Water, Water Everywhere
To anyone who buys their water (as opposed to died-in-the-wool New Yorkers who maintain that NYC tap water is the best in the world .. and who am I to argue?) it has become rather noticable to this blogger that water has turned "new age".
It's not just that they have been flavoring the water with lemon, lime and even mint (every drink toothpaste...?) in addition to those pesky vitamins, they are also adding all sorts of other weird stuff like small molecules (to advance hydration, they say) magnetic fields (removes that tasty soap residue found when you drink laundry water), ions (to better absorb in your body) and Himalayan crystal salt (adds elements into ones body).
What do all of these gourmet waters have in common? Yes, the price - all are expensive! Advanced Hydration Technology brand of water with those small molecules to imporve digestion is almost $30 bucks for 12 one-liter bottles. Salt added OZ water with all those extra minerals is $28 for a dozen. Watt-ah magnetized water which purports to reduce migranes is $5 a gallon while extra-absorbing Care Water with those delightful ions charges $40 for 10 bottles. But it is the Tasmanian Rain at $59 a dozen that takes the cake (or is it the watercooler?). It is bottled rainwater from Tasmania, Australia and is completely taste free.
Excuse me but isn't water generally taste-free? That is those waters without lemon, lime, mint, vitamins etc etc etc???