no then :)

Professor Threepwood's answer:
Of course it does!
This was one I learned in my curious younger days at St Bartholomew's boarding school for wayward boys.
It was a warm day after lacrosse practice and all the chaps were in the shower block.
A strapping young third year caught my eye and one thing led to another. I got a mouthful of a warm, creamy but salty, substa...
Wait, did you say water?