@@IWrockerIan You should do a reaction video of Tom Scott's Dasani water video! ruclips.net/video/wD79NZroV88/видео.htmlsi=SLTrDIk3fLbFsqV2 I believe they were just bottling tap water and calling it something fancy (allegedly) but Tom explains it better! I'm wondering if Pepsico has done something similar (allegedly) with their water from reverse osmosis!? In Tom's video there's a clip of a British comedy show called 'Only Fools and Horses' where the storyline was them selling bottled tap water as Peckham Spring water - which Tom references to in his video!
😄 I grew up within 30 km from where the majority of bottled water in Denmark is tapped... I only buy bottle water now and then for convenience... it is just tap water in the bottles. Regarding sparkling water... I do have a sodastream... but getting a refill on the CO2 cartridge costs more than the amount of sparkling water would... unless I'm willing to buy 100 L CO2 at once, which is not practical in a 4th floor apartment.
That is the case. However, natural water does sell in Restaurants, where they stopped giving you tap water for free. So now it's bottled natural water instead.
I can only speak for my area here in Germany and non-sparkling water is getting more and more popular from year to year. The trend once was from sparkling to medium water, now it's getting more and more to non-sparkling, which surprises me a lot. I would say 45% sparkling, 35% medium and 20% sparkling (last one growing). Just my experience in my area and at my store.
1.5 L bottles are pretty standard in EU🙂 We don´t consider them big. Of course if you are out and you need to drink water, you usualy buy 0.5 L bottle.🙂
1,5 or 1,4. But, those are not considered personal use drinking direct from the bottle - you pour it into mugs/glasses. TO drink from the bottle then you go with 0,33 or 0,5, but rarely larger. That is just weird.
@@ColonelHarry It's not 'bad plastics'. it's that food grade plastic has a limited lifetime before it starts to breakdown and affect the taste of the water. That's what the date to use by on plastic water bottles is about; not that the water will go off but that the plastic will start to lose, it's ability to protect the water.
Perlege is an export version of Cisowianka, i.e. de facto it is the same water from the same source in the Drzewce Village in the Nałęczów Commune. Nałęczowianka is water obtained from a source in Nałęczów-Zdrój, the capital of the Nałęczów commune, so these two companies come from the same region. There are many different types of water in Poland, from regular still, lightly carbonated, sparkling, mineral and medicinal. There are also many health resorts in Poland that rely on mineral water sources.
Yea and theres a small legal battle between Cisowianka and Nałeczowianka one accusing other of stealing water depleting the aquifer and so on. They are water from the same aquifer their factories are 5,5 km apart. So basically three of your six European waters came from one place :D
In Europe any drink bottle above 700 ml is considered “family” size, to pour out in glasses. The smaller bottles of 700 ml or less are considered “personal” sizes.
@ if you drink from a 1.5l bottle in public, walking. you look like an American. 😂 (on a picnic it’s a bit different, the you are considered one that goofed up by forgetting to pack drinking cups) 😂
I'd draw the line at 750ml or 3/4. Those are still intended for personal use. You might even get away with 1L if you are a tall guy, but 1.5 will certainly give you weird looks.
The letter Ł in Polish sounds like W in English. :) Differences in taste may be related to the content of minerals per unit volume. You have to watch whether you drink sparkling mineral water or pure spring water - it makes a difference
@@IWrocker it same as german wines the same riesling wine from this same village but another mineral stones and You have graushiefer- grey stones blaushiefer- blue stones rotshiefer- redstones all have another aromas
In Romania I drink tap Brita filtered but I grew up on tap water like most of the population with the occasional sparkling local brands. The chloride can be obvious with the tap water sometimes, which is not a bad thing since it means it killed the bacteria, but I can't taste any of that after it passed through the Brita filter.
Perlage comes from Poland and is only bottled in Poland. I was curious and checked with the bottler: they export their water to Canada. So the water you bought probably took a detour via the Canadian market, but is from an underground spring in Poland.
Yea and it is a different part of Cisowianka brand. Also the Cisowianka he liked the most, was strongly carbonated, they are usually very good taste wise. Non carbonated are usually...like tap water :D
It's mad that you get to taste a water from city I come from ( Lublin, Poland) - in fact two of them , Nałęczowianka and Cisowianka. Glad you enjoyed it. Fyi, if you want to pronounce Nałęczowianka, i guess the closest phonetically would be something like Na-when-cho-vianka , you're welcome 😁. Keep up great work mate.
I`m positively surprised that our water won, how nice. I wonder how he would like Muszynianka (it has an unusual taste due to the large amount of magnesium) and Ustronianka with Iodine, if there are any equivalents of that in the USA.
Yes one of the best - When I lived in Carinthia / Austria I always bought that for my ill stomach - it helped me a lot. Love from Austria to beautiful Slovenia 🇦🇹
Be aware that 'sparkling water' drunk straight from the bottle DOES taste different from the same water drunk from a glass... Pouring it out, the surface area and the faster speed of 'bubble loss' tends to make it mellow! FYI: In the UK, any place that sells alcohol, must by law, provide 'tap water' FREE upon request. So pubs, restaurants, cafes _(and even many that don't sell alcohol)_ etc. So lots of people will ask for 'tap water', and avoid having to pay for costly 'still' or 'fizzy', bottled water.
There is something similar in Germany, although not the same. At least one non-alcoholic drink on the menu cannot be more expensive than the cheapest alcoholic drink. This is usually water. The rule is intended to prevent consumers, especially young people, from drinking alcohol because of a cheap price. And if only mineral water is sold, you can also ask for tap water. Not always, but sometimes it is even free.
In Europe, during hot weather, people drink mineral water. The body sweats and with sweat you excrete minerals, so mineral water allows you to replenish what you have lost. There are also three types of water: still, low-carbonated and high-carbonated. I live in the mountains in Poland and I have my own private water from a private water supply that comes from a spring on my forest plot. It has a temperature of +4 degrees Celsius all year round and does not heat up in the summer because the water supply is buried 120 cm deep so that it does not freeze in the winter. I like the most mineral water with natural gas coming out of the spring. These are medicinal waters, of which there are many in my area. Not all of them are pleasant to the taste because, for example, the sulfurous one stinks of rotten eggs, but it is a natural medicine for the digestive system. Muszynianka mineral water should also be available in Chicago. Its health properties include a beneficial effect on metabolism, it is essential for maintaining proper heart function and facilitates the treatment of some inflammatory processes. Calcium combined with magnesium regulates the body's hormonal balance. Of course, bottled mineral water is 50% diluted with regular water. Truly 100% mineral water is drunk only when poured into a porcelain personal cup from the tap at a health resort.
Yep, same in Germany German bottled water comes in three types , Still , Medium ( low carbonated ) , Full (high carbonated ) mineral water . At home German tap water is even more safe ,clean than many types of bottled water .
we do have 1.5 ltr bottles as the standard format for most water and sodas here in the netherlands. the difference is we pour it out in a glass (typically around 0,25 ltr) and we dont walk around with whole bottles. our bottles for walking around are 0,5 ltr but a lot of people find them too big and use cans. (o,33 ltr) and even most peole find that too much for one serving.
Then again, in the Netherlands, our tap water is basically non sparkling spring water! Unlike in France where you see all customers in supermarkets fill their shopping carts with many bottles of water, our tap water tastes good, no weird (after) tastes!
1.5 Liter bottles are very common all over Europe. But we usually don‘t carry them around. They are family sized bottles that are used at home, to pour into a glass.
why would we not carry them around? At least when it's a warm day in summer, when leaving the house for several hours it seems to make sense to carry some water, if possible, in order to be able to drink something in the next few hours. At least one bottle (e.g. 1 litre or 1.5 litre, depending on availability) or two seems often reasonable to be taken.
@@tobyk.4911when I drink 1,5 l in let's say 4-5 hours, I'll need a toilet several times. And I don't want to carry such a big bottle. I usually could always buy more, if I really need it.
@ Where I live, 2 Liter bottles are very, very hard to get. I don’t think I have ever seen a 2 Liter bottle of water in a grocery store in Germany. 2.5 Liter bottles are impossible to get here, I‘d say. 1.5 Liter bottles or even 1 Liter bottles are considered family size. Family size in the sense of: made for pouring into a glass so that many people can drink from the same bottle, not made for drinking straight from the bottle. 0.75 Liter bottles and under are for carrying around.
Radenska 3 Hearts and Knjaz Miloš(Prince Milosh) were best in ex Yugoslavia,made of real mineral spring water.In Central Europe, there is a custom to cool down in the summer with a mixture of white wine and sparkling water, and it is called spritzer or gemischt, it depends on the geography.
