New Zealanders are lapping up sparkling water, as new brands arrive in supermarkets and people use SodaStreams to make their own budget version. Restaurants serve sparkling water as a matter of course. But sparkling water helped "scrub the palate" and he paid for a bottle of sparkling water from what he budgeted for wine. "The sparkling water trend that is so popular overseas is definitely starting to make an impact here," she said. "We have definitely noticed huge growth in people only using their SodaStream for sparkling water," Zaloum said.

Source: Stuff March 26, 2018 05:03 UTC