Seltzer, Club Soda, Carbonated Water, Soda Water: What's the Difference? Which One Tastes Better?

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Carbonated water has many names, like seltzer, club soda and sparkling mineral water. So what is the difference? But more importantly, which one tastes the best?
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[@Colesefff]

I immediately thought I was getting a bartending lesson from Charlie Sheen

[@thechadwick22]

Fantastic video and thank you for citing to empirical research! The fact that you produce such high quality informative content and back it up with historical and contemporary data, for anyone to watch, is a true public service! Beverage MVP right here!

[@norcalcarnivores]

Wife and I were just talking about this yesterday. Great timing!

[@letoatreides5553]

Not a question but as a German I always found it funny that we have a law which strictly governs all of the different water types. Soda water for example has to be a artificially carbonated and has to have at least 570 mg/g of added Sodium bicarbonate. The law basically translates to "Ordinance on natural mineral water, spring water and table water (Mineral and Table Water Ordinance)". May this comment help with the algorithm.

[@Artofdrink]

I'm married to a German, and yes you guys love your rules!

[@xingchuyongren]

在中国，我们国家的食品管理局禁止制造这种加矿物质的水作为矿泉水出售。只能标注为水饮料。非常有意思。

[@pizzaelse]

@@Artofdrink 🙂Kind regards to your Wife from Hamburg !

[@mr-vet]

Very informative. Thanks.

[@MartinDoudoroffLLC]

This was great! Sorted some longstanding questions of mine.

[@Artofdrink]

Thanks

[@user-oq1ku4wq7s]

I love your chanel ❤️.. very informative.and you pro.and clear

[@shatteredmatrixincorporate8755]

I always send my new bartenders to you for some material reference.

[@CascadesHomebrew]

Enjoying the content. One thing in this video that I found a little confusing was your use of the terms salt and salty. Sometimes it was not clear if you were talking about the more general scientific use of salt, or more specifically sodium chloride (aka "salt") and the taste that is often described as "salty." BTW, I saw a forum post asking about Root Beer and I checked your channel for content. Is a discussion on Root Beer and similar drinks on your radar?

[@Artofdrink]

Most salts taste salty, so it can be confusing when discussing taste vs mineral. A rootbeer video is on the short-list and should be published in a month or so.

[@finalbossediting]

Great video as always!!

[@McRootbeer]

Do you have any plans to make a video on electrolyte powders? I got a free sample of LMNT once and liked it. But not enough to pay $1.00+ a packet.

[@Artofdrink]

Possibly, electrolyte powders are just mineral salts and I have some videos down the road on mineral salts in soda, so I can talk about it a bit.

[@mohdabrar2839]

THANKS

[@rw-xf4cb]

How to make a DIY Borjomi would it just be mixing the percentage of calcium, magnesium, salt with soda stream water?

[@mr-vet]

Perrier, Guitig, Topo Chico….How do they rate?

[@pudellvr]

When I was in London recently I had some naturally sparkling mineral water that had large "lazy" bubbles. It was so pleasant compared to the frequently harsh bubbles of mineral water that had added carbonation. Is there a way to get the large lazy carbonation w manmade carbonation?

[@xingchuyongren]

非常棒的视频❤❤❤👍 这个视频回答了一系列的问题，包括最近在想的问题。我们想如何自制矿泉水，因为它确实有更好的味道。期待您的下一个视频。在我的国家，很多饮料使用矿泉水酿造，包括白酒。矿物质的含量会带来不同的风味。有一种中国本土的可乐饮料，使用中草药成分和咖啡液以及天然矿泉水，酿制出一种独特风味的可乐饮料。名字叫“崂山可乐”非常好喝，而且有趣。

[@Artofdrink]

饮料中的矿物质在这里并不常见，尽管将来我会将它们加工成一些饮料。历史上矿物质被添加到饮料中。

[@xingchuyongren]

@@Artofdrink 是的，但在我这边是常见的，主要用于酿造白酒。地区不同，水源的矿物含量也不同，某种程度上来说是秘方。我非常期待您的下一个视频。很想知道如何人工制造矿泉水。并且在饮料中的应用。🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍

[@Artofdrink]

我将在不久的将来制作一个有关人造矿泉水的视频。

[@xingchuyongren]

@@Artofdrink 非常期待🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍😊

[@justinwiechman]

Do you happen to know what the carbonation volumes of redbull uses. I’m guessing around 3 ??? Or what typical energy drinks are carbonation volume wise?

[@rw-xf4cb]

Borjomi is delicious! just neat

[@allen_steel1236]

What about Fiji water, that has a distinct volcanic sulfur dioxide smell? And then you have all of the so-called mountain spring waters that are sold across the United States alhambra, arrowhead, Shasta are some of the big ones here in California yet all the bottles will say that the water is produced through reverse osmosis from Municipal Water Supplies but then they will go through Great Lengths to tell you that it's bottled at the source and show you a location somewhere up on a mountain. Does that mean they're just putting a few drops of that water in with the Municipal Water that's been filtered? Or is it some other proprietary thing because I know for a fact that the sunny water which is sold by pepsi. Is nothing more than Municipal drinking water ran through reverse osmosis it has as they put it for priority flavoring added to enhance taste. Which I'm assuming are more of the salt compounds.

[@danielbrillantes2791]

Does salt play a part in the carbonation of drinks? like does the carbonation last longer if the water has salts compared to no salts?

[@Artofdrink]

No, salt doesn’t make a difference

[@McRootbeer]

Is it safe to use regular baking soda to mineralize water? I've heard it may have heavy metal contamination but haven't looked into it.

[@Artofdrink]

It is perfectly safe to use. Any item used in food is usually tested so the common brands have a reputation to uphold so they do the testing.

[@lesliecaplan8285]

our bar has a soda water machine from coke vendor with a co2 tank. Our landlord won't let us have it anymore. We tried seltzer water to replace it to make our craft specialty cocktails and it changes the taste. Trie sparking water too and it changed the taste. Nothing so far has been as good as the coke soda machines water that comes out of our soda gun. What do we use? I'm so stressed about it. How to replicate soda water that comes out a coke machine attached to co2 tank with a water gun.

[@raquelc7517]

Cocktails are supposed to be made with club soda... has added minerals that balance out the carbonated taste, and it enhances your drink.

[@lesliecaplan8285]

@@raquelc7517 thank you!

[@johnhearn6397]

Why does Topo Chico taste so much better than any other sparkling mineral water?

[@Artofdrink]

Seems to be high in calcium, low in sodium at levels that appeal to most people (200 mg to 400 mg TDS)

[@user-oq1ku4wq7s]

Deionization of the water is recommended?

[@Artofdrink]

No, mineral ions are good

[@user-oq1ku4wq7s]

@@Artofdrink just to filter through active carbon.and 5micron filter can do?

[@Artofdrink]

Yes, that will do

[@xingchuyongren]

​@@user-oq1ku4wq7s可以。在家中制作完全可以。如果想要获得更好的效果可以使用PP棉滤芯（PP cotton filter）效果更好。现在大部分的去离子水都会用它反复过滤。

[@user-oq1ku4wq7s]

@@Artofdrink commercial grade Co 2 ( 99%) can be used?