In italy we have the Alps so we have many different spring waters that are high quality. Unfortunately San Benedetto is not one of those but it is mid range. If you are ever curious in the High quality waters we drink Pejo in our house but there are many more italian spring waters like Norda, Lauretana, Plose, Surgiva, Dolomia, Stella Alpina and others that you can get in glass bottles delivered to your house weekly and you send back empty.
In a lot of Europe many cafes and restaurants have San Pellegrino sparking water in small 250mL, 0,5 L and 1L glass bottles it's a very good Italian not expensive but very good quality sparking water. Gustosa !
Same in most of Europe. Did you know in then USA Americans drink bottled water at home. Even though their fridge has filters and a water dispenser. I'm not joking any American home I've been to just has like a crate of plastic sitting in their kitchen full of bottled water. In Ireland or the UK we drink almost exclusively tap water
Sure, but some of these are natural mineral waters. It’s not what you get from the tap, it has a specific taste depending on minerals content. You drink them for a health benefits
@@thomasnox1141 I understand that, but in some countries with a mountain range like Norway and Sweden the tap water is more healthier than bottled. Bought water is about 250 times more expensive than tap water. Tap water is also fresh and locally produced, so a minimum of transportation. Ofc, not all countries have the luxury of good raw water.
Regarding sparkling be aware of natural sparkling (comes carbonated from the spring) vs added CO2 (carbonation by adding CO2 to still water)... There's some difference between them. In Portugal we have "Pedras Salgadas" as the best natural sparkling water.
@@tihomirrasperic Don't insult the wine. Proper recipe is pour a half of glas of Radenska and THEN pour win in it. It has to with enriching Radenska not watering down wine!
Yes San Pellegrino is very rich in minerals, but it has a very high sodium content so leaves a slight salty aftertaste, so it's okay in moderation but if you are going to drink a lot of mineral water on a regular basis then a brand containing less sodium would be more preferable.
I like this comparison, even if it is just water. As always fun to watch. Here in Germany we have eighter out of plastic or glas bottles - last one in my opinion is better for taste (goes for almost everything like Coke or beer as well), but also more for at home. I do run the entire drink section (non alcohol, alcohol and strong alcohol) area of our supermarket since 2010. Regarding water: We do have sparkling and non sparkling of course, but also "Medium" which is exactly in the middle, with sparkle, but not that much. All of them are very popular throughout the year. And you were surprised in the beginning about the 1.5L (0.40 gallon), which is very common in plastic bottles. Also in common is a lot in 1L (0.26). The classic one remain the 0.7 or 0.75L (0.18 or 0.2 gallon). You usually get them in boxes like 12 bottles or 6 bottles. We, like you also have a lot of the small bottles, the 0.5L (0.13 gallon) which is the most common when you're not at home and on the road. I prefer sparkling water. We, I can only speak for my area here in Germany, do have very good groundwater. So we use things like the Sodastream a lot and produce our own water at home, because it's not only cheaper but also more comfortable. But also the water products you buy are usually very regional due to costs, environment, transports etc. to keep the products as cheap as possible. That's why you don't get all the water products at every area, but others which are known throughout the entire country (I guess same goes for other european countries and markets) like perhaps Gerolsteiner. Best example regarding costs, transports etc.: We also do have things like Italian water like San Pellegrino or best example for Americans is Fiji, but they are more expensive here, as they are exported. A small 0.5L (0.13 gallon) bottle of Fiji Water currently costs around 1.89€ /$2.03, which is nuts, but people still buy them.
@@annemariedusselaar9862 I live close to the border from the german side, and here it seemed to be the 2nd or 3rd time within 1 or 1.5 years. Especially in the area around Apeldoorn, at least from the people telling me. Dutch people were buying palets of water within half a hour.
we here in austria drink water from the water pipes, because we get the water from the high springs of the alps and this is pure natural best water to drink!!!
Yup same in most of Europe. The idea of buying bottled water is hilariously wasteful. Problem is most Americans don't have access to drinkable tap water and in some states the water stinks of sulphur so Americans wate shit loads of money on plastic bottled water because they also don't like the filtered water on their fridge
Back the ‘90 I was importing the Radenska water from Slovenia to Poland and when I saw that bottle in your hands I immediately felt the taste of it under my thong which I find really weird - I guess after all those years I just miss that taste very much as it has to be the best sparkling water I’ve tasted in my early twenties- so thank you IW for this trip down the memory lane 😊
Try chocolate? Hersheys has butyric acid which literally makes it have a pukey off taste, but if you've grown up with it you won't notice it as much. Compare it to something like Milka, Fazer, Kalev or something. (I guess Milka would be the easiest for you to get)
Most grocery stores in Norway have water in 0,25 , 0,33 , 0,5 , 0,6 , 0,7 , 1,5 , and 5,0 liters, if I remember all the sizes correctly. Many of the sub 1 liter bottles come in two variations, regular caps, and sports caps, similar to sports drinks bottles like Gatorade. Mostly in plastic, a few premium choices in glass and at least one in aluminum cans.
Funny, i just came back from store with two bottles of Radenska ❤❤❤. It is my favorite drink since my childhood. It is pure mineral water nothing is added.
It is interesting to note that there is “PERLAGE” brand “Cisowianka” water, which is produced in Poland and looks virtually identical (except for the word Cisowianka on the label). In general, in Poland, many manufacturers divide carbonated water into: mildly fizzy and heavily carbonated. I personally like to use heavily carbonated water as a mixer for drinks...
It's because it is Cisowianka. Just exported to Americas and then redistributed by a Canadian importer, it seems, because Perlage IS a brand created by Cisowianka
"Nał" pronounces as english "Now", the whole name comes from the city, but in the recent marketing approach they detach "Nał" using that english word play to appeal to younger people I guess. It is actually the water I drink a lot and my parents slam me for that, because "it tastes like water" :P The same way my french family slammed me for liking Evian :P The most popular water, which also generally started a bottled water resurgence in Poland is called Muszynianka, it has a slightly salty taste which I hate :P In the communism we had Buskowianka in 0.33L glass bottles which was a bit bitter and tasted of blood (high iron content), but because it was cheap it was the bane of polish kids as we could often only afford it during a hot summer days (the "Oranżada" soda wasn't expensive, but kids weren't given money). It was legit hard to finish a 0.33L bottle with just 3 kids, and the store lady would often use the left overs to water her flowers (we would have to pay deposit for the glass bottle if we wanted to take it with us). Generally speaking the real spring mineral water is often really nasty tasting due all the elements content (and some look the part, can be dark brown even), so the things sold in shops rarely have anything to do with springs people would travel to for health reasons - traveling to spa towns to drink specific spring waters for health reasons was very big in Poland. Cisowianka is the brand I go for when Nałęczowianka is not available, I don't do sparkling, but if I somehow end with sparkling it is Cisowianka for some reason :P I will get a glass bottle one you have to check what is all the fizz about ;) It seems like a high fizz variant which I haven't tried. Perlage I believe is their brand which they used to try and tackle a more premium water market, the one where you would find french Perrier (you want to try this one as it is possibly the most known sparkling water in Europe, and a bit posh even). Which is probably why they went with a french name, glass bottles, and some stars based advertising, including an ad with Monica Bellucci at the time James Bond "Spectre" (where she starred) premiered.
RADENSKA THREE HEARTS ; The natural mineral water Radenska Kraljevi Vrelec (Royal spring) is filled from the Kraljevi Vrelec spring in the Radenci area and has non-persistent iron compounds removed. It's best if it's in the fridge. The last carbonated water is Knjaz Miloš (Prince Milosh) from Serbia (Cyrillic script).
In Spain, we have natural sparkly water fountains. Companies add more bubbles to it but it has quite a unique taste. I recommend you try Vichy!!! I love It
The liquid death can be found here in Denmark as well. Can be slightly hard to find, but they are here. Hope you’ll do some chocolate tests next or cookies? Since we are going towards the holidays. Also a tip with the green bottles. When your done with them, clean them, remove the labels(if you want) and you can use them a vase for flowers.
As an Austrian, we had Liquid Death (which they claim is austrian spring water) for a few months, but nobody seems to buy it. Its good Water, but our Tapwater is one of the best in the world, therefore there isnt really a demand for canned water. the can design is awesome tho
In Poland, one of "strongest" carbonated waters is "żywiec zdrój mocny gaz" Worth a try cuz it tastes much different from regular Ps. Imma edit the proper name in as people mentioned below as I forgot about it :p
Natural mineral water from the source is usually the best kind it has all the minerals you need plus the carbonation straight from nature itself no need to add anything to it !
Radenska is bottled in a region where at least 3 mineral waters are bottled, on both the Slovenian and Austrian sides of the border. And all of them taste different. Sicheldorfer is the most intense.
