Discover The Best Tasting Water with Virtual Water Tasting
You drink water everyday, but have you ever really thought about how it tastes? Noticed the flavor, the mouthfeel, how it smells?
Itâs easy to think that the way water tastes isnât all that specialâ in fact, the best tasting water shouldnât taste like anything at all. But that doesnât mean that you canât treat water with as much respect as a fine wine. How? With a Virtual Water Tasting! Discovering the best tasting water can change the way you think about H2O, as you learn there’s much more to it than turning on your tap.
Where does drinking water come from?
Before you embark on your Virtual Water Tasting, letâs talk about the source of your drinking water. Just like a wineâs terroir, a waterâs location impacts the flavor profile. If images of glassy pools surrounded by a verdant forest are coming to mind, well, youâre not wrong. However, from Spanish geysers to glaciers in Norway, water sources can vary.
Like from a 5,000 year old glacier!
Yup, Isbre prides itself on sourcing some of the worldâs purest spring water from the Hardanger fjord in Ulvik, Norway. Since the water comes from a glacier surrounded by mountains, trees, fjords, and waterfalls, and isnât impacted by any negative environmental factors, it means the levels of minerals, salt, and metal compounds are low. So the flavor is pure, clean, and crisp. Pretty cool when you think about drinking water from a 5,000 year old glacier!
And weâd be remiss if we didnât mention France, home of more than 200 brands of bottled waters. Surely youâve heard of Perrier, but did you know that it comes from a naturally-carbonated spring in southern France? Although the water is purified and then carbonated once more before it makes it to your bottle, this spring isnât some recent discovery. The Romans used it as a spa, recognizing the power of mineral water back in the early days. Just like drinking from a glacier, drinking from a spring holds more history in your bottle than you realize. In your Avital virtual water tasting, we send you waters from around the world to get the full experience.
How do you taste water?
Whether youâre drinking your water from the Mediterranean or Patagonia, youâll need to understand what the best tasting water should taste likeâ nothing! That doesnât mean it wonât have any flavor, as water tasting experts will tell you. Surely youâve noticed a difference just from traveling from one city to another in a single glass of tap water! We wonât get into it, but thereâs a reason why some New York bagelmakers insist on only using New York City tap water.
So what are you tasting for? First, you should give it a smell. Odors can impact water taste because a lot of your sensory experience from eating and drinking comes from smell. Give your water a sniff, and notice if itâs fragrant, flowery, or fruity. On the opposite end of the spectrum, notice if itâs fishy, musty, or even rancid. Picking up notes of chlorine? Now youâre on your way to discovering better tasting water.
Why virtual water tasting?
Itâs a pretty quirky event, but hey, that is our motto! While we could go on and on about finding the best tasting water, we think the best way to find out more yourself is to experience it. Five 750ml glass bottles are included in your Water Tasting Kit, and the sixth glass of water comes straight from your tap so you can compare against it. Plus, your Certified Water Sommelier will also talk about food pairingsâ because yes, water and food pairing is a thing, too.
So the next time you take a sip from your glass of water, treat it like a glass of wine or at the very least like a history lesson. Behind that fancy bottled water label is a sippable story.