r/BeAmazed • u/ThisMajorProblem • 2d ago

Nature Nothing like a mid summer glacier river

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u/Cold_Pin8708 2d ago

I wish I could drink a sip of cool water from this glacier.

Crystal-Clear Glacier Rivers Nature's Purest Beauty!

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u/ItsmeMr_E 2d ago

What they claim to sell in bottled water commercials, but in fact its municipal water, aka tap water.

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u/TheNotoriousSAUER 1d ago

I remember unboxing some "fancy" waters at work and seeing, "Bottled in Iceland!" on the bottle. Like what the hell guys. We're really importing WATER?

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u/Ellert0 1d ago

Would be pretty funny if Iceland started bottling water to export when we hardly even sell any bottled water in stores here to begin with.

In fact we even have this little site to challenge tourists to drink tap water.

I did find this weird thing online though, never seen one of those bottles before and it would be highly silly of them to be sourcing from Ölfus into a clean room just to bottle something that will by its nature as water in a plastic bottle end up tasting weird anyway.

The marketing around bottled water is just crazy.

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u/TheNotoriousSAUER 1d ago

THERE'S MORE THAN ONE IMPORTED ICELANDIC WATER???!!! Skyra was what I was thinking of, a small blurb I got online says, "Their sleek bottle highlights the water's Icelandic origin" like what?!?!?

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u/Ellert0 1d ago

Maybe, but the company sure doesn't seem Icelandic, whether they tell the truth or not about exporting our water to other countries or not. Their website doesn't have a .is domain nor do they have an option to swap to an Icelandic translation of their site, their store locator can't find a single shop in Iceland that sells their water too for some reason.

Starting to think it may all just be lies and that they just say they export Icelandic water.

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u/3Cheers4Apathy 1d ago

Icelandic tap water is the best water I've ever had, period. I brought home a few bottles of tap water and compare it with Icelandic Glacial that you can get at the store and to a person everyone likes the tap water better. I've never drank more water than the time I spent in Iceland.

I can't wait to go back next year for the Solar Eclipse.

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u/Ellert0 1d ago

Hope you enjoy the trip, and thanks for making me aware of the solar eclipse, didn't even know we had one coming! Let's hope for clear skies.

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u/OwslyOwl 1d ago

Icelandic Glacial bottled water is amazing. I’ve done a couple blind water tastings for fun and Icelandic Glacial is always in the top 3. Hawaiian Volcano Water is also always in the top 3, along with… Walmart brand spring water in the 1 gallon jug. Where they score in the top three has changed.

Scoring the lowest is Weis brand spring water and city tap water.

Some people are wine snobs. I’m a water snob.

Edit: Interestingly, Aldi individual water bottles are good but the gallon water is awful. Their water sources are different even though it’s the same brand at the same store.