In Romania we have sooo many brands of water (sparkling and still), with very different tastes, texture and bubble sizes / strength. BTW i was really expecting more on the side of how the bubbles are / feel, as this is was a "sparkling water" review (ish). Keep that in mind for the next time you do waters i guess? Absolutely awesome vid! Keep it coming!
My stoopid French noodle was wondering "why no Perrier or Evian?" then I remembered these brands are broadly available in the US since half a century. _Suis-je bête !_
Interesting thing about many of our sparkling waters is that they are indeed slightly sparkling when they emerge in the springs [ contain an excess of dissolved CO2 ]. But the waters are often processed, filtered & treated to remove any bacterial contamination. The processing tends to 'knock' the CO2 out, and 'new' CO2 is introduced before bottling. A few years ago, Perrier had to recall a huge amount of water bottles, after traces of benzene were discovered. This had been introduced at the filtering stage. For a long time, bottled drinking water was very common on the European mainland, because the water was not safe to drink [ see the comedy sketches, Billy Connolly & Micky Flanagan ]. In the UK, there were very strict regulations on drinking water, and it was considered safe to drink water straight from the tap [ faucet, spigot ]. Ironically, there were fewer regulations on bottled drinking water than on the water used for washing clothes & dishes, bathing in, & flushing the toilet. Then we had our water companies privatized, & the companies lobbied the government to relax the regulations, so they could make bigger profits. And running the testing labs cost the government money, so when they wanted to " cut public spending ", labs were amongst the things to go. And then we had 'Brexit', & the EU minimum standards rules no longer applied. So then, it was cheaper [ more profit ] to simply pump raw untreated sh...ocking amounts of sewage into rivers & seas than to treat it, and simply pay the pathetic fines imposed.
Throughout history people have drunk beer & ales, partly because the manufacturing process involved boiling, and also there was an alcohol content, which is antiseptic. Allowances could be up to a gallon [ 8 pts ] per day. It really was safer than drinking the water. This was in times before Pasteur, & people didn't even know about bacteria.
4:55 We have those annoying caps even on milk 😕 Some spring water here has a metallic aftertaste too because of the minerals it contains and some smell really bad - but are healthy. There are 1.600 different springs of mineral and thermal water in Slovakia and you can go to various natural spring sources and full your empty bottles there for free, even the most popular brands that are sold in bottles.
As a Dane we generally pump our water up from the deep ground, give it some air in steps, and then out to the consumers from the Tap. It has a better Quality than any bought in a bottle!!! Finn. Denmark
Murica is a semi third world country where some people are mega rich but half the country doesn't have access to drinkable tap water. Also the water all over Florida from the taps smelled like sulphur, same with some showers, my gf told me to go shower again one time because I stank of sulphur (I had just showered)
@@WookieWarriorz We are able to buy bottled water also in Denmark, and some find it Finer than Tapwater of course. A few places as near Copenhagen we also use surface water from a lake, which are cleaned, but mostly we pump up Basic Water from the ground. And some may taste from its origin and some are very "Hard" from its content of chalk. It is cleaned and always safe to drink Danish Water no matter from where and from a tap, If polluted a little it will be mixed with clean water from other places, to give quality water. Farmers are not allowed to use Chemicals close to pumbing holes, but still we are able to find also Round Up in minute amounts.
Happy Birthday Ian and welcome to the taste of Europe 😁 here in the region of Stuttgart we have a brand called Eiszeit Quell ( ice age spring ) that is known for its very clean ingredients coming from 400 meters down in the ground , especially good for making baby food/meals it comes in different sorts of sparkling: none, mid and many bubbles. You can get it in glass or plastic bottles in different sizes 0,5 … 0,75 … 1,0 … 1,5 liter. If there is a chance to get that at your place, try it, it is a very fine taste. Great job man, take care🤗
Water in the UK in general is fantastic. We don't even know how good we have it because too many in the UK just winge and complain about every minor thing even when we do so much shit better than the rest of the world
@@XtreeM_FaiL Verkade, Leonidas, Tony Chocolonely, Milka, Côte D'Or, Ritter Sport. But the problem is that many brands have many flavours - would you only test dark or milk chocolate? How dark? 40%, 70%, 85%? Or mint, caramel seasalt, cookies? Too many to choose from.
Happy, you love our slovenian sparkling watter. ❤ it is called Radenska. There are two different springs they are sourcing: Petanjski spring and Kraljevi spring (meaning King's spring) which is the one you have tasted. 😊 love your channel. Greetings from Slovenia! 🙋♀️
My cousin used to live in Bad Ems, Germany, famous for its waters. The water could be collected free from a municipal tap in the underground cavern but in its raw state it was totally undrinkable. He used to collect 5ltr containers of the water periodically and store them in his cellar for at least 2 years and then decant the water out, leaving the minerals behind. The resultant water was very palatable and quite tasty.
@@cyberfunk3793 What my cousin was doing was the traditional method to gain a palatable mineral water, without losing its essence. It was considered like you would a wine.
@@clivewilliams3661 Unless the container leaks into the water, I can't see how the composition of the water would change like something like beer or wine over time? After the sediment had settled the water wouldn't change no matter if you keep it 1 month or 100 years if it's in something like glass that really doesn't leak into the water.
I would love to see you guys try 'Compal' for the first time, it's a brand of different fruit juices from Portugal. One of my favourites is pear. It's REALLY good.
as a marine biologist, i can tell you usa has really good water generally speaking, slightly hard and over mineralized, which is a good thing just reverse osmosing is good too drink (not regarding pollution), very cheap water bottles tend to be under mineralized so a mix of tap and a bottle every now and then, puts you at the perfect spot. countries with under mineralized water have to add minerals to their water which makes the water expensive, and causes a water drinking problem. athletes for weight cuts tend to drink water with no minerals to flush their system, water with no minerals goes through your system quick you pee it in a few hours, on the flipside juices, sodas, beer have a bunch of stuuf in them hence they cause bloating. they stay in your system untill tomorrow.
There's an idea for a live show. Let everyone know what will be tested, and a date for the live taste. Give a week for people to see what they can get locally then all can compare.
Since I was born, my favorite spring water has undoubtedly been Didier water from Martinique, a French island located in the Caribbean. It’s always a real pleasure for me to drink as much of it as possible during my vacations, when I visit my family. Discovered in 1833 by the army, this spring even allowed for the production of Coca-Cola under license until a hurricane destroyed the facilities in 1963.
Did you try green German Waldmeisterbrause ("Woodruff soda" or literally "Wood master soda")? That one's got a distinctive, totally different taste from every other soda. The brand doesn't matter that much, lots of mineral water companies bottle their own Waldmeister soda.
when i saw Knjaz Milosh i knew this was gonna be a good video if you have the opportunity to try the lemon variant with the yellow packaging you would be suprised
There is one fact, in most countries in Europe, the mineral content must be stated when it is mineral water, so that it is not a fraud and it is not just tap water.
Here in New Zealand our sparkling water only comes in plastic bottles or aluminum cans (330ml - 500ml cans & 500ml - 1.5L bottles). We also have that 'Liquid Death' sparkling water over here as well.
The quality depends a lot on where you are in Europe. A few places I have been in southern Europe has a lot of chlorine in the water. Letting the chlorine evaporate still leaves a taste. I live in Denmark and even within our tiny country the taste of water varies quite a bit, although the quality is generally considered high.
We have a filtered tap in our home for boiling water and tap water UK but I still buy bottled water even though are drinking water is perfectly safe to drink. 😊
Happy belated birthday! Sparkling water is a bit weird to compare because it all depends on the spring it's from, so it can vary quite a lot regionally. And add some weird stuff - for example, I know the water I grew up with had a spring below a medieval graveyard.
8:15 , Just a tiny thing to correct in future video IMHO, when comparing sparkling water, you can't do one in a glass and the other one drink on the bottle, the sparkling effect is completely different drinking from a glass and drinking from a bottle. ;) I discovered your channel with "Fanta" test a while ago, I'm very happy to see that you did continue, you and your wife are doing great, thanks for sharing.
@@Kapanol97 No, it's "wotaa" in the Worstshitstainshire accent, universally recognized as the official UK accent, to the dismay of many Scottish people.
In polish you pronounce Ł like W in english word "Why". As soon i saw Cisowianka i knew that it will be a good episode, just waited for that reaction. Btw your pronounciation of Cisowianka was spot on the first time.
No Polar? I drank that all the time in the US. It's quite good. Maybe only available in New England area? Main brand here in Belgium is.....wait for it...... 😂 SPA yep, same place as the race track and origine of the words link with healthtreatment. 2nd brand is Chaudfountaine. 3rd BRU, . Out of Foreign waters i prefer San Peligrino, or Perrier.
