A field-notes archive

Every sparkling water, explored & tasted.

From LaCroix to Gerolsteiner, Liquid Death to waters that never make the shelves of your local grocery store, this is a long and lingering quest to taste every sparkling water in the world.

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"I am taken from the earth and the rain. I am older than the bottle that holds me. I have a hundred names, a thousand sources, and yet I am one thing."
— Riddle 74, Exeter Book
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One person on a quest to taste every sparkling water in the world, learning the stories, legends, people, places, mysteries, controversies, lessons, and tastes hiding inside each bottle.

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Water Explorations

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About

This is a quest more than a ranking.

Over ten years ago I stopped drinking almost everything but water. What started as an elimination diet for chronic migraines became something I did not expect. It became a fascination with how different waters taste, where they come from, the myths and businesses around them, and so much more.