Now that the carbon and water footprints
of bottled water have been established -
water and oil required for the production
and distribution of bottled water -
see (or listen to) BBC World Service
"The Foods that make Billions"
(podcast; books mentioned:
"The Big Thirst" by Charles Fishman, and "Bottlemania" by Elizabeth Royte);
and the Ecuadorian Shamans
long since have claimed (too much)
water isn't that good for you at all
(source: Gary Scott), we finally can go
back to that millenium old custom of
drinking herbal teas.
What did you think trees were drinking?
Water trickling down through layers of
herbs and leaves and earth: Infusions!