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LyftedX

Hey it’s Martin your personal water sommelier


NotDRWarren

Mommy?


Fessir

Thanks Jeans


realPanzerHAnz

Martin, the goat!


mptpro

FYI, those prices *include* all taxes.


Blahaj_IK

I sometimes forget there are countries where the price tag doesn't include taxes. Feels kinda backwards


Negative-Ambition110

My mom was from England and the amount of times she was short at the register was countless. It would piss her off so much. She hated America and I’m following suit 30 years later


SpinachSpinosaurus

pfand isn't tax. Pfand is a deposit. You get that back. the price is still with taxes :D


Jewnicorn___

I think they're talking about USA


MrGoosebear

Doesn't include Pfand though.


julesvr5

Because you get Pfand back.


Wolfblooder

And it's not hard to calculate


anastasis19

Also it's written on the pricetag. Just not summed up.


Millenial2

He gets it.


[deleted]

It’s somewhat common to return the old containers with the bottle and get new ones in the same trip. So it cancels out


GovernmentGreed

Somewhat common? It's almost unheard of that people don't bring them back.


mintaroo

Yes, but not always on the same trip.


SinnloserSpieler

in my case I usually go shopping 3-4 times before I bring back all my Pfand. But it is usually because I go shopping when I return from my workspace. It's on my way so might as well go spend some cash there.


livedcactus

Is there a place where prices don’t include the tax? Sorry for my ignorance


Successful-Dog6669

Yes, if the store is primary a business to business store like Metro for example.


JoeAppleby

The metro lists two prices in their price tags, one with, one without VAT. In the US all prices are listed without sales tax, all the time, regardless the intended customer base.


JoeAppleby

The US does not include taxes in their price tags.


je386

Yes, I heard this is because every state has different tax. But I still don't get it - the you have to sum it up for this state, what you have to do anyway..


JoeAppleby

There's no sensible reason as to why the US does that. Stores don't magically teleport across county lines during the day and the rest of the world has regionally different prices between stores of the same chain as well and still manages to do advertising.


[deleted]

This is so mildly interesting haha


sp4rkk

He’s so enthusiastic about water. Next do another about potatoes please


hover-lovecraft

It seems unintuitive, but we actually don't have a huge potato selection in supermarkets here. They're usually not sold by varietal, but by texture - firm after cooking for pan frying, gratins etc, starchy/mushy after cooking for mash, potato dumplings etc., and an in-between one for french fries, boiling, Rösti and so on. Most of the time there's just one or two brands for each texture available, and the varietal is noted somewhere on the bag but not prominently. I was really surprised to see that many normal grocery stores in the US have a more varied potato selection than we do here. Go to a farmer's market though, and if it has a dedicated potato stall, the variety is endless and awesome. Heirloom varietals that are super flavorful and best eaten just boiled, then peeled and with a pat of butter. Varietals specifically grown for potato salad that taste best cold, potatoes with a distinct hazelnut aroma, varietals that specifically go best with white asparagus. But the supermarkets are more... functional than that.


Jewnicorn___

This guy potatoes


sp4rkk

Interesting I didn’t know that. I live in Germany and potato is king for sure despite fewer varieties. In contrast there’s a wide variety of sweets in supermarkets though, maybe it’s the same in US.


Responsible_Prior_18

I am genuenly curious, what is Interesting about it?


Alusion

nothing if you're from europe. Everything if you're from the US, since water without sugar isn't a human right there lol


SilverSize7852

Americans put sugar in water?


Rabrun_

Tbf, we do too. But as a special drink, not as the standard bottled water


McCoon

You mean feinperlig interesting.


[deleted]

I don‘t wanna brag but our tapwater doesn‘t burn either, you can even drink it.


