Comments on: Because tap water is making you fat

By: Jul

Jul — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:35:34 +0000

Apparently Vitamin Water is making you fat, too: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/the-dark-side-of-vitaminw_b_669716.html

By: Jul

Jul — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:25:46 +0000

@Ingo – I like bubbles, too. Alas there is no room in my tiny kitchen for a bubble-adding machine.

By: Ingo

Ingo — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:13:54 +0000

Wanna know the reason why?
Because we’re so much into water with bubbles! They only invented the home-use machines (SodaStream and the like) for that some 10-15 years ago. Before that, the only way to get water with gas was bottled. And at least in Germany a high percentage (men more than women) prefer that (especially for mixing it with apple juice, hmmm).
Now of course, it’s more of a habit, as it would be easy and cheap to also offer tap water with bubbles. But now the “Kind ist bereits in den Brunnen gefallen”

By: Jul

Jul — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:59:19 +0000

@Christine – very cold tap with bubbles is my very favorite kind. How did you know?

@Sarah – Crazy indeed. Of course they don’t offer any kinds of clinical studies to back it up or anything.

@Ashlee – I agree, it’s painful to pay so much for something that should be free. I drink a lot less water in restaurants here than I do in the US.

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By: Ashlee

Ashlee — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:49:38 +0000

When I visited London they looked at me like I was INSANE when I asked for tap water. I was tired of paying 5 bucks for a small bottle of water.

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:00:26 +0000

Wow, the fact that is claims to make you skinnier is crazy!! What a gimmick!

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:14:15 +0000

Only tap served here – I even give the option of very cold tap water AND very cold tap with bubbles….. All noses upturned at this plethora of water options can bring their own or dance out the door! (Razzzzzberry)

By: Jul

Jul — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:55:25 +0000

I agree with Ian – it’s more fat-profit-for-restaurants than cultural history that makes bottled water a big thing in dining establishments. After all, water costs more than beer in German restaurants (but not in German grocery stores).

When I first moved to Europe, I used to haul heavy glass bottles of water home from the grocery store just so I could have it on hand for native guests (who would turn up their noses if I offered tap). That part – definitely cultural. The tap water tasted fine. Still does (but I’ve become a less culturally-sensitive hostess since then).

By: ian in hamburg

ian in hamburg — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:06:54 +0000

American restaurants are offering bottled watter because they’re catching on to the fat profits European restaurants have been making off it for years.