THE WASHINGTON POST In Tokyo and Paris, you can now spend $5 a glass at fancy restaurants on special beverages selected by a professional. Nothing surprising there, except the beverages being served are not fine wines, but different brands of bottled water, each with a "flavor" supposedly matched to different foods. Meanwhile, desalinated seawater from Hawaii is being sold as "concentrated water" at $33.50 for a two-ounce bottle. Like any concentrated beverage, it is supposed to be diluted before drinking, which in this case means adding water to . . . water. And from Tennessee, a company...
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