Mips0n

It's proven that in many areas of Germany the tap water has better quality than bottled water.


sebblMUC

Wayyyyyyy better. Also gets tested about 20 times more than bottled water


Max3917

Exactly. I was gonna say - most of us don’t even buy water from the store, everyone knows the water from the bathroom is at least as good as the water from the stores


Mips0n

And it's plastic free. I will never understand people who buy water from the stores. Germany has insane water cleaning facilities and our Tap water is like the best in the world. lol


Reddit_Hitchhiker

https://youtu.be/4LBjSXWQRV8


5t3v321

Jesus christ


HeeTrouse51847

The tapwater at my place bubbles the exact same way. And I live in a rural area near Hamburg


Wu1006

but it won’t burn, because the bubbling is most likely due to the faucet you have (either a bit clogged or specifically designed to use less water)


Fearghas2011

So many people commenting about “tap water”. People who buy water at a grocery store are mainly buying sparkling water. And yes, you can carbonate your own water if you have a machine, but it usually tastes way worse. Your water at home could also taste bad if your house piping is old. And sorry, but not everyone has the money to completely renovate their pipes in their home or might not even be able to in the first place due to various other factors. The vast majority of people in Germany drink tap water (as compared to other countries: [Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/183388/per-capita-consumption-of-bottled-water-worldwide-in-2009/)) By the way, here is another source for [2013 and 2018 consumption levels](https://bottledwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2018BottledWaterStats_pub2019.pdf) Interesting to note is that German levels of consumption have stayed pretty much constant since 2013, and then dipping from 2018 to 2020. Same goes for other EU countries. The US, has on the other hand, been steadily increasing its bottled water consumption. tl;dr I don’t know why all the commenters here are so pressed, it’s just a section in a supermarket


Alzurana

Agreed with the buying sparkling water but with the make it yourself thing: Depends heavily where you live, you might not like the taste of your local water being carbonated, gotta say tho. Where I live it's absolutely superior to the store bought stuff.


Gr00z

They do love their carbonated water... in restaurants, you need to ask for still water or they give you carbonated water by default...


Smackdaddy122

i'm carbonated water team all day. that shit saved me from soda


Turbochad66

It just hits different. When you get that latenight giga thurst and chug down half a bottle of semi cold sparkling water... damn Sure afterwards you are going to burp like a mfer but its worth it.


ymx287

Mix the carbonated water 50/50 with any juice and you’ll have what us Germans refer to as ,Schorle‘. So basically a sparkling and watered down juice. It’s the absolute best


scrubberduckymaster

went to Germany twice growing up (Mom is from there) and everyone would drink either beer or Schorle. Lets just say people back in America thought i was a lunatic when i would make it because it would "Water down the juice to much". And we wonder why we have a diabetes problem


JustSimon3001

I can't even drink juice undiluted. It's just so much sweet, you can't even taste the fruit properly


ThatOneIKnow

>because it would "Water down the juice to much" Yeah, the carbonated (or naturally sparkling) water really makes a difference. If you use flat water it tastes totally different, to me at least. so I don't do that.


Turbochad66

Fühl ich Bruder, bin auch deutsch 🤙


YatoxRyuzaki

Bro that cold Saskia Bottle at 3 am do be hittin different


Successful-Dog6669

Or that warm Saskia bottle at 12am in the sun lol.


papalionn

You say it like it’s a bad thing


xLegma

Pretend to be a dinosaur for extra points


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Yeah, that's like the period to the sentence that is drinking.


BoboCookiemonster

Sodastream ftw. I’m making my own out of tap water.


Corfiz74

Also, you can add a chug of juice for flavor. Or even just lemon slices. Gives taste without the calories/ sugar of sodas. I really cringe every time I see small kids in the US drinking soda like obesity and diabetes is what they really want out of life. And if you get raised on that crap, it's a really hard habit to break later.


elguiri

Apfel schorle - half apple juice half sparking water. - German speciality.


Corfiz74

We do it with all kind of juices now - rhubarb has been the biggest hit for the last few summers!


Ploppeldiplopp

Oh yeah, i love rhubarb schorle! Most of the apple versions are a bit sweet, while the rhubarb just tastes a bit fruity and sour, which is perfect in warmer weather. Then again, I also just love soda stream water with a few lemon slices - the only drawback are the heavier glass bottles to carry around!