Yep, #1 in the Netherlands is SPA. I quite like the green one with medium strong bubbles. #2 probably Bar-le-Duc. And you're quite right about San Peligrino and Perrier too (Lidl has their own knock-off)!
Here in Greece you'll mainly find 'flat' water (no bubblies) The best is 'Theoni'. It comes from a spring high on mount Olympus. But there's a lot of other good waters as well. The 1.5L bottle (like 0.3gallon) is for home use. You put it in the fridge and fill your glass when you're thirsty. These size bottles are actually the most common. For 'on the go' we mainly have 0.5L bottles, or 330ml cans. (Btw: A gallon is equivalent to approximately 4.5L) Here in Greece because of the heat the prices of water are limited to 50cts for 0.5L and 1€ for 1.5L bottle. They sell it at every corner. The only exceptions to this price limit are restaurants/taverns where they can charge whatever they like for whatever they like. In the supermarkets a pack of 6* 1.5L bottles (2 gallons) costs €1.20 - €2.20 depending on the brand.
Mate, you did not get a bottle of Perrier nor a bottle of San Pelligrino... Its like the two most well known, famous, sparkling water (at least in western EU). Why ? :'(
1.5L is the standard large water bottle. 500ml is the standard small water bottle. 2L is sort of XL but there are also special water bottle sizes usually in central and eastern europe with 5 liters up to 20 litres.
Liquid Death has a fun story and was actually just a completly made up campain of a marketing guy to proof a point. Noone was listening to him they could sell way more water with different marketing so he designed a logo, made a facebook page etc to show he can gather interest in water. But it worked so well millions asking were to buy? There was no product not even a plan to ever make Liquid Death yet here we are 😂
@@josefsad1502 You´re misremembering the event, wasn´t the visitors but the bands having "Monster Energy" in brutal heat and he thought "they can´t possible putting on those shows drinking Monster in this heat" and asked the bands, turned out it was official Monster Tour Water made for performers since most of them don´t drink that Monster crap.
@gedeuchnixan3830 To be honest, I read the story on their Wikipedia page, just a few minutes before I replied to your comment. I checked it again to make sure I'm not braindead. It was mentioned that it were the visitors (concertgoers) not the band. Where did you get your information?
@@josefsad1502 Wikipedia isn´t 100% trustworthy, they even put on false information on purpose, caught this year regarding Warhammer. I saw a documentary and visitors don´t even make sense from the POV of the marketing guy, the visitors are the target the stars do the marketing and get people to drink crap like Monster and that´s when the idea started: the stars are already drinking water, easy to get water cans in their hands and when people see their stars with it, they buy it. Visitors putting water in all kinds of containers on festivals depending on which container you can bring to the infield no issues, hydration is very important on a festival, I´m an experienced festival visitor.
If its possible you should try some sparkling water from scandinavia, all sparkling water have small differences because they come from different natural springs, there are some very good ones from denmark, but my absolute favorite is ramlosa from sweden.
Be careful with some waters in Poland, in some places you can buy mineral water, which is actually medicinal water, with a very high content of minerals, e.g. sulfur, it smells like fart and is disgusting,.
Radenska is a childhood favorite. Never heard of the others. My favorite today is Croatian Jamnica, but the most convenient for me to get regularly in Sweden is Ramlösa.
In the Netherlands you can buy mineral water from the brand Bar Le duc. But for the Dutch living in Utrecht Bar le Duc just comes out of the tap, the toilet and the shower head. The water comes from the same source. 😂 a liter from the tap costs € 0.0013, from a bottle in the supermarket € 0.90. Marketing is everything!
I know you just did a "look at lots of different sodas" video, but i want to give my recommendations anyway. Probably IMPOSSIBLE to find, but my favorite drink currently is called Trocadero. Its a swedish soft drink flavoured with Apple and Orange, and it really has a unique feeling to it. But yeah, if you find yourself one of those bottles give it a try! Other than that, where i live we have two major sparkling water types, them being Loka and Ramlösa. They do a lot of different taste combinations, adding slight taste modifications to normal sparkling water. My favorite of that bunch would be Ramlösa Pomegranate and Strawberry, it has a super unique taste! Just a sweed enjoying your journey into the taste of europe! :D
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"Sorry babe, I can't right now. The american man is drinking sparkling water on RUclips again."
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@@IWrockerIan
You should do a reaction video of Tom Scott's Dasani water video!
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I believe they were just bottling tap water and calling it something fancy (allegedly) but Tom explains it better! I'm wondering if Pepsico has done something similar (allegedly) with their water from reverse osmosis!?
In Tom's video there's a clip of a British comedy show called 'Only Fools and Horses' where the storyline was them selling bottled tap water as Peckham Spring water - which Tom references to in his video!
Non-sparkling water doesn't sell really well in most of the Europe because we have tapwater that's comparable or better than bottled water.
He should check out why Coca colas DASANI water brand failed in the UK/EU 😂😂😂
😄 I grew up within 30 km from where the majority of bottled water in Denmark is tapped... I only buy bottle water now and then for convenience... it is just tap water in the bottles.
Regarding sparkling water... I do have a sodastream... but getting a refill on the CO2 cartridge costs more than the amount of sparkling water would... unless I'm willing to buy 100 L CO2 at once, which is not practical in a 4th floor apartment.
I discovered the same! Maybe I drink a little bit too much coke, but I like always buy 24pk on sale. So the sodastream is unnecessary and expensive.
That is the case. However, natural water does sell in Restaurants, where they stopped giving you tap water for free. So now it's bottled natural water instead.
I can only speak for my area here in Germany and non-sparkling water is getting more and more popular from year to year. The trend once was from sparkling to medium water, now it's getting more and more to non-sparkling, which surprises me a lot. I would say 45% sparkling, 35% medium and 20% sparkling (last one growing). Just my experience in my area and at my store.
Yay! The most hydrated man on RUclips is back!
Quenching thirst like no other 🎉🎉🎉
1.5 L bottles are pretty standard in EU🙂 We don´t consider them big. Of course if you are out and you need to drink water, you usualy buy 0.5 L bottle.🙂
Yes, 1.5 L is standard. We even have 6 L. Évian. But it's not recommanded to keep bottles open too long (for flavour and bad plastics).
@@ColonelHarry We also have 10L mineral water bottles here, they're more economic.
1,5 or 1,4. But, those are not considered personal use drinking direct from the bottle - you pour it into mugs/glasses.
TO drink from the bottle then you go with 0,33 or 0,5, but rarely larger. That is just weird.
@@ColonelHarry It's not 'bad plastics'. it's that food grade plastic has a limited lifetime before it starts to breakdown and affect the taste of the water. That's what the date to use by on plastic water bottles is about; not that the water will go off but that the plastic will start to lose, it's ability to protect the water.
I love 2 litre bottles haha 😅 1,5l is just not enough
Perlege is an export version of Cisowianka, i.e. de facto it is the same water from the same source in the Drzewce Village in the Nałęczów Commune. Nałęczowianka is water obtained from a source in Nałęczów-Zdrój, the capital of the Nałęczów commune, so these two companies come from the same region. There are many different types of water in Poland, from regular still, lightly carbonated, sparkling, mineral and medicinal. There are also many health resorts in Poland that rely on mineral water sources.
Yea and theres a small legal battle between Cisowianka and Nałeczowianka one accusing other of stealing water depleting the aquifer and so on. They are water from the same aquifer their factories are 5,5 km apart. So basically three of your six European waters came from one place :D
And there are places for example in Kudowa Zdrój or Szczawnica where you can drink even cold,warm,or hot water with strange taste added by minerals.
In Europe any drink bottle above 700 ml is considered “family” size, to pour out in glasses. The smaller bottles of 700 ml or less are considered “personal” sizes.
Good to know. I always thought that if I open and drink straight from 1,5l bottle it is also considered "personal" x)
@ if you drink from a 1.5l bottle in public, walking. you look like an American. 😂 (on a picnic it’s a bit different, the you are considered one that goofed up by forgetting to pack drinking cups)
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I mean nobody cares if you drink from a 1l bottle
I'd draw the line at 750ml or 3/4. Those are still intended for personal use. You might even get away with 1L if you are a tall guy, but 1.5 will certainly give you weird looks.
@@Alias_Anybody Where do you live?
I never got a strange look because of a bottle lol
The letter Ł in Polish sounds like W in English. :)
Differences in taste may be related to the content of minerals per unit volume. You have to watch whether you drink sparkling mineral water or pure spring water - it makes a difference
Great tip thanks 🎉😅
@@IWrocker it same as german wines
the same riesling wine from this same village but another mineral stones and You have
graushiefer- grey stones
blaushiefer- blue stones
rotshiefer- redstones
all have another aromas
1.5 liter bottles are common in Sweden. But I usually drink tap water.
