A slice of antiquity, the Vichy spring in the Catalan area near Girona has hosted Europe|s most famous rulers, conquerers, and health-seekers further back than recorded documents go. And the best part is: nothing has changed. You can go there today, and use the same hydro thermal springs as the Romans, Moors, and Iberians. But it might be easier to buy the water and drink it in the comfort of your home.

With an astonishing 3,052 milligrams per liter of Total Dissolved Solids (the highest of any water sold by Aqua Maestro), there|s nothing by way of minerals and salts missing in Vichy - except Nitrates, which are splendidly near ZERO. You get plenty of Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Bicarbonate, Fluoride, and Silica in this medicinal potion. Silica, for example, is at 76.8 mg/l, typical of all the other high levels.

It tastes like nothing else does, and first-timers will find it to be an acquired taste. In Spain, it says on the bottle, "Vichy Catalan te ayuda a controllerel cholesterol" Of course, that is not FDA, but they believe it there.