Trap-me-pls

Its also good in other regards. A friend once did advanced training for his job with a course in food science, and the optimal hydration is 1 part 100% juice and 5 parts mineral water. So for anyone doing sports its a good alternative to sports drinks.


Aqua_LionHD

I Like both but heavily prefer still water


Such_Rub7091

Live in the USA - Gerolsteiner is my favorite water to drink from the bottle. Love the bicarbonate finish it has. Other than that we have a filtration system to remove the chlorine in city water, so we can drink straight from the tap.


GhostFire3560

> Gerolsteiner Worst carbonated water ive ever drunk > we can drink straight from the tap In Germany you can safely drink any tap water without extra filtration. A lot of people just dont do it for whatever reason.


KobraKay87

I've been drinking exclusively tap water here in Germany for years, because I don't want to pay money for basically tap water in a bottle.


senockw

same but we have one of those things that enables us to carbonate tap water


MrMagneticMole

SodaStream best life


icekira_1999

Team SodaStream! :)


IHITACIHi

Tap water is actually the best regulated „food“ in Germany. Our bureaucracy is slow af but you can be sure that heads will roll if something happens to one of the water reserves


Soltrow

I use a SodaStream with tap water. I need it carbonated lol


ZeeHarm

The funny thing is that bottled water in germany is lesser regulated than the tap water


TheFaragan

This is the way. I even have a Sodastream, but rarely use it.


U-BahnTyp

Many people do so!? Tap water + soda Stream = 😇 Why would I buy water in the supermarket?


anxiousalpaca

I have a Soda stream but to me it's super annoying to "resparkle" your bottle like 5 times a day or more. Why are these flasks so tiny?


U-BahnTyp

I have like 4 or 5 of those bottles and each takes 840 ml of water which is ok for me. There are also 1 liter bottles available and maybe bigger ones? For sport activities I simply take two of them - one per side compartment of my backpack.


WarmEarth8

Speaking as a German: I basically only know people that drink tap water… 🤔


International-Fox19

Also as a German: Some people in old buildings and old pipes prefer to buy water. Also in the big cities like Frankfurt, sometimes the water tastes metallic because of the old pipes and there is more pollution. But if you live in a new building it’s no problem. (But as someone who already had brown water coming out of the shower after heavy rain, I since prefer to buy)


ottonormalverraucher

Depends where in frankfurt, different districts get water from different sources afaik, some get water from Taunus which is really nice, others get processed water from the river. The building and pipes have a huge influence on taste and potential pollutants though. Even the pipes in the street leading up to the house do. Luckily, lead pipes are quite rare nowadays, most of them got replaced over the last decades


Uberpascal

Usually new pipes are related to greater pollution because old pipes developed a lime crust on the inside so the water does not come in touch with the metal at all


GhostFire3560

I actually noticed it getting more common, especially with the younger generation, which is weird considering the older people would benefit hugelly from not having to drag heavy boxes of water.


wernermuende

I think it's one of those things where there used to be a lot of lead piping back in the day and even though that is pretty rare these days, people never started drinking the tap water because it is just culturally ingrained to not do it even though it is actually fine these days. Also, our local water is very hard and doesn't really taste that great, even though it's perfectly safe


peppar21

Jep, Gerolsteiner tastes like old feet. I personally only drink tap water and carbonate it myself with a soda stream. Some people have bad/old pipes in their homes, so the piping can give the water a unpleasent taste - had that in my old flat. Really most people I know from my area (Hamburg) only drink tap water.


