Composite source · Belarus
Darida
Deep artesian wells (266m, 270m, 387m, 410m), Zhdanovichi, Minsk Region, Belarus
A deep well under an old Belarusian spa town, running heavy with sodium and chloride. Sharp, saline, closer to medicine than refreshment.
Mineral analysis
TDS3450mg/L total dissolved solids
Sparkling, full-bodied, sodium-savory with a dry, mineral finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium22.5 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium1195 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- heavy and saline
- lingering mineral bite
- spa water at heart
Darida is a sparkling water from Belarus with 3450 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 47.5 mg/L calcium, 22.5 mg/L magnesium and 1195 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Among the ten saltiest waters in the catalog · a faintly sour edge · closest in profile to Vichy Catalan.
Type · The Old Salt
Find it in: Full body · Savory · Dry finish
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Common questions
- What does Darida taste like?
- Darida is sparkling, full-bodied, silky and soft, closing on a dry, mineral finish. It belongs to the Old Salt type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run heavy and saline, lingering mineral bite and spa water at heart. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Darida good for you?
- Darida is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows an intensely mineral water at 3450 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 1195 mg/L, genuinely saline territory and part of how it tastes.
- What minerals are in Darida?
- Darida carries calcium 47.5, magnesium 22.5 and sodium 1195 mg/L over bicarbonate 265, sulfate 420 and chloride 1475 mg/L. Sodium leads the mineral profile with chloride the main anion, at 3450 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Darida?
- Darida carries 1195 mg/L of sodium. That is genuinely saline water, far past the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- Is Darida hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Darida works out to 209 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as very hard water. That is genuinely hard water, chalky on the tongue and quick to scale a kettle.
- Is Darida alkaline or acidic?
- No. Darida runs acidic at pH 5.75, which is normal for a sparkling water where dissolved carbon dioxide turns to carbonic acid, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Darida still or sparkling?
- Darida is a sparkling water.
- Where does Darida come from?
- Darida comes from Deep artesian wells (266m, 270m, 387m, 410m), Zhdanovichi, Minsk Region, Belarus in Belarus, drawn from more than one source.