Borjomi – Sparkling Natural Mineral Water

Here’s another hardcore mineral water—I think I bought at Cermak—it’s in a nice, glass, 500 ml bottle with a screw top, two labels, and there’s a little deer relief on the curve of the glass. Attractive label with mountains—it looks like rich-person product—but it only cost $3. And it is very minerally, and the flavor is slightly off-putting to me. Not undrinkable by any means, but a little much. Nothing like that other one—what was it? Vytautas, from Lithuania—that one practically tasted like there was salt in it. This one is from: 39 Tori Street, Borjomi 1200 Georgia. (I looked up the actual address—a bit shady, but then down their road, you can see some photos of a dude making gyros as: “Shawarma King.”) When I bought it, I might have thought it was from Georgia the state—not looking closely (elsewhere it says “Republic of Georgia”—which isn’t how you refer to the state—at least not at this point). So… this water comes from overseas, extracted from the earth—so how do we get it so cheaply? Georgia—formerly part of the Soviet Union—is a fascinating place.  You can spend your afternoon reading about it, like I did—pretty interesting. Plus, the water is tasting better the more I look at maps of the region—maybe it’s an acquired taste. Like many things.

No. 112 – 7.22.25