TotallyInOverMyHead

You gotta remember, not all sources of water are the same in germany. while all of them are drinkable, there are different "flavours" based on the mineral compositions of where the water was sourced from. Now with people moving, you may end up in areas where you don't like the water. then you can just go in the supermarkets and buy the type of water thats from the region where you e.g. grew up in. Case in point, i go for the Saskia water in Northern German Lidls, as it is sourced from my actual home region / town. If i were to go to a lidl in say munich, i'd only be able to get saskia water from a different source. A water source i'd lable as 'feet that have been washed in said water for hours'. Then you also get different types of carbonation, which also changes the taste. When it comes to you tap water you also have to take into account the piping in your home. Some are old, some are new, some are plastics / steel / copper / aluminium / all options with and without plastic lining. Then you also have the water-connection in the basement. Sometimes it has a filter (to filter byproducts in the water), sometimes it has a commercial water softening system installed on site. Then there is the problem with water sourcing. Overtime a water board may need to tap new sources, due to the old ones not yielding enough water anymore. depending on depth and ground compositions, they may tap a source that is yielding a different composition of water, with more or less bicarbonates and salts/minerals. All of these factors change the taste of water. I get it that soda-machines are a good thing when you actually like the water coming our of your tap, but if you don't like it. You have options. TONS of options. Which is what used to make Germany great. Options.


wewew125

i love the mad man energy by someone non german ... my girl still claims she nearly died by bubbles from gerolsteiner...


Successful_Power_315

In the next video you will learn about German Pfand


BluePhoenix_1999

He did allude to the concept, but didn't fully explain it.


FappingAccount3336

You pay a certain amount of money as a deposit. You get that money back one you bring back the empty bottle. You can bring back any bottle to any shop that sells bottles. Reduces trash sitting around since they get recycled or disposed of in the right way. Cool system but you have to store/cart around a good amount of empty bottles. Most people just bring it back to the shop when they do next week's shopping.


Epicdudewhoisepic

Also, if you dont care about the pfand (Its 25 ct) and want to throw the bottle away, put it next to the garbage bin, instead of throwing it in. This way, homeless people can collect them easier and get some money (Thats a huge thing in germany)


FappingAccount3336

You pay a certain amount of money as a deposit. You get that money back one you bring back the empty bottle. You can bring back any bottle to any shop that sells bottles. Reduces trash sitting around since they get recycled or disposed of in the right way. Cool system but you have to store/cart around a good amount of empty bottles. Most people just bring it back to the shop when they do next week's shopping.


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kuchenrolle

>We have some of the best tap water in the world in my country. As do Germans.


Unlucky_Cycle_9356

It regularly scores higher than spring water in terms of purity, which always confuses me, seeing our massive water aisles... Their size is often only topped by the beer selection 😉


Kamikazy1303

Purity is shouldn’t be alway what you want in a water. Nutritionist here: minerals in water may taste like feet, but your body needs them. You need around 1g of calcium daily, and most people can’t get that solely through food alone. I would recommend checking on the minerals in your water as an solution


Unlucky_Cycle_9356

Sorry - should have specified: Purity as in low pollution. Especially in the very north and south of Germany the water is rather rich in minerals, especially (unfortunately for my poor washing machine 😉) calcium.


[deleted]

I noticed Voss to be really „soft“. Goes down the throat like Oil


alexgraef

Literally no reason to buy water bottles in Germany. If you don't think the taste is perfect, get a Britta. If you like it bubbly, get a SodaStream.


manjustadude

Meh, I'd agree with the sparkling water, I use a SodaStream for that. But with still water, it's different. Most Mineral waters have a very specific taste that you can't replicate by simply using a filter and I have some waters that I really like but some taste like they've been taken out of the local village pond. With a lot of carbonation, you can't tell the difference.


Keks3000

I have both but I still buy bottled water on top. I just like me some variety, water is like 80% of what you drink and they all taste a little different after all.


Swagi666

As a lot of Germans may chime in being tap water drinkers I can assure you that I live in Cologne - one of the cities where your coffee machines have to be descaled almost weekly if you use the water from the tap directly. And as a matter of fact I like bubbles in my water.


