Is It Possible to "Brooklynize" Floridian Tap Water? A Bagelmaker Says Yes, A Lawsuit Says No
One man's H2O is another man's treasure A water war has broken out in Florida, and New York is being dragged into the fray. A Palm Beach County bagel purveyor called The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. claims it has devised a novel water treatment system that reproduces an exact chemical replica of New York City's famously pure tap water, allowing it to reproduce bagels with that unique NYC flavor. A Boca Raton franchisee claims the treatment process is a fraud. Chemistry--and the future of breakfast in South Florida--is going to court. At the heart of the case is whether or not it's actually possible for OBWB to "Brooklynize" its water. The plaintiff, Andrew Greenbaum, claims the water filtration system doesn't replicate Brooklyn water exactly and has a team of chemists lined up to perform test on the alleged fraud water to see how it stands up, chemically speaking, to Brooklyn tap...