The Guardian has discovered artisan water- drawn from springs- and sampled some with the help of a water sommelier.
Personally I prefer to imbibe water via a glass of beer but while the Guardian seems surprised that there are artisan waters Karl Marx often partook. This was sometimes in England, at Buxton, Malvern or Ventnor but more often elsewhere in Europe.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/28/water-sommeliers-rival-wine-terroir
He wrote to Engels