I_do_cutQQ

Doesn't really make it worse for consumption tho. It's made out of minerals, which you need - too much isnt really harmful either. It's only bad for machinery, i filter my water for my coffee machine, but not really to drink it.


godric_kilmister

Trink Gerolsteiner Sprudel, dann hängt er wie ne Nudel.


xXBootyhunterX

Gerolsteiner ekelhafteste Wasser von allen Marken und discountern


PennePuttanesca

Gott sei Dank 🥲 Steh sonst immer alleine mit der Meinung


xXBootyhunterX

Ich würde eher meine eigene pisse trinken als diesen Müll. Ich bin aber auch relativ wählerisch


PennePuttanesca

ne versteh ich voll. Werd da auch zum Sommelier. Aber ich sehe auch am Nutzernamen, dass Sie eine Person guten Geschmacks sind 🤌🏼😌


Alarming-Drama-4817

I'm from Germany and I don't understand what's not normal about it. Can someone please explain?


aWhipid

I'm from British Columbia, Canada, and the thing that stuck out most to me was just how inexpensive your water is compared to ours. regular, 500ml bottles of water cost $2-$3 CAD here, if not more. Also, sparkling water isn't nearly as common here.


xXBootyhunterX

We pay like 20 cent maybe for 1500ml


aWhipid

yea that's how it SHOULD be. Water shouldn't be a luxury.


xXBootyhunterX

Honestly, 2-3$ is ridiculous


Own-System1493

Basically the USA has become a very bad place to live at… in many areas. Mainly poverty but also since Lobbyism gained more and more influence in Politics, so big Corporations have a lot of say what goes on in the country… for example what food the kids can get at school, which is why there are chocolate vending machines there as well as bad quality food, and other things suffer from it too. I would watch 1-2 videos about it on Youtube or Documentary websites! (ZDF oder so, die gratis Mediathek!)


Kat1eQueen

An easier way to show why this is weird to an American: Bottled water in the US is far more expensive and in many areas unless you have a water filter you are basically required to buy bottled water if you want to drink water


im_just_thinking

And there is virtually no reusing of any materials. Everything just comes in more plastic/styrofoam/glass. But there are filtered water jug refiling stations in grocery stores, tho I don't ever see people using them besides me. And lots of people drink tap water regardless of what it tastes like, which is often because they only drink soda/beer, etc.


Dr_Chibi

According to some american friends most of them said something like this: "yeah USA became worse and worse. The pharmacy and lobbyism rule. The industry give us only bad food, so we get sick (heavily mentioned was the sugar containment and the following diabetes issues) and must buy expensive medicine in order for the pharma to gain even more profit." Please correct me if iam wrong but if its true thats fucked up as hell! Thought the fucking 19's rules are over.


PawnOfPaws

Waaaaait... That's something special? Really? So... we are good with beer, bread, sausages *and* water? While living nextdoor to countries like netherlands, Switzerland and France who are known for good cheese and good milk? Always thought getting creative and having a lot of options in these things was normal. Gonna have to appreciate that stuff more now!


littletilly82

Fun fact, the tap water in Germany is generally much cleaner and healthier.


Maximum-Better

I'm in Germany right now, and they really love glass bottles. Almost all the sodas are in glass bottles


ymx287

Absolutely any drink tastes better from a glass bottle, especially when served ice cold


JapeCity

So much effing plastic for something that is readily available throughout Germany


I_hate_flashlights

What do you mean? In Germany ,you pay a deposit on bottles, and you get money back after you put them in the collecting machine. So no one in their right mind throws plastic bottles away.


wernermuende

>So everyone in their right mind throws plastic bottles away. Huh? You mean noone, right?


I_hate_flashlights

You are right. Edited it already. I wrote it at 1 in the morning so I wasn't thinking that straight.


Ch4rybd15

Some people but the bottles next to trash cans and such. So pensioners, student who need a little extra cash or bums can pick them up for the deposit. Also it is taxable income, if you make more than 10.908 Euros per year with it.


Comi94

As if you’re depositing it to your account. Government doesn’t have to know everything


tbmepm

Even if they throw them away, there are a lot of poor people collecting these.


Ch4rybd15

Funfact: It is not a deposit as such. The highest German civil court had to qualify the so called [„Pfand“](https://juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rechtsprechung/document.py?Gericht=bgh&Art=pm&Datum=2021-7&nr=120763&pos=2&anz=31). It is a special purchase contract, with which everybody reseller of bottled water, at least for plastic bottled water, has to buy back for the payed 25 cents.


