Crazy Polar carbonation. Is it just me? By crazy, I mean CRAZY
On phone. Sorry. … A few nights ago it took me about 20 minutes to open a liter of Blueberry Lavender. The water was acting as though the bottle had been plucked from a black SUV parked in the long-term lot at Miami in July, and then shaken violently. I assure you: No black SUV; no Miami travel; it’s May, not July; in this house we believe shaking seltzer is abusive. Finally, I felt confident enough to remove the cap after what must have been 200 micro-turns, clockwise and counter. (You know the process; we really must come up with a name for this maneuver and somehow monetize. I’m thinking the Snip-Snap, as in the dinner party episode of “The Office.”)
Friends, this thing bubbled rapidly — just-before-the-water-boils rapid —for about an hour with the cap off. I took some swigs. (I feared major gas pain later, but no gas.) I replaced the cap. And then I thought: Could this explode? So I loosened the cap completely. Ten hours later I took off the cap to drink flat seltzer … and it wasn’t flat. It was like a freshly opened typical bottle. … And now, tonight. Another bottle. Same thing so far.
I described to a smartypants friend, who came up with potential reasons. I just have to ask: Anyone else? Ever?