#bottled-water

#bottled-water

What a load of rubbish. Far better to order a free glass of tap water. At an Open University summer school some years ago, students were invited to take part in a trial. All were given 10 lots of two samples, Nottingham tap water and Highland Spring. There were enough participants over the weeks for a statistical sample. Answer? They could not tell the difference.

Water is a beautiful thing and I just want people to experiment and enjoy it in a way that they've never done before, says Binder, 53, whose brimming passion gives his speech a staccato energy. Sensing my scepticism, he tells me it's OK to laugh at the concept of water connoisseurship. I've been trying to get restaurants to do this for years and I think people are nervous, because you're either going to be a pioneer or a joke.

Aquafina bottled water is a PepsiCo brand, a direct competitor to Coca-Cola's Dasani brand, a similarly purified bottled water that isn't really all that different from other bottled water brands.

I can potentially tell you which bottled water is best.

"Unlike other bottled water brands, they use infinitely recyclable aluminum bottles. According to The Aluminum Association, roughly 75 percent of all the aluminum that's ever been created is still actively being used today."