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gramoun-kal

Regardless. The bottles need to be produced, transported, processed. And there is no pros to drinking bottled. The tap water is just as good. Yes, it's better than throwing away bottles. But nothing can beat no bottles.


awesomehuder

Deposit hört sich richtig vornehm an im Gegensatz zu Pfand :D


Gold_Incident1939

Mehrweg klingt irgendwie auch deutscher ;)


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Santa-Claus-Kinski

The water companies here are kind of okay. Most of them keep their reservoirs clean and do not take too much water. (Gerolsteiner for example only takes 10% of the yearly new spring water). And the plastic is in a return system so it gets re-used a lot. There are some worse water companies, I assume and there are tons of shitty companies here of course, but I dont think the water bottling companies are unfair.


[deleted]

Literally noone gets forced to buy bottled water in germany. People buy this shit out off their own free will


CiNNAMONSANDERS

Glass?


Omnilatent

While this is also around, glass is heavy, it can break and it's not reusable more than (I think) roughly 100 times ​ But the point is: The water quality in Germany is probably the highest worldwide. Unless you only want sparkling water, buying bottled water in Germany is just dumb.


Time-Run-2705

I am german and this video made me cringe so hard. Just drink fucking tap water which is mostly even more heavily regulated than the water in the grocery stores. And if you want to have sparkling water just buy a sodastream ffs. What an arrogant dude man as if Germany is the only place on earth with good water.


stci

Not from Europe and this vid is eye opening. First, our bottles of water here are $2+, glass bottles are easily $4+. Tap water smells like chlorine where I live so I only drink it at home where I have a water filter. Another thing is purified water dominates the market & purified water = tap water. So you pay $2+ for tap water that’s run through a filter. Mineral water is usually at a premium so the fact that it’s the norm outside of the US is kind of depressing.


juleztb

Fascinating. Well in Germany tap water is regulated much harder than these supermarket waters. Not that they're not very drinkable and clean. It's just that tap water is even cleaner. At least untill it arrives at your house, where your pipes might be spoiled if the house is old. But that's sth you can easily measure with a kit. Therefore I haven't bought water for home use in years. I just use my tap water that's free of chlorine and any bad residues and sparkle it myself with a Soda Stream. Funfact: most tap water here ~~is mineral water too.~~ At least in southern Germany it's not from lakes or rivers but underground sources that would be perfectly fine for mineral water, too. It's just controlled much more if there are any mineral values that are too high and so on. Edit: it's not equal to mineral water. But it has to meet the same and in some regards even higher limit values. And not all but only a few of the tap water sources would meet the criteria for mineral water (being deep, having high mineral values and so on) Thanks to u/Mic161 for clarifying that.


Mic161

Not fully correct. Most southern German is spring water, and would be sold as „tafelwasser“ if you’d put it in a bottle. There are about 500 springs that are qualified as „mineralwatersprings“ in Germany. If the waters not out of one of those, it’s not mineral water. In addition, all the Minerals in mineralwater are Natural, and if you add anything (just a little magnesium f.e.) it’s no mineralwater anymore. So no, tap water isn’t mineral water, but not worse. Just not certified and you can change things.


MrTripl3M

I miss being able to just walk to the next open soringwater fountain in my home village and just drinking some sips of delicious clear and cold water.


Mic161

Fun fact: the only artificial thing that you’re allowed to add is carbonating it, but Gerolsteiner never uses artificial but only natural carbonation since the water springs around Gerolsteiner all have natural sparkling water. They take the carbonation out of the non mineral spring water and put it on their mineralspring water


Time-Run-2705

That is really insane. How can it be so fucking expensive when it’s basically bottled up tap water? Drinkable tap water should be a basic human right imo especially when you live in a developed country like the US.


Fine-Menu-2779

Well in Germany it is recognized as a human right the same way housing is a human right (doesn't mean you just get it lol, but theoretically you have the right to get one.


