Hate It or Love It: The Origins of Sparkling Water

Sparkling carbonated water is the next big thing for the beverage industry. But where is it from, and why do Germans drink so much sparkling water?

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Written & Directed by Andong

Camera & Editing by Eypee Kaamiño

Research & Production Support by Grace Phan-Nguyen

Spanish subtitles by Daniel González.

00:00 Intro
2:16 Saltzer Sparkling Water
3:51 The Start of the Roadtrip
4:44 BetterHelp Sponsorship
5:59 Bad Homburg
11:03 Niederselters
16:39 Löhnberg-Selters
22:13 Tasting the OG Sparkling Water
25:05 Conclusion

[yukitanaka]

"Tastes like blood and salt" is probably the most hardcore description of water that I've ever heard

[borssamer]

the most german thing ever; traveling across the entire country just to be stopped by a chain-link fence.

[Mark-hpbh]

"you may not drink more than 5 cups a day"
*pulls out comically large cup*

[_Bit]

"I love it when it hurts a little bit in the back of my throat" .... Dude

[kman]

My hometown was once famous for it's magical, curative springwater, too! The sick, the elderly, and the uber-rich would come from all over the world to drink and bathe in it, and everyone left their vacation with a much healthier glow.
As it turns out, the secret ingredient is... radon.
The springs are no longer available to the public.

[ThomasaufWanderschaft]

Little German Fun Fact:
The city of Aachen could also be named Bad Aachen since they are also a bath city but they decided against it because then they wouldn't be the first city in the telephone book anymore (which was always listed in alphabetical order).

[christiangerholdt]

The dog was the best part, he was so excited to be in the show

[HerrFrog]

Fun fact: After shooting this Andong had to pee for five hours straight.

[Foodgeek]

Hahaha.. I love Mineralwasser. I love when there's so much carbonation, that you sort of lose your breath when you bring the glass up to your mouth 😂

[edisoneva]

I remember my first time as an Asian in Germany trying to find 'normal' water and kept only seeing sparking water that it frustrated me. Haha. But thankfully I did find non sparkling ones. Oh and beer is cheaper than water.

[ericchengphoto]

"I kind of love when it hurts just a little in the back of my throat" - Andong 2021

[salmaismail]

No one is going to talk about the dog not understanding the “guardian” assignment? 😂😂 just was a cute floof

[primeribviking]

I absolutely love when you do road trips stuff. Specifically the things that may seem mundane and regular to German but the sparkling water, pickles, and white asparagus episodes are magic

[Fakedbeer]

As a child we visited one of those fizzy water springs in swiss. It literally tasted like blood or licking some metal. Our parents hated it. However, me and my cousin with an iron deficiency liked it. Probably because our bodies loved the extra iron intake ^^

[Lepasion]

As a German living in the US, I've been very happy that sparkling water has been more and more available over the past 2-3 years! Just like Andong, I love this stuff over anything else!

[kalomnyxonyx]

The reason the water got kinda yellow and murky is that the minerals in it slowly get out of solution. Underground, they're dissolved into the water. However once it's out of the ground, the contact with air and probably the difference in pressure creates, for example, iron oxide from the dissolved iron. It's that or there's weird crap growing in your water...

[Alemanizando]

I loved how you went full 'Journey Across Germany' by the last destination. Awesome video!!

[cloverhighfive]

Normal ppl: I want to go to Germany for the beer. Me: I want to go to Germany for the water.

[kakablanda]

Fun fact: After finishing watching this video, you may amaze yourself by realizing that you just watched a guy spilling a few historical facts and drinking fizzy water for almost 30 minutes.

[BladesofElysian]

That was really cool! I'm a fantasy writer and this was in a sense, inspiring.
What really hooked me was the passion and fascination that was had when tasting the natural spring in which you had sought so hard to find. "A gift from nature." Absolute magic.
Thank you for taking me on this awesome journey with you, and know that the knowledge and ideas that I have attained from your passion will be passed on to mine.