Have you heard of the restaurant that put 'fancy water' on the menu instead of wine?
Or heard of a wedding where the happy couple was served 'luxury H2O' instead of champagne or juice?
This water is said to be of better quality than regular mineral or tap water. You will have to spend hundreds of dollars (several thousand rupees) for this bottled water.
Like wine, this water can be enjoyed with anything from steak to fish.
This precious luxury water is extracted from volcanic rocks and glaciers by melting ice floes and fog. This water can also be extracted directly from clouds.
The nature of this water varies depending on where it comes from. Unlike regular water it is untreated.
This water have any different taste?
"Water is not just water. Every water in the world is different and tastes different says Milan Patel, water consultant and pop up store owner in London.
He also conducts tasting sessions for those who wish to try such types of water, including tap and bottled water.
Milan Patel told the Joel that he was working to educate people, especially the younger generation, about the different types of water and their tastes.
"You may remember that in school we learned about the natural hydro logic cycle of evaporation, freezing, precipitation, but we missed one thing and that was re mineralization," he says.
when rainwater falls on the soil, it penetrates the different rocks and soil in the ground and gets minerals like calcium, magnesium, potassium, silica. It is this process that gives the water its mineral taste says Patel.
There are many brands for this around the world. There are also experts to advise you on this.Be cause water obtained from glaciers or rain sources does not naturally percolate into the ground, it has lower total dissolved solids than water obtained from springs and wells.
Patel has collected a wide variety of water from around the world, from tap water to luxury water that sells for $318 a bottle. In the sessions he conducts, people say how each water tastes unique after tasting it.
"We're giving people the opportunity to look beyond the fact that water is tasteless. When you drink it up close and personal, you'll be amazed at the new words that come up to describe its taste," explains Patel. "Smooth, creamy, tingly, velvety, bitter, tart, we've got so many beautiful expressions. I call it aquadestology," says Patel.
"Most people say, 'It reminds me of my youth,' 'It reminds me of my holidays,' 'It reminds me of my grandparents' house,'" he says.
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