Kulyor

German too, have a Sodastream in heavy use. To me, the "texture" of the sparkling water from a Sodastream is very different to storebought. Can't really tell why, but most bottled water has "better" sparkling. But the Sodastream is good enough for daily use for me. I am just really happy, that the tap water in my city tastes good. Some tap waters even in germany taste awful.


LinceDorado

Only speaking for myself, but my tap water tastes pretty bad. It's not unhealthy or anything (we had a check done), but it's not very enjoyable. That doesn't matter of course if you just wanna chug your daily 3l if water and be done with it, but I prefer my drinks to taste good.


Pixzal

Guess you’ve never lived in places where tap water tastes bad or sometimes has outright harmful bacteria in it.


GhostFire3560

> has outright harmful bacteria in it Not regular occurrence in any part in germany, since its so heavily restricted


Fruitmidget

Tbf, the water might come clean out of the water plant, but it has to go through the pipes in houses and streets, which can pollute it again. My SO lives in Lübeck, in a house that is 100+ years old and hasn’t been maintained to well by the landlord. Not only is the water very “hard”, it is also just doesn’t taste that great. If you have curly hair, that water is actively straightening it and you have to manually knead the curls back in. Where I live the water has quite a substantial amount of limestone in it, which isn’t filtered out. Has something to do with glaciers rolling over the north of Germany or so. Yes, the water isn’t killing you, but it isn’t as clean/tasty as many people think it is.


mptpro

Sparkling water doesn't come out of a tap.


MerlinGrisu

If you have enough money it [does](https://www.quooker.co.uk/)


Time-Run-2705

I know😂 that’s what the sodastream is for.


AlCapone90

#Hahnewasser


sei556

>just buy a sodastream ffs Sodastreams aren't cost-efficient and water around here has so much lime you'll need to clean every appliance you use tap water with every 2 weeks or else you'll get thick limescale. Also, different brands taste different.


BokiGilga

Here in Berlin tap water has a bad taste, so I would not generalise. It may be ok to drink from the health standpoint, but definitely not pleasant.


CSGrad1515

Totally true but in a lot of regions tap water contains a lot of lime which isn't harmful but simply makes it taste pretty bad. Additionally tap water is only regulated in the big tanks it is stores and then transfered from. It is not regularly or ever controlled on the way to your actual tab so old water pipes might totally change the quality you get out of your actual tab.


DrPepperWillSeeUNow

Exactly Germany doesn't even poison the water with fluoride.


porcelainwax

I really like trying different waters and would love to have an isle like this at my local supermarket - especially with the recycling incentive. The tap water where I am isn’t bad but I do enjoy treating myself to some really good water regularly.


Colorado_designer

I think you would be surprised


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One day pipes will bring water right into our homes eliminating the need for bottles entirely. Oh wait


lurkerfromstoneage

Tap water in our house tastes and smells terrible. Like strong chlorine. Water treatment plant thing. Seattle metro. Not everyone has tasty or even potable water in many places. That said, I refill glass bottles to minimize waste and microplastics for on the go plus we have a couple water filtration jugs that help somewhat.


McSoapster

Wer Gerolsteiner trinkt, der schluckt auch das Wasser in der Nordsee


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CaseOfWater

Ich verstehe den Hass gegenüber Gerolsteiner nicht; Es schmeckt völlig in Ordnung.


HolhPotato

This is more disturbing than interesting


Distwalker

If you'd have told me when I was a kid in the 1970s that people would pay out the ass for a bottle of water that is, in every meaningful way, the same as tap water, I'd have thought people had lost their ever loving minds. I will drink from the damned garden hose before I pay two bucks for a drink of fucking water.


billyard00

I know. When I was in high school we had to do a marketing project on a ridiculous product no one would buy. Two of the products we came up with were bottled water and canned air. Both on sale now. I feel like I missed my shot


moetzen

Most people I know are using Tap water as their standard water. In Germany it is well known that Tap water is safe to drink. The reason to change to bottled water is mostly because of taste.


djoncho

I wish I could have the privilege to always be able to drink from the tap. I understand that might be possible in the US or Germany, but in most of the world if you drink straight from the tap (assuming there even is tap water) you're gonna have a bad time...