In France those are the usual plain and sparkling bottles of water as well
Always tap water for this Australian, and many like me.
Sweden here, I take tap water and caronate it in a soda streamer.
In Romania I drink tap Brita filtered but I grew up on tap water like most of the population with the occasional sparkling local brands. The chloride can be obvious with the tap water sometimes, which is not a bad thing since it means it killed the bacteria, but I can't taste any of that after it passed through the Brita filter.
Tap water every time maybe filling my own bottle if need to take it on a trip.
Perlage comes from Poland and is only bottled in Poland. I was curious and checked with the bottler: they export their water to Canada.
So the water you bought probably took a detour via the Canadian market, but is from an underground spring in Poland.
Yea and it is a different part of Cisowianka brand. Also the Cisowianka he liked the most, was strongly carbonated, they are usually very good taste wise. Non carbonated are usually...like tap water :D
It's mad that you get to taste a water from city I come from ( Lublin, Poland) - in fact two of them , Nałęczowianka and Cisowianka. Glad you enjoyed it. Fyi, if you want to pronounce Nałęczowianka, i guess the closest phonetically would be something like Na-when-cho-vianka , you're welcome 😁. Keep up great work mate.
That’s so cool! 🎊🎉 What a small world right? 😆
I`m positively surprised that our water won, how nice. I wonder how he would like Muszynianka (it has an unusual taste due to the large amount of magnesium) and Ustronianka with Iodine, if there are any equivalents of that in the USA.
Green sparkling water with 3 hearts is called Radenska - hello from Slovenia ✌
Best water ever :) greetings from the 3 nation corner italy slovenia austria
Yes one of the best - When I lived in Carinthia / Austria I always bought that for my ill stomach - it helped me a lot.
Love from Austria to beautiful Slovenia 🇦🇹
Radenska s tri srca . . . The best sparkling water sold here in Croatia. Love it since my childhood.
Hello!👋 Great to hear, thank You 😎
Tri srca radenska.
Be aware that 'sparkling water' drunk straight from the bottle DOES taste different from the same water drunk from a glass... Pouring it out, the surface area and the faster speed of 'bubble loss' tends to make it mellow!
FYI: In the UK, any place that sells alcohol, must by law, provide 'tap water' FREE upon request. So pubs, restaurants, cafes _(and even many that don't sell alcohol)_ etc. So lots of people will ask for 'tap water', and avoid having to pay for costly 'still' or 'fizzy', bottled water.
There is something similar in Germany, although not the same. At least one non-alcoholic drink on the menu cannot be more expensive than the cheapest alcoholic drink. This is usually water. The rule is intended to prevent consumers, especially young people, from drinking alcohol because of a cheap price.
And if only mineral water is sold, you can also ask for tap water. Not always, but sometimes it is even free.
In Europe, during hot weather, people drink mineral water. The body sweats and with sweat you excrete minerals, so mineral water allows you to replenish what you have lost. There are also three types of water: still, low-carbonated and high-carbonated. I live in the mountains in Poland and I have my own private water from a private water supply that comes from a spring on my forest plot. It has a temperature of +4 degrees Celsius all year round and does not heat up in the summer because the water supply is buried 120 cm deep so that it does not freeze in the winter. I like the most mineral water with natural gas coming out of the spring. These are medicinal waters, of which there are many in my area. Not all of them are pleasant to the taste because, for example, the sulfurous one stinks of rotten eggs, but it is a natural medicine for the digestive system. Muszynianka mineral water should also be available in Chicago. Its health properties include a beneficial effect on metabolism, it is essential for maintaining proper heart function and facilitates the treatment of some inflammatory processes. Calcium combined with magnesium regulates the body's hormonal balance. Of course, bottled mineral water is 50% diluted with regular water. Truly 100% mineral water is drunk only when poured into a porcelain personal cup from the tap at a health resort.
Just say salt water lol
Yep, same in Germany German bottled water comes in three types , Still , Medium ( low carbonated ) , Full (high carbonated ) mineral water .
At home German tap water is even more safe ,clean than many types of bottled water .
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we do have 1.5 ltr bottles as the standard format for most water and sodas here in the netherlands. the difference is we pour it out in a glass (typically around 0,25 ltr) and we dont walk around with whole bottles. our bottles for walking around are 0,5 ltr but a lot of people find them too big and use cans. (o,33 ltr) and even most peole find that too much for one serving.
Then again, in the Netherlands, our tap water is basically non sparkling spring water! Unlike in France where you see all customers in supermarkets fill their shopping carts with many bottles of water, our tap water tastes good, no weird (after) tastes!
@@MarcKloos exactly. i live in arnhem and we have super soft sweet tap water from springs in the veluwe.
1.5 Liter bottles are very common all over Europe. But we usually don‘t carry them around. They are family sized bottles that are used at home, to pour into a glass.
why would we not carry them around? At least when it's a warm day in summer, when leaving the house for several hours it seems to make sense to carry some water, if possible, in order to be able to drink something in the next few hours. At least one bottle (e.g. 1 litre or 1.5 litre, depending on availability) or two seems often reasonable to be taken.
@@tobyk.4911I never see anyone walk around with big bottles like that here in the Netherlands, only small ones, the bigger ones are for use at home.
@@tobyk.4911when I drink 1,5 l in let's say 4-5 hours, I'll need a toilet several times. And I don't want to carry such a big bottle. I usually could always buy more, if I really need it.
1.5l is family size??? 2 or 2.25l yea sure, 1.5l nah
@ Where I live, 2 Liter bottles are very, very hard to get. I don’t think I have ever seen a 2 Liter bottle of water in a grocery store in Germany. 2.5 Liter bottles are impossible to get here, I‘d say.
1.5 Liter bottles or even 1 Liter bottles are considered family size. Family size in the sense of: made for pouring into a glass so that many people can drink from the same bottle, not made for drinking straight from the bottle.
0.75 Liter bottles and under are for carrying around.
Radenska 3 Hearts and Knjaz Miloš(Prince Milosh) were best in ex Yugoslavia,made of real mineral spring water.In Central Europe, there is a custom to cool down in the summer with a mixture of white wine and sparkling water, and it is called spritzer or gemischt, it depends on the geography.
In italy we have the Alps so we have many different spring waters that are high quality. Unfortunately San Benedetto is not one of those but it is mid range. If you are ever curious in the High quality waters we drink Pejo in our house but there are many more italian spring waters like Norda, Lauretana, Plose, Surgiva, Dolomia, Stella Alpina and others that you can get in glass bottles delivered to your house weekly and you send back empty.
In a lot of Europe many cafes and restaurants have San Pellegrino sparking water in small 250mL, 0,5 L and 1L glass bottles it's a very good Italian not expensive but very
good quality sparking water.
Gustosa !
@@gregorygant4242 it's pretty expensive in germany, about 1€/l compared to 0.20-0.50€/l for others, some of which are better
In Sweden we mostly won't buy regular water (stilla) since the tap water is very good.
Same in most of Europe. Did you know in then USA Americans drink bottled water at home. Even though their fridge has filters and a water dispenser. I'm not joking any American home I've been to just has like a crate of plastic sitting in their kitchen full of bottled water. In Ireland or the UK we drink almost exclusively tap water
Sure, but some of these are natural mineral waters. It’s not what you get from the tap, it has a specific taste depending on minerals content. You drink them for a health benefits
@@thomasnox1141 I understand that, but in some countries with a mountain range like Norway and Sweden the tap water is more healthier than bottled. Bought water is about 250 times more expensive than tap water. Tap water is also fresh and locally produced, so a minimum of transportation. Ofc, not all countries have the luxury of good raw water.
@@WookieWarriorz I got a son living in Scotland. He just loves the nature there. Calls it a warm Sweden. :)
My favorites: san pellegrino, ramlösa, loka, imsdal, aqua d'or (dannish), local tap water (tastes like voss). I'm from sweden.
I was expecting the original San Pellegrino because he tasted the flavored versions in previous videos
I love Loka, although mostly when there's a hint of flavor to them. If I want water water, I just drink it from the tap.
Regarding sparkling be aware of natural sparkling (comes carbonated from the spring) vs added CO2 (carbonation by adding CO2 to still water)... There's some difference between them. In Portugal we have "Pedras Salgadas" as the best natural sparkling water.
"Frize" is also natural sparkling water, it's slightly mellower then "Pedras Salgadas".
Next compare European vs American air 😀👍
EU vs USA rubber test 😉
LOL....reminds me of Spaceballs Perri-air :D
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er wird gechockt sein!
