On 21 June, 09:51, "John" wrote:
I noticed that the water from most of the taps seems to be aerated giving it
a really soft feel - great for hand washing. Also some shower heads have a
similar feature.

Do any UK fittings offer this? How is it achieved?

dunno about US/UK but our kitchen tap has a fine mesh in it which
causes the water stream to be aerated. However I suspect it's
*primary* puropose is to reduce the force of the water jet, to stop it
splashing up, as that's what it does if you remove it !

try sticking a bit of metal gauze over the tap ....