From an AP story by Nick El Hajj headlined “A new bar in Dubai is offering ‘gourmet water’ infused with minerals to suit your mood”:
First, it was the banana-randomberry-wheat grass smoothies. Then the cold brew, triple-shot, something-milk lattes, the German-word craft beers, the small-batch, barrel-aged Prohibition cocktails.
Now a new bar in Dubai, the Middle Eastern hub of all things cutting-edge, is serving “gourmet water.”
Thirty varieties of it.
The Aqua Water Bar by Luqel harvests its water the old-fashioned way — from the faucet. The government says tap water is safe to drink and meets international standards, though many Dubai residents prefer bottled water.