@@antondzajajurca7797it is not as fun as u think ! he means it serious
Radenska ❤❤❤ Is premium staple drink here in Slovenia. A must in fridge.
Like it in sweden also ❤
Radenska 3 hearts
now that you have Radenska, make "Gemišt"
half a glass of wine + half a glass of Radenska
Enjoy
@@tihomirraspericSaure Weinschorle in 🇩🇪
@@tihomirrasperic Don't insult the wine. Proper recipe is pour a half of glas of Radenska and THEN pour win in it. It has to with enriching Radenska not watering down wine!
@@petimaj 😝
I knew you would choose Cisowianke as number one. Also 1.5 liters are normal size in Poland.Personally, I buy 6 packs of 1.5 liters every week .
I can't belive you got Radenska in USA. Nice. It's suppose to be very healthy for you, because it contains all the right minerals naturally.
Just checked it where Radenska is sold and wow . . . Australia and China have it as well.
Minerals are just a fancy marketing way to say salt. You're buying salt water. It's not anymore healthy than other salt water
@@WookieWarriorzIt's not only salt. There is also Calcium, Magnesium and other minerals.
"Pellegrino" is one popular brand in Europe too, rich in minerals I believe.
it's San* Pellegrino
Maybe in some countries. Not in whole Europe.
Yes San Pellegrino is very rich in minerals, but it has a very high sodium content so leaves a slight salty aftertaste, so it's okay in moderation but if you are going to drink a lot of mineral water on a regular basis then a brand containing less sodium would be more preferable.
Pellegrino is quite popular in Australia as well
I like this comparison, even if it is just water. As always fun to watch.
Here in Germany we have eighter out of plastic or glas bottles - last one in my opinion is better for taste (goes for almost everything like Coke or beer as well), but also more for at home. I do run the entire drink section (non alcohol, alcohol and strong alcohol) area of our supermarket since 2010.
Regarding water: We do have sparkling and non sparkling of course, but also "Medium" which is exactly in the middle, with sparkle, but not that much. All of them are very popular throughout the year.
And you were surprised in the beginning about the 1.5L (0.40 gallon), which is very common in plastic bottles. Also in common is a lot in 1L (0.26). The classic one remain the 0.7 or 0.75L (0.18 or 0.2 gallon). You usually get them in boxes like 12 bottles or 6 bottles.
We, like you also have a lot of the small bottles, the 0.5L (0.13 gallon) which is the most common when you're not at home and on the road.
I prefer sparkling water. We, I can only speak for my area here in Germany, do have very good groundwater. So we use things like the Sodastream a lot and produce our own water at home, because it's not only cheaper but also more comfortable.
But also the water products you buy are usually very regional due to costs, environment, transports etc. to keep the products as cheap as possible. That's why you don't get all the water products at every area, but others which are known throughout the entire country (I guess same goes for other european countries and markets) like perhaps Gerolsteiner.
Best example regarding costs, transports etc.: We also do have things like Italian water like San Pellegrino or best example for Americans is Fiji, but they are more expensive here, as they are exported. A small 0.5L (0.13 gallon) bottle of Fiji Water currently costs around 1.89€ /$2.03, which is nuts, but people still buy them.
In the Netherlands the groundwater get polluted by the rhine river due to dumping waste happening upstream 😢
@@annemariedusselaar9862 I live close to the border from the german side, and here it seemed to be the 2nd or 3rd time within 1 or 1.5 years. Especially in the area around Apeldoorn, at least from the people telling me. Dutch people were buying palets of water within half a hour.
The plastic do give of a taste, thats why you probably prefere the glass over the plastic
cans do too, especially beer from cans i dislike
we here in austria drink water from the water pipes, because we get the water from the high springs of the alps and this is pure natural best water to drink!!!
Wow, you’re so lucky! I wish we had that 😢
@@midnightkitchen8379this is the same in most of Europe. Everyone drinks tap in the UK and Ireland
@@WookieWarriorzSweet summer child. Only Scotland has good water in the UK 😝
Don't you guys have the best tapwater in Europe?
Ours is pretty good as well here in the Netherlands. 😊
@WookieWarriorz as a Scot I find the Tap water south of Northumberland disgusting & don't drink it. In London I'd take bleach over the tap water!
In my country (Slovenia) we mostly drink tap water even in restaurants 🙂
Yup same in most of Europe. The idea of buying bottled water is hilariously wasteful. Problem is most Americans don't have access to drinkable tap water and in some states the water stinks of sulphur so Americans wate shit loads of money on plastic bottled water because they also don't like the filtered water on their fridge
Radenska... I love that one... In 80s and 90s it was sponsor in F1...
Back the ‘90 I was importing the Radenska water from Slovenia to Poland and when I saw that bottle in your hands I immediately felt the taste of it under my thong which I find really weird - I guess after all those years I just miss that taste very much as it has to be the best sparkling water I’ve tasted in my early twenties- so thank you IW for this trip down the memory lane 😊
Try chocolate? Hersheys has butyric acid which literally makes it have a pukey off taste, but if you've grown up with it you won't notice it as much. Compare it to something like Milka, Fazer, Kalev or something. (I guess Milka would be the easiest for you to get)
I second that!
Glass bottles often indicate a better product, but it is also infinitely recyclable.
Most grocery stores in Norway have water in 0,25 , 0,33 , 0,5 , 0,6 , 0,7 , 1,5 , and 5,0 liters, if I remember all the sizes correctly.
Many of the sub 1 liter bottles come in two variations, regular caps, and sports caps, similar to sports drinks bottles like Gatorade.
Mostly in plastic, a few premium choices in glass and at least one in aluminum cans.
Have you not got any Peckham spring?
Funny, i just came back from store with two bottles of Radenska ❤❤❤. It is my favorite drink since my childhood. It is pure mineral water nothing is added.
It is interesting to note that there is “PERLAGE” brand “Cisowianka” water, which is produced in Poland and looks virtually identical (except for the word Cisowianka on the label).
In general, in Poland, many manufacturers divide carbonated water into: mildly fizzy and heavily carbonated. I personally like to use heavily carbonated water as a mixer for drinks...
It's because it is Cisowianka. Just exported to Americas and then redistributed by a Canadian importer, it seems, because Perlage IS a brand created by Cisowianka
I miss alot of very famous European drinks like: SPA, EVIAN, S PELLEGRINO
You mean the west european brands, instead of these central/east european brands.
Volvic...
@@olgahein4384 Bar-Le-Duc
A lot of bottled water in the uk we can get from the tap.
@@olgahein4384 And Bar-Le-Duc
You have Radenska, dude!!! 😂❤, this makes me so happy. I love these videos.
The 1.5 or 2l waters from European countries usually come in big packages for home consume
"Nał" pronounces as english "Now", the whole name comes from the city, but in the recent marketing approach they detach "Nał" using that english word play to appeal to younger people I guess. It is actually the water I drink a lot and my parents slam me for that, because "it tastes like water" :P The same way my french family slammed me for liking Evian :P The most popular water, which also generally started a bottled water resurgence in Poland is called Muszynianka, it has a slightly salty taste which I hate :P In the communism we had Buskowianka in 0.33L glass bottles which was a bit bitter and tasted of blood (high iron content), but because it was cheap it was the bane of polish kids as we could often only afford it during a hot summer days (the "Oranżada" soda wasn't expensive, but kids weren't given money). It was legit hard to finish a 0.33L bottle with just 3 kids, and the store lady would often use the left overs to water her flowers (we would have to pay deposit for the glass bottle if we wanted to take it with us). Generally speaking the real spring mineral water is often really nasty tasting due all the elements content (and some look the part, can be dark brown even), so the things sold in shops rarely have anything to do with springs people would travel to for health reasons - traveling to spa towns to drink specific spring waters for health reasons was very big in Poland.
Cisowianka is the brand I go for when Nałęczowianka is not available, I don't do sparkling, but if I somehow end with sparkling it is Cisowianka for some reason :P I will get a glass bottle one you have to check what is all the fizz about ;) It seems like a high fizz variant which I haven't tried. Perlage I believe is their brand which they used to try and tackle a more premium water market, the one where you would find french Perrier (you want to try this one as it is possibly the most known sparkling water in Europe, and a bit posh even). Which is probably why they went with a french name, glass bottles, and some stars based advertising, including an ad with Monica Bellucci at the time James Bond "Spectre" (where she starred) premiered.
RADENSKA THREE HEARTS ; The natural mineral water Radenska Kraljevi Vrelec (Royal spring) is filled from the Kraljevi Vrelec spring in the Radenci area and has non-persistent iron compounds removed. It's best if it's in the fridge.
The last carbonated water is Knjaz Miloš (Prince Milosh) from Serbia (Cyrillic script).
