Sparkling Mineral Water

I’ve never been a big fan of sparkling mineral water.

Most places I’ve lived it’s been available, but always hiding on a bottom shelf or huddled with the other random drinks relegated to the fridge seldom opened.

In some countries it’s really popular: part of daily life. That’s fine with me.

In most South American countries, it’s bought as often as regular bottled water.

I got used to it being served with coffee in Argentina. I drank it and enjoyed it; but still would never buy it on purpose.

I only bought it once by mistake.

Extremely hungover I bought two bottles of the stuff.

If you don’t know, sparkling water does not help a hangover.

It doesn’t feel good when you guzzle it.

And personally, I don’t like burping when I’m hungover.

The contents bubbling over when I took the cap off it didn’t help either.



Why do they have it displayed next to the regular water?

Sure it’s water, but there is a night and day difference between sparkling and regular water.

It’s like buying unsweetened baking chocolate instead of a chocolate bar.

You don’t find those things snuggling up to each other on a grocery store shelf.



note: Can you use sparkling water to make instant coffee?

Can you use it in your car radiator?

Can you water plants with it?

If you put it in a hamster’s drink bottle, would you still have a hamster the next day?