Italian Mineral Water

Gabe

Gabe

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I prefer naturale, still water, but there are so many to choose from beside the popular San Pellegrino. There is Panna and also San Benedetto. There are also local ones wherever you go and I do find them to be reasonable and good quality. Even if you can drink the local water, sometimes when you are out you need to buy a bottle. I have to admit, I like a lemon San Pellegrino wherever I am in the world.

For some reason San Pellegrino does taste better and is a great mixer for cordials and even wine.
 
When I was in Europe, I found it funny how many waiters asked if we wanted our water "with or without gas". We were surprised to hear that at first, but quickly realized that they were referring to sparkling mineral water. Anyway, that was just a little funny excerpt from my experience with water in Europe. When it comes to Italian mineral water I always order San Pellegrino. That is probably because it is also the most popular in the States. Very smooth!
 
People have been drinking San Pellegrino in my house for years. My mother looooves San Pellegrino, though I'm not as big of a fan of it.

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I do really love the Limonata though!
 
I really like the fizzy water now! I didnt at first but it grew on me and I like to believe my FIL when he says it helps with digestion :p What I always thought was weird is that Romans pride themselves on having access to free potable water for everyone via the street fountains, yet literally every single family drinks bottled water. What's the point of all those fountains constantly running all over the city if no one's using them?! One of Rome's many mysteries lol
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serialexpat said:
I really like the fizzy water now! I didnt at first but it grew on me and I like to believe my FIL when he says it helps with digestion :p What I always thought was weird is that Romans pride themselves on having access to free potable water for everyone via the street fountains, yet literally every single family drinks bottled water. What's the point of all those fountains constantly running all over the city if no one's using them?! One of Rome's many mysteries lol
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This always puzzled me too, because even when I lived near a spa town, everyone would still drink bottled water. I was on a budget so didn't and actually wine was cheaper in the end! Most do prefer gassata and I ended up drinking it because it was available as some places didn't carry still water.
 
Fizzy for me!
The water we have at home is "with gas" :D We buy a 6 pack (that's 6 bottles of 1.5L. each) every few days so we never run out of it. To be honest, I don't very much care about the brand, so I just get whatever is available.

There is also a street water fountain in my city, that is literally a source of both fizzy and natural water. I think it's especially designed to 'offer' people a choice. However, it's far away from where I live, so I just buy bottled water instead. But when I do pass by that place, I always see at least one person filling up their car trunk with many bottles of water :D
 
I like Lauretana sparkling water, this water comes from a spring that is over 1000 metres above sea level, surrounded by the Biella alps far from industrial and urban sites so has no risk of pollution.

Lauretana seems like a sophisticated type of water to me due to it's branding and bottle design, it is claimed to be Europe's cleanest water due to the fact that it has virtually no mineral content. It also has a low sodium content which is important to me as i need to be on a low sodium diet for medical reasons.
 
This is one of the things that baffles me about Europe. You guys have some of the best tap water on Earth, and you drink bottled water. It's so strange to me, because where I'm from, we HAVE to drink bottled water because our tap just isn't clean enough. I'll admit that San Pellegrino is pretty great (I've only had it once), but it's just not worth the high price to me.
 
San Benedetto was my choice for the trip. It was cheap and quite good compared to other brands of water which "tasted" bad.
And, yeah, I do agree that here in Europe water flows continuously and we don't seem to care about wasting it, and instead we use alternatives that others would give up in the detriment of tap water! It is indeed a situation that I can't understand either!
 
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