New drug called "Carbonated Mineral Water"

Not to long ago i mentioned in one of my top 10 lists about Carbonated mineral water which is very popular here in Germany. Well something i didn't know about it was the addictive properties it has. One might wonder, "for crying out loud, its just mineral water man!". But, no my friends. Its not "just" mineral water, its a new brand of drugs.

Allow me to explain by telling a recent discovery of mine.

Although in the beginning i thought the idea of the existence of "carbonated mineral water" was somewhat as good as "solar powered flashlights", im now loving it and i'm used to drinking carbonated mineral water brand X that has the maximum amount of gas in it. Usually when you want to drink mineral water, you will drink a lot at once, or even the whole bottle in one go, isn't it? But with carbonated mineral water, its kindda like vodka (not that i have tried it though). u should drink small amounts at a time. This is because of the gas sizzling in your mouth does not permit you from doing so. It feels like drinking exploding pop candy sky juice where everything is sizzling in your mouth. It does feel uncomfortable at first but surprisingly addictive after u get the hang of it.

Anyway, one day i bought a different brand of mineral water, brand y, and because i didnt know much german yet, i didnt know it was without gas. i had bought 2 bottles, so i had to finish them. I can tell you drinking mineral water without gas felt like drinking tap water at that time. I was so used to drinking carbonated mineral water that normal mineral water was considered "tasteless". However after 1 bottle I finally got used to it. But after the second bottle finished i swore not to buy normal mineral water again!!

so i went to buy more mineral water.....little did i know, the brand that i bought (brand Z) had only a little gas in it, just enough to tickle your tongue. That also didn't taste any good. the best way to describe brand Zs' taste is "hidup tak mahu, mati pun segan" which translates "Don't want to die, but shy to live". Disappointing...but in time i got used to the taste too...

then finally i bought the brand X again..but somehow it didn't taste right..... Took some time to get readjusted with the taste, but in time i did get used to it again.

so, from here we can speculate that German mineral water companies have a special way to keep customer loyalty. Each brand of mineral water will make the drinker problems to adjust to another brand, thus discourage them to change brands. At least thats what i think.

So, if you think mineral water is just mineral water, think again......
Tchuss