Martin Riese
Guest on Digital Social Hour
Martin Riese is a German water sommelier and media personality known for tasting, judging, and educating people about fine water. He has appeared on shows and podcasts including Netflix’s *Down to Earth*, National Geographic, and *Digital Social Hour* to advocate for better appreciation of water and access to clean drinking water. He is also the founder of The Water Sommelier and a cofounder of Fine Water Academy.
Products they talk about
Borjomi Water👍 Recommends
…water tasting of extreme mineral content georgian sparkling water for therapeutic use
“One more. Bojomi. Is this sparkling? Yeah. 5,000 TDS. What? Don't think. I'm not here to kid around, huh? Oh my God. I'm German. We're not playing. I can barely handle that last one. 5,000. 5,000. This is like this is intense and this is a water this is not for daily hydration now, guys. Like this is something I would do like it's kind of like a fine whiskey with me or like when I have like a very bad hangover especially in Vegas that can happen you know this. Drink this before you go into bed next morning you're ready.”
on Digital Social Hour
Delta Faucet RO System👍 Recommends
…testing delta faucet reverse osmosis water filter system with remineralization cartridge
“But I want to oversee what they're doing. And I want to test it for myself. And I just tested. It's called Delta Faucet, this appliance company, what you see in the store sometimes. And they came up with a very cool system. It's an RO, so reverse Osmo system. What's considered like one of the best filter systems because it literally filters everything out. The downside to RO is it filters out the healthy minerals as well. And that's a problem. Because I want the minerals. So what they came up with, they have a refilling cartridge where minerals are dissolved.”
on Digital Social Hour
Delta Faucet Shower Filter👍 Recommends
…recommending delta faucet shower filters for removing chlorine that affects hair and skin
“Yeah. I have a shower filter I had as well from Delta Faucet. Yeah. It's great. Night and day. I need to get that. Your hair, your skin, totally different immediately. Really? After two days, you feel it. Yeah. Because out here, if you don't have a shower filter, you're screwed.”
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Essentia Water👎 Not a fan
…criticizing essentia water's alkaline ph marketing claims as misleading
“Or smart water, what they're doing about, oh, we are ultra purifying. It's vapor distilled. Great word. No, it's boiled up tap. That's what that means. Boiled up tap is vapor distilled. That's crazy. So, and that is for me, like, all this. Then Essentia who's saying, like, oh, but we are 9.5 pH. The holy grail of pH numbers sounds like, you know, it doesn't do any shit. Like, it will hydrate you, but nothing else.”
on Digital Social Hour
Gatorade💬 Mentioned
…comparing mineral and electrolyte content of high-mineral water to gatorade sports drink
“Tons of sodium over 1000 milligrams of sodium is dissolved in this water so it's very high in sodium and you will taste this immediately. Who needs electrolytes? It has the double of the electrolyte than a Gatorade. That's crazy. That's a sports drink now.”
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Gerolsteiner Water👍 Recommends
…water tasting segment featuring naturally carbonated german mineral water
“I brought three different sparklings. Let's start with Gerald Steiner. And we're going higher in TDS, 2,500 TDS. Gerald Steiner is a very cool story. So it's a natural carbonated water. They don't artificially add in the carbonation to it. This comes out of the spring source like that. What? That happens when you have old volcanic reactions into the grounds. So CO2 is nestled into the grounds as well.”
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Iskilde Water👍 Recommends
…water tasting demonstration of danish spring water with naturally trapped oxygen
“Iskilde from Denmark. This is a very interesting water. TDS, 320. Wow. So we're going way higher immediately. And the really cool thing about this water is I can do a little magic trick. I'm the Harry Potter of waters. And we talked already about the topic and let's see if you can figure out what's happening. Because you see, it's a still water. But what is happening when I shake this bottle? It gets super cloudy.”
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Mountain Valley Spring Water👍 Recommends
…water tasting segment featuring classic american spring water brands
“Let's start with America obviously. Saratoga, a very famous brand. I love the blue, cobalt blue glass bottles. There's another great brand, Mountain Valley Springs. Yeah. I saw it once. I saw it once in your podcast as well. Both great waters. And for me these are like the most classic and superior waters in the States. Mountain Valley and Saratoga. These are the two brands you want to have in restaurants.”
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Pure Life Water💬 Mentioned
…discussing cheap purified water options like pure life at costco for budget consumers
“I get it. Like, for example, Pure Life. What you can buy at Costco. Like, super cheap. 30 bottles for, I don't know, five bucks or whatever that is. I totally get it. When you don't have a filter at home, you want to have, like, good bottled water in a small little container for your kids to go to school or whatever. I totally get it why they're doing this. So for me, I'm not fully against purified water.”
on Digital Social Hour
Saratoga Springs Water👍 Recommends
…water tasting segment featuring classic american spring water brands
“Let's start with America obviously. Saratoga, a very famous brand. I love the blue, cobalt blue glass bottles. There's another great brand, Mountain Valley Springs. Yeah. I saw it once. I saw it once in your podcast as well. Both great waters. And for me these are like the most classic and superior waters in the States. Mountain Valley and Saratoga. These are the two brands you want to have in restaurants.”
on Digital Social Hour
Three Bays Water👍 Recommends
…water tasting featuring ultra-high mineral content australian spring water
“Next one. We're doing three bays. That's a very unique water. Three bays from Australia. BDS, 1,300. Holy crap. And it's a still water that's almost unheard of to have so much minerals dissolved. So let's taste this first. And then I will tell you why it has so much minerals dissolved. It takes the water 2,000 years to pass through all the different stone layers. What? That is the crazy part about 3-base. And that's the reason this water is so high in minerality, because it takes 2,000 years.”
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Vichy Catalan Water👍 Recommends
…water tasting of ultra-high mineral spanish sparkling water with significant sodium content
“Next one in our little tasting let's do Vichy Catalan out of Spain TDS 3052. So we're getting higher and higher. Is that natural or artificial? All natural. All waters what I brought are all natural. Wow. I do not drink any purified waters. That's for me why? It doesn't interest me. Yeah. It just doesn't interest me. 3500. This is the most I've ever drank. Tons of sodium over 1000 milligrams of sodium is dissolved in this water so it's very high in sodium.”
on Digital Social Hour