Which sparkling water is the best?

A very serious, extremely unserious taste test of 14 sparkling waters has delivered the kind of result that turns casual drinkers into full-time lobbyists. In this Paris blind tasting, Numen won on overall liking, San Pellegrino snatched the tournament crown, and St Yorre plus Rozana were sent straight to the community’s version of the naughty list. The testers even admitted they became "waterlogged men," which instantly became the thread’s breakout line because, honestly, that is the kind of dramatic suffering the internet respects.

But the real sparkle was in the comments, where people treated this like a global incident. One faction was delighted by the sheer silliness of the project, with one reader saying they love goofy experiments like this even while confessing they hate sparkling water because "water shouldn’t be spicy". That line alone feels destined for fridge-magnet status. Then came the missing-brand outrage: where was Spindrift, demanded one commenter, while another was openly crushed that Topo Chico didn’t make the cut, declaring it their favorite after trying fizzy water "all over the world."

And just when you thought there was consensus, a rebel entered the chat: one commenter proudly announced St Yorre is my favourite—yes, one of the report’s worst-ranked waters—and jokingly said they now wanted to hunt down Rozana too. So the final verdict? The tasting gave us winners, losers, and value picks like San Pellegrino and Quézac. The comments gave us what really matters: sparkling water tribal warfare.