In Spain, we have natural sparkly water fountains. Companies add more bubbles to it but it has quite a unique taste. I recommend you try Vichy!!! I love It
Radenska is the best mineralwater i ever had - as well the italian san pellegrino is very good 😊
The liquid death can be found here in Denmark as well. Can be slightly hard to find, but they are here.
Hope you’ll do some chocolate tests next or cookies? Since we are going towards the holidays.
Also a tip with the green bottles. When your done with them, clean them, remove the labels(if you want) and you can use them a vase for flowers.
As an Austrian, we had Liquid Death (which they claim is austrian spring water) for a few months, but nobody seems to buy it. Its good Water, but our Tapwater is one of the best in the world, therefore there isnt really a demand for canned water. the can design is awesome tho
In Poland, one of "strongest" carbonated waters is "żywiec zdrój mocny gaz"
Worth a try cuz it tastes much different from regular
Ps. Imma edit the proper name in as people mentioned below as I forgot about it :p
'strongest' lol, is it a russian import ;D
@@Patrik6920?
@@Patrik6920 Tf you mean?
Moc nygas
@@Teuwufel russian water is very strong ;D
It's Radenska. It comes as carbonated water from the source. Nothing added.
Natural mineral water from the source is usually the best kind it has all the minerals you need plus the carbonation
straight from nature itself no need to add anything to it !
Perlage is originally from Poland, made by big Polish water brand „cisowianka”. Just a bit more fancy.
Radenska is bottled in a region where at least 3 mineral waters are bottled, on both the Slovenian and Austrian sides of the border. And all of them taste different. Sicheldorfer is the most intense.
We usually drink from the tap so regular water isn't necessary to buy
In Romania we have sooo many brands of water (sparkling and still), with very different tastes, texture and bubble sizes / strength. BTW i was really expecting more on the side of how the bubbles are / feel, as this is was a "sparkling water" review (ish). Keep that in mind for the next time you do waters i guess?
Absolutely awesome vid! Keep it coming!
My stoopid French noodle was wondering "why no Perrier or Evian?" then I remembered these brands are broadly available in the US since half a century. _Suis-je bête !_
I have Perrier regularly and I love it 😎🎉
I always drink BRU, from the Belgian Ardenne. It is naturally sparkling
No Swiss Water? That is shocking!
Is it me or does Ian look like he's in better shape? Trying all that European food and drinks might be working out better than expected :D
Need to try Peckham spring water
Interesting thing about many of our sparkling waters is that they are indeed slightly sparkling when they emerge in the springs [ contain an excess of dissolved CO2 ]. But the waters are often processed, filtered & treated to remove any bacterial contamination. The processing tends to 'knock' the CO2 out, and 'new' CO2 is introduced before bottling.
A few years ago, Perrier had to recall a huge amount of water bottles, after traces of benzene were discovered. This had been introduced at the filtering stage.
For a long time, bottled drinking water was very common on the European mainland, because the water was not safe to drink [ see the comedy sketches, Billy Connolly & Micky Flanagan ]. In the UK, there were very strict regulations on drinking water, and it was considered safe to drink water straight from the tap [ faucet, spigot ]. Ironically, there were fewer regulations on bottled drinking water than on the water used for washing clothes & dishes, bathing in, & flushing the toilet. Then we had our water companies privatized, & the companies lobbied the government to relax the regulations, so they could make bigger profits. And running the testing labs cost the government money, so when they wanted to " cut public spending ", labs were amongst the things to go. And then we had 'Brexit', & the EU minimum standards rules no longer applied. So then, it was cheaper [ more profit ] to simply pump raw untreated sh...ocking amounts of sewage into rivers & seas than to treat it, and simply pay the pathetic fines imposed.
Throughout history people have drunk beer & ales, partly because the manufacturing process involved boiling, and also there was an alcohol content, which is antiseptic. Allowances could be up to a gallon [ 8 pts ] per day. It really was safer than drinking the water. This was in times before Pasteur, & people didn't even know about bacteria.
4:55 We have those annoying caps even on milk 😕 Some spring water here has a metallic aftertaste too because of the minerals it contains and some smell really bad - but are healthy. There are 1.600 different springs of mineral and thermal water in Slovakia and you can go to various natural spring sources and full your empty bottles there for free, even the most popular brands that are sold in bottles.
Happy birthday Ian!!
As a Dane we generally pump our water up from the deep ground, give it some air in steps, and then out to the consumers from the Tap. It has a better Quality than any bought in a bottle!!! Finn. Denmark
Murica is a semi third world country where some people are mega rich but half the country doesn't have access to drinkable tap water. Also the water all over Florida from the taps smelled like sulphur, same with some showers, my gf told me to go shower again one time because I stank of sulphur (I had just showered)
@@WookieWarriorz We are able to buy bottled water also in Denmark, and some find it Finer than Tapwater of course. A few places as near Copenhagen we also use surface water from a lake, which are cleaned, but mostly we pump up Basic Water from the ground. And some may taste from its origin and some are very "Hard" from its content of chalk. It is cleaned and always safe to drink Danish Water no matter from where and from a tap, If polluted a little it will be mixed with clean water from other places, to give quality water. Farmers are not allowed to use Chemicals close to pumbing holes, but still we are able to find also Round Up in minute amounts.
Happy Birthday Ian and welcome to the taste of Europe 😁 here in the region of Stuttgart we have a brand called Eiszeit Quell ( ice age spring ) that is known for its very clean ingredients coming from 400 meters down in the ground , especially good for making baby food/meals it comes in different sorts of sparkling: none, mid and many bubbles. You can get it in glass or plastic bottles in different sizes 0,5 … 0,75 … 1,0 … 1,5 liter. If there is a chance to get that at your place, try it, it is a very fine taste. Great job man, take care🤗
Welsh water is good too . 🏴 where it comes from makes a big difference to the taste of the water .
Water in the UK in general is fantastic. We don't even know how good we have it because too many in the UK just winge and complain about every minor thing even when we do so much shit better than the rest of the world
I’d love to learn more about Wales and obviously get my hands on some Welsh foods/drinks. Not so common here
Comparing american vs european chocolats would be a nice Video 😊
What is European chocolate?
like Lindt?
@@XtreeM_FaiL Verkade, Leonidas, Tony Chocolonely, Milka, Côte D'Or, Ritter Sport. But the problem is that many brands have many flavours - would you only test dark or milk chocolate? How dark? 40%, 70%, 85%? Or mint, caramel seasalt, cookies? Too many to choose from.
@@MarcKloos Only a few thousand from unedible to great.
I do not recommend chocolate from Soviet Union if you have access to a time machine machine.
@@XtreeM_FaiL would you care to elaborate? I am genuinely curious.
Glass bottles are premium version and not very popular in regular use. More common in restaurants
Happy, you love our slovenian sparkling watter. ❤ it is called Radenska. There are two different springs they are sourcing: Petanjski spring and Kraljevi spring (meaning King's spring) which is the one you have tasted. 😊 love your channel. Greetings from Slovenia! 🙋♀️
My cousin used to live in Bad Ems, Germany, famous for its waters. The water could be collected free from a municipal tap in the underground cavern but in its raw state it was totally undrinkable. He used to collect 5ltr containers of the water periodically and store them in his cellar for at least 2 years and then decant the water out, leaving the minerals behind. The resultant water was very palatable and quite tasty.
If you want less minerals why not just blend with tap water, what is the point of keeping it for years in some container like wine?
@@cyberfunk3793 What my cousin was doing was the traditional method to gain a palatable mineral water, without losing its essence. It was considered like you would a wine.
@@clivewilliams3661 Unless the container leaks into the water, I can't see how the composition of the water would change like something like beer or wine over time? After the sediment had settled the water wouldn't change no matter if you keep it 1 month or 100 years if it's in something like glass that really doesn't leak into the water.
The San Benedetto ice tea's are amazing!
You should definitely try them out!
I would love to see you guys try 'Compal' for the first time, it's a brand of different fruit juices from Portugal. One of my favourites is pear. It's REALLY good.
Honest content,
Why my whole family's here.
Love from Germany
Much love 🎉❤️ Thank You
Happy Birthday! 🎂🥂 Thank you for another entertaining video! 😃
as a marine biologist, i can tell you usa has really good water generally speaking, slightly hard and over mineralized, which is a good thing just reverse osmosing is good too drink (not regarding pollution), very cheap water bottles tend to be under mineralized so a mix of tap and a bottle every now and then, puts you at the perfect spot.
countries with under mineralized water have to add minerals to their water which makes the water expensive, and causes a water drinking problem.
athletes for weight cuts tend to drink water with no minerals to flush their system, water with no minerals goes through your system quick you pee it in a few hours, on the flipside juices, sodas, beer have a bunch of stuuf in them hence they cause bloating. they stay in your system untill tomorrow.
im enjoying these types of video,i wish i could experience the differences too ! cheers
There's an idea for a live show. Let everyone know what will be tested, and a date for the live taste. Give a week for people to see what they can get locally then all can compare.