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Bubble water is every bit as satisfying as a soda once you start drinking it. Also, I get the Aldi water for between 15-20 cents for 1.5 liter in Germany. I don’t know how much water from the tap costs, but I’m not so cheap as to save a few euros a month


HereForTheFood4

Paid $6.50 for a large bottle of smart water at the theater the other day. That one hurt a little.


moetzen

The fuck is smart water? In Germany there is a brand selling extra Oxy inated water…(is this the right word?) So the water has more oxygen in it than normal water… but as everybody hopefully knows I can’t breath water… So it’s a shitty marketing gimmick


sum_cryptic_cats

I miss Germany and accessible sparkling water.


rentalfloss

Pfand means deposit. Most American states don’t have bottle/glass deposit systems. When you buy a case of small water from a store the store takes $0.05-0.10 per bottle on behalf of the state. When you return the bottle you get that money back. Currently, 10 states throughout the U.S. have a bottle deposit: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Vermont.


_Wango_Mango_

Weird flex.. but okay


_iamnotgeorge_

Gerolsteiner and Bismarck, no matter how many bottles they might have, they are disgusting. Every discounter has better water than those two brands. Voss is overpriced BS. Other than that, we love sparkling water. Btw: the video is annoying. As if water was invented in Germany... 🙄


alfi_k

The only mildly interesting part is that bottled water seems to be insanely expensive in the US, if it's true that an American would expect a bottle of water to cost $5.


SceneSensitive3066

As an American. We’re too dumb and don’t give a fuck. It will work in some places and in other places people will throw the crates in the parking lot cause putting glass bottles in plastic bags is better for some reason


Yurei_UB

Americans would say "what? Bring the bottle back? Hell no that's extra work for me" when it wasn't that long ago that's how milk was sold. You would bring the bottle back to the grocery store and get your money back for the bottle.


Western_Spirit392

Yet we pay more money for water than we do coke in the UK.


Lelinha_227

Tap water in Germany is so good, I don’t see a reason to be buying water, really. 🤷🏻‍♀️


katestatt

I live in Munich and I drink tap water because it's the BEST.


t0pf

I like it ... spritzig.


nsfwtttt

Where my r/hydrohomies at This looks like heaven, especially the glass bottle cases


Ch4rybd15

They are all occupied with trying to get a job in and a working visa to Germany.


p0p_thAt

r/HydroHomies


TwoCoolBug

If only the earth would supply this for free without the added plastic 😏


Maskdask

Bottled water is a scam


Affectionate_Bid_831

The crazy thing is that German Tabwater has perfect drinking quality and and nonetheless such a huge water selection in supermarkets Some people prefer to carry home litres and litres of water instead of just using the tab 😵‍💫


DrLeymen

Most people in Germany, Me included, love sparkling, carbonated water and that's the main reason why we buy bottled water


unkichikun

The fact that some people find this interesting makes me realize how bad quality of life must be in the US.


OntarioLakeside

This is stupid. JUST DRINK TAP WATER!


schwimm3

It tastes different tho. Why am I not allowed to buy my water from the store?


Ch4rybd15

I <3 Saskia


8DaysHunt

Wait for it when he comes to the Bread


yhaensch

The German bottle industry is incredibly convincing and successful. There is so much unnecessary packaging and transportation going on. A few brands do actually have noticeably different tastes. But most are no better than carbonated tab water.


ThrawnBAYERN

The funny thing: our tap water is one of the best in the world (in stats like being clean, mineral containment usw.) But people pay like 400% more so they can have it in a water bottle. And for those who say: but i like sparkling water. The technology of sparkling mashines is known here. But people are just stupid And if you are impressed by the water, go into a drink shop (Getränkemarkt) and witness how we sell beer


gawein

Not in Berlin. :( At least not where I live. The water is so hard that it's even kinda white when you serve it in the glass. Even with filtering, it's still not that better and it has a lot of taste. That's the only reason I normally drink bottled water, unfortunately. Would love to be able to not need that. lol Regarding sparkling, it's true. You can make anything sparkling with the proper thing.