Beverage
Spring Water
B tier
Spring water is groundwater collected at a spring—naturally mineralised to varying degrees, bottled or used locally, with taste set by geology. Often softer mouthfeel than hard municipal water. Use for drinking and premium ice. Check labels for true spring sources versus purified blends.
Track this ingredient
Unit
Characteristics
Preparations
CoffeeDrinkIceLight Cooking
Traits
Bottled Or LocalCleanDrinking FocusMineral VariableNaturalNatural SourceVariable Minerals
History
Springs supplied drinking and cooking water long before municipal systems.
Bottled spring water became a commercial product for cities.
Mass bottled spring water entered global supermarkets.
Premium cooking and coffee sometimes specified spring water.