The best water I ever had was in Slovenia. It was, quite literally coming out of a mountain spring in the Alps. It was icy cold and quite delicious
Since I was born, my favorite spring water has undoubtedly been Didier water from Martinique, a French island located in the Caribbean. It’s always a real pleasure for me to drink as much of it as possible during my vacations, when I visit my family. Discovered in 1833 by the army, this spring even allowed for the production of Coca-Cola under license until a hurricane destroyed the facilities in 1963.
Did you try green German Waldmeisterbrause ("Woodruff soda" or literally "Wood master soda")? That one's got a distinctive, totally different taste from every other soda. The brand doesn't matter that much, lots of mineral water companies bottle their own Waldmeister soda.
In germany you also get woodruff syrup, my favourite way to make my own favourite soft-drink.
@Transmodulator We really got it ruff.
when i saw Knjaz Milosh i knew this was gonna be a good video if you have the opportunity to try the lemon variant with the yellow packaging you would be suprised
There is one fact, in most countries in Europe, the mineral content must be stated when it is mineral water, so that it is not a fraud and it is not just tap water.
Only tap water will contain probably same or more minarals, so its better to just drink that
Here in New Zealand our sparkling water only comes in plastic bottles or aluminum cans (330ml - 500ml cans & 500ml - 1.5L bottles). We also have that 'Liquid Death' sparkling water over here as well.
Now try European tap water!❤ Happy birthday!
The quality depends a lot on where you are in Europe. A few places I have been in southern Europe has a lot of chlorine in the water. Letting the chlorine evaporate still leaves a taste. I live in Denmark and even within our tiny country the taste of water varies quite a bit, although the quality is generally considered high.
@@Macvombat He's Dutch. Better tab water than bottled.
@@tetaomichel The requirements for tab water are higher than bottled water in Denmark as well. Water still varies a lot throughout Europe.
I wouldnt do that everywhere in Europe 😂
@@MacvombatUK and Ireland has fantastic tap water too. We don't really buy water and we see selling tap water to be a massive scam.
We have a filtered tap in our home for boiling water and tap water UK but I still buy bottled water even though are drinking water is perfectly safe to drink. 😊
Radenska, not prodeska :D
try it with white wine (not sweet one), 1 part wine and 1 part radenska.
Happy belated birthday!
Sparkling water is a bit weird to compare because it all depends on the spring it's from, so it can vary quite a lot regionally. And add some weird stuff - for example, I know the water I grew up with had a spring below a medieval graveyard.
Hello. You should try "Żywiec Mocny Gaz"
8:15 , Just a tiny thing to correct in future video IMHO, when comparing sparkling water, you can't do one in a glass and the other one drink on the bottle, the sparkling effect is completely different drinking from a glass and drinking from a bottle. ;)
I discovered your channel with "Fanta" test a while ago, I'm very happy to see that you did continue, you and your wife are doing great, thanks for sharing.
The big difference is in Europe they drink water and in the USA they drink wader.
In UK they drink wotaa.
@@chucku00 woda*
@@Kapanol97 No, it's "wotaa" in the Worstshitstainshire accent, universally recognized as the official UK accent, to the dismay of many Scottish people.
Personally I drink eau, not water
@@fablb9006 _Eau d'évier_
In polish you pronounce Ł like W in english word "Why". As soon i saw Cisowianka i knew that it will be a good episode, just waited for that reaction. Btw your pronounciation of Cisowianka was spot on the first time.
No Polar? I drank that all the time in the US. It's quite good. Maybe only available in New England area?
Main brand here in Belgium is.....wait for it...... 😂 SPA yep, same place as the race track and origine of the words link with healthtreatment. 2nd brand is Chaudfountaine. 3rd BRU, . Out of Foreign waters i prefer San Peligrino, or Perrier.
Yep, #1 in the Netherlands is SPA. I quite like the green one with medium strong bubbles. #2 probably Bar-le-Duc. And you're quite right about San Peligrino and Perrier too (Lidl has their own knock-off)!
@@MarcKloosto be honest i just as often buy the store brands. Makes the Euro last a bit longer
Here in Greece you'll mainly find 'flat' water (no bubblies)
The best is 'Theoni'. It comes from a spring high on mount Olympus.
But there's a lot of other good waters as well.
The 1.5L bottle (like 0.3gallon) is for home use. You put it in the fridge and fill your glass when you're thirsty.
These size bottles are actually the most common.
For 'on the go' we mainly have 0.5L bottles, or 330ml cans.
(Btw: A gallon is equivalent to approximately 4.5L)
Here in Greece because of the heat the prices of water are limited to 50cts for 0.5L and 1€ for 1.5L bottle.
They sell it at every corner.
The only exceptions to this price limit are restaurants/taverns where they can charge whatever they like for whatever they like.
In the supermarkets a pack of 6* 1.5L bottles (2 gallons) costs €1.20 - €2.20 depending on the brand.
Mate, you did not get a bottle of Perrier nor a bottle of San Pelligrino...
Its like the two most well known, famous, sparkling water (at least in western EU).
Why ? :'(
1.5L is the standard large water bottle. 500ml is the standard small water bottle. 2L is sort of XL but there are also special water bottle sizes usually in central and eastern europe with 5 liters up to 20 litres.
Liquid Death has a fun story and was actually just a completly made up campain of a marketing guy to proof a point. Noone was listening to him they could sell way more water with different marketing so he designed a logo, made a facebook page etc to show he can gather interest in water. But it worked so well millions asking were to buy? There was no product not even a plan to ever make Liquid Death yet here we are 😂
The founder got the idea at a festival, when he realized that many visitors poured tap water into empty "Monster" energydrink cans to drink it.
@@josefsad1502 You´re misremembering the event, wasn´t the visitors but the bands having "Monster Energy" in brutal heat and he thought "they can´t possible putting on those shows drinking Monster in this heat" and asked the bands, turned out it was official Monster Tour Water made for performers since most of them don´t drink that Monster crap.
@gedeuchnixan3830 To be honest, I read the story on their Wikipedia page, just a few minutes before I replied to your comment. I checked it again to make sure I'm not braindead. It was mentioned that it were the visitors (concertgoers) not the band. Where did you get your information?
@@josefsad1502 Wikipedia isn´t 100% trustworthy, they even put on false information on purpose, caught this year regarding Warhammer. I saw a documentary and visitors don´t even make sense from the POV of the marketing guy, the visitors are the target the stars do the marketing and get people to drink crap like Monster and that´s when the idea started: the stars are already drinking water, easy to get water cans in their hands and when people see their stars with it, they buy it. Visitors putting water in all kinds of containers on festivals depending on which container you can bring to the infield no issues, hydration is very important on a festival, I´m an experienced festival visitor.
If its possible you should try some sparkling water from scandinavia, all sparkling water have small differences because they come from different natural springs, there are some very good ones from denmark, but my absolute favorite is ramlosa from sweden.
Who knew Poland would win a water taste test. Congratulations!
Be careful with some waters in Poland, in some places you can buy mineral water, which is actually medicinal water, with a very high content of minerals, e.g. sulfur, it smells like fart and is disgusting,.
Radenska is a childhood favorite. Never heard of the others. My favorite today is Croatian Jamnica, but the most convenient for me to get regularly in Sweden is Ramlösa.
Here in Finland and Sweden at least, flavoured sparkling water is quite popular, there are tons of different flavors available
Same in Norway
In the Netherlands you can buy mineral water from the brand Bar Le duc. But for the Dutch living in Utrecht Bar le Duc just comes out of the tap, the toilet and the shower head. The water comes from the same source. 😂 a liter from the tap costs € 0.0013, from a bottle in the supermarket € 0.90. Marketing is everything!
Radenska from Slovenia! 🎉 The whole country here drinks it. Especially with vine lol but mostly we drink tap water. Its excellent
I know you just did a "look at lots of different sodas" video, but i want to give my recommendations anyway. Probably IMPOSSIBLE to find, but my favorite drink currently is called Trocadero. Its a swedish soft drink flavoured with Apple and Orange, and it really has a unique feeling to it. But yeah, if you find yourself one of those bottles give it a try! Other than that, where i live we have two major sparkling water types, them being Loka and Ramlösa. They do a lot of different taste combinations, adding slight taste modifications to normal sparkling water. My favorite of that bunch would be Ramlösa Pomegranate and Strawberry, it has a super unique taste!
Just a sweed enjoying your journey into the taste of europe! :D