the great water debate: enter mint stage left

as i sit and patiently wait for my computer to find a file for me in the depths of our company's networked file server, i'm going to take a moment to blog about water. it's a very important topic.

so i've been a sparkling water addict since college when i decided to stop drinking soda in an effort to drop weight for crew. the bubbliness was a perfect substitute for the sweet sugary cokes i used to drink, and it served a double-whammy because i was actually becoming more hydrated than ever.

i love the pain of drinking sparkingly water - the way it can sting in your throat, and makes you burp. it settles my always-sensitive stomach, and it's so dang refreshing (particularly when ice cold).

i hate all the flat vitamin waters or water with any sort of mild fruit flavoring in it. if it tastes like watered down juice, it's not for me. i either want juice, or i want water. i don't want a bad combination of both.

i will drink flat water, however, when in need of serious hydration, which happens from time to time. but in general, flat water goes stale after a day and i hate how it tastes at that point, so i avoid it or feed it to my plants.

i fell in love with 'smart water' in college ONLY because of the abosultely sexy bottles that it comes in. i would happily chug my yuppie-expensive smart waters any day if i get to carry the bottle around with me. they are so pretty. plus they tell you how smart you are getting, with the more water you drink, which is quite funny. i will thank shawdee for turning me on to smart water. props to her.

after my race on sunday, i was handed a sample of a NEW water to try - also in a very sexy bottle, though it's not as witty as the smart waters are: metromint peppermint water.

this one i have seen recently in the fancy gourmet food stores and avoided because it sounded so... metrosexual. so... trendy. and, i just thought it would be gross.

but after a half marathon, a cold water of ANY sort is a good water in my book, so i gave it a chug.

zing!

i was totally wrong about metromint water. throw all assumptions out the window.

one thing you should know about me is that i love mint candies, mint ice cream, mint anything (except hard mints for your breath, like altoids - they make me sneeze).

metromint water, is no exception to this rule.

a.) it's minty, but it's not sweet. ingredients: purified water, mint.
b.) when cold, it tastes kind of like mint ice cream.
c.) it freshens my mouth perfectly after drinking coffee all morning.
d.) smells mintirific.
e.) the bottle is oh-so-cute sitting on my desk.

btw - conor does not like this water, so it's not for everyone. but, let it be known that he hates mint everything. he doesn't even like high-quality chocolates with mint filling. or mint flavored gums. he's totally weird.

btw, metromint's website claims that mint relieves stress, calms you down, settles tummies, all sorts of medicinal things. not sure if i believe them, but thought i'd share.