Water menu at London department store

London’s famous department store Selfridges will open a new bar concept that will offer free filtered water. It will also provide water infusions, cocktails, wines and spirits. later this year, according to the online news service Metro.

Metro corrected media reports that the bar would provide only water.

Ray’s and Stark Bar in Los Angeles has had a water menu since 2013, offering 20 different types of water, with one priced at about Australian $24. This water menu was created by German water sommelier, Martin Riese (pictured), who says: “Water has a taste … Like wine, one can actually taste the region and depth from which the water comes”.

Although there is no Australian water on the menu, there is Antipodes which is “sourced from the deepest high quality aquifer in New Zealand. According to the menu, it “was specifically chosen for a mineral content subtle enough not to alter the palate”.

ADA advocates people to drink water but has warned that bottled water will not be fluoridated, potentially putting teeth at risk. The ADAVB has supported the Choose Tap and H30 Challenge water campaigns, and cautions consumers that the bottled water industry is not a sustainable one. Consumer body Choice has looked critically at the marketing of bottled water and this article is recommended reading