I probably give off that vibe. But nah, I’m just a jaded, cynical survivor of the Rust Belt imploding twenty years ago, causing similar destruction to our mom n’ pops. From which we also never really recovered.

Anyway, more importantly, what weird mushroom water? Is it any good?

kombucha and it is very much an acquired taste IMO

How is fermented tea “mushroom water”?

Old coworkers used to call the growth mushroom as slang for some reason, at least that was the first thing that came to mind.

The other one is a ludicrously overpriced relatively recent beverage called mud water (caffeinated mushroom water?)

In Russian, it is called grib, aka mushroom

Some call the mother colony a 'mushroom'.

I've never heard Kombucha referred to as mushroom water. I assumed they meant Chaga.

Mildew. It tastes like mildew.