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Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?

www.theguardian.com Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?

A restaurant in the English county of Cheshire has launched a water menu, as have a number of US establishments. Is it really possible, though, to tell one terroir from another?

Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?

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Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?

www.theguardian.com /lifeandstyle/2025/aug/28/water-sommeliers-rival-wine-terroir

Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?

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mineral content can be measured by evaporating a sample and weighing what is left as milligrams per litre of total dissolved solids (TDS)
I'd recommend ion chromatography here if you want accurate results lol
- £19 a bottle for water so dirty that it leaves behind measurable solids when it evaporates.
- Dude, the whole thing is a scam. We don't want to get bogged down with expensive fancy equipment.
  
  It worked for Scientology
  
  Their e-meters are relatively basic. They just slap $200 of components in a box and charge $5000 for them
- MS is the way.

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