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Water that went to business school and now charges more for bubbles.
means Carbonated water, sometimes with a pinch of added minerals, used plain or as a mixer for drinks.
from The 'soda' in soda water traces to sodium carbonate, once used in making the fizzy stuff; 'club' was tacked on in the 19th century as a brand-style flourish, evoking the gentlemen's clubs where such refined, bubbly water was fashionably served alongside the whiskey.
- actual contents
- filtered water plus minerals like sodium bicarbonate
- vs seltzer
- seltzer is just carbonated water, no minerals added
- stain myth
- does not actually remove wine stains better than plain water
- origin
- named for private clubs that first served it, 1870s