Brands sometimes create bespoke moulds for their expensive bottles rather than using off-the-shelf traditional designs. In some cases, where the water itself is nothing special, packaging may be the only major factor behind a high price.
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These are often small family businesses who care deeply about their sources and make great effort to preserve them for future generations.īespoke packaging is also a driver as brands try to make something interesting for the consumer, just as wine and spirits do. This can make the price much higher than ordinary brands because transportation, measures to offset the carbon footprint, purity maintenance, and ensuring the sustainability of the sources can be expensive. Besides for rare types of natural spring water, there are also glacier waters, rain water, iceberg water, aquifer sourced water, and many others. Many natural bottled waters come from truly unique sources as water enthusiast Michael Mascha describes in his writings on natural Fine Waters. And with water menus popping up at restaurants, hotels, bars, and spas around the world, there are more opportunities than ever for everyone to find their favorites.Ī water tasting event in Taipei, Taiwan with water sommeliers Howard Hsia and Yvonne Wu from our distributor Water Selection Most walk away with a favorite, such as in this brief clip of a water tasting we did at Gruvelageret restaurant here in Svalbard. I have run numerous water tastings, usually with 6 different brands at a time, and no one has ever left without understanding that water is not just water. And when the differences are explained and tasted, even more people understand. But most of us have known someone who can easily discern differences. Many people think all water tastes the same.
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Similarly with water, enjoying a unique natural water that sells at a premium for its qualities and rarity can be a true delight, while the human right to clean, pure, tap water remains firm.Īlso read: The full list of waters from Down to Earth with Zac Efron. Enjoying premium foods that cost more in no way negates the human right of all to food. Different natural waters like different foods can bring greater and varied enjoyment through taste, presentation, and origins. And in both cases, it can and should at times also be a delight for our senses. That frequently pop up in outdated most-expensive lists Water is a human right and a delight Some of the groundbreaking but discontinued water brands The not-so-subtle message in these pieces is that it is crazy for H2O to cost so much.
Most of them have incorrect pricing, or use the same old data including several brands that no longer exist.
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A Google or YouTube search for "most expensive water" or "most expensive bottled water" turns up a quick series of lists. From super-premium to luxury, each water brand carries a story.įor years headlines have popped up talking about expensive water.
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