The selection has a nice oceany bouquet with hints of fish and garbage water.
One brave maintenance worker solved the mystery of the heavy flood of water that poured through the ceiling of the Queens-Midtown earlier this month by tasting the stream to see where it was coming from, officials said.
The unnamed crewmember became a seawater sommelier when the person detected notes of salty brine that indicated the water was flowing from the East River and not from a burst water main.
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“How we determined it was salt — Yes, someone did taste it,” MTA Bridges and Tunnels President Cathy Sheridan said at a news conference Wednesday.
“Yum, yum,” MTA Chair Janno Lieber responded.
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The anonymous taste tester solved the mystery two hours after the busy passageway sprang a leak in the south tube on the Queens side on Sept. 4 around 10 a.m.