16.10.02 water snobbery?

My last post about coffee sparked a discussion on a mailing list I have with my friends.

Wrote Doctor Wank:

I agree with the water [in coffee] being important. The water in the lab here is craptacular, so I go get it from a nearby drinking fountain. Even that makes a difference. If you could get some of that bottled water the Japanese make from 30 millennia-old icebergs, then I bet… well, I bet you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference, but it would still be cool!

That reminds me. The other day, in the Quartier Latin, I went by that water bar we heard so much about when they opened it. There, you can get water from all over the world, at all sorts of prices. This is one of those things I think I’ll pass on.

Am I the only one who thinks, life ain’t bad at all if we have water bars? Is this where we MPEGs are headed? Has anyone tried this?