Drinking craft water is not new. Karl Marx tried it in 1874, (rather grumpily)
The Guardian recently published an article where various Spring waters available in a Cheshire restaurant were sampled. Its now a new thing. Spring water has long been seen as health giving as well as having a range of how shall we say distinctive tastes.
Marx was a regular if not particularly enthusiastic sampler (he preferred beer) and I note one example in the Guardian letter below (1st September 2025)
Simon Usborne enjoys a water menu at a Cheshire restaurant, but sampling craft water is nothing new. In 1874, Karl Marx was in Karlsbad – still known for its artisan waters – to imbibe spring waters for health reasons. Marx, who liked a pilsner beer, was rather grumpy about it, writing to Engels on 18 September 1874 that drinking the water made him irritable.
Keith Flett
Tottenham, London
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/01/pouring-cold-water-on-h2o-sommeliers?CMP=share_btn_url
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