JC, mixologist, blows smoke bubbles atop a gourmet water cocktail he is preparing at the AQUA Water Bar by LUQEL in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai's gourmet water bar joins a growing list of unique businesses that have sprouted out of the uninterrupted stretches of windblown sand dunes turned into a bustling desert metropolis, complete with the world's tallest building, cavernous malls, and palm-shaped man-made islands. — Photos: Kamran Jebreili/AP
First, it was the banana-randomberry-wheat grass smoothies. Then the cold brew, triple-shot, something-milk lattes, the German-word craft beers, the small-batch, barrel-aged Prohibition cocktails.
Now a new bar in Dubai, the Middle Eastern hub of all things cutting-edge, is serving "gourmet water.”
