Peñafiel – Mineral Water

Bought this at Cermak, relatively cheap, under $2. It’s in a plastic bottle with a screw-top. I’ve never seen this brand before—it’s from Mexico. According to the internet, it’s a really old one, but they have been since been acquired by this or that conglomeration. (I feel like making a comic, fake company, combining the names of two or three incongruous organizations or companies—like Keurig Dr. Pepper, for example—but those things exist in reality—like Red Bull Pop-Tarts—so are pretty much impervious to satire, on that level!) Anyway, I was examining the bottle and… the top popped off, with little help from me—like maybe someone had opened it in the store. I hate that, not that I’m so paranoid about it. But you’re used to needing an athletic specialist to open most things. So, I looked up if there were any recalls on this water and saw there was a recall on some, a few years back—for excessive arsenic levels. But that was like 6 years ago—plus, arsenic isn’t bad for you, right? Also, if you look up any product, there has been a recall at some time or another, recorded on the weird wild web, as part of history—but no one even knew about it at the time, because… how would they know? Anyway, it’s a tasty sparkling mineral water, just minerally enough—not crazy level, like some. I see they also make some flavored waters—didn’t see those, but I might, some day—the usuals, but also, Apple, which I really want to look for—just because of the lack of apple flavored water, generally.

No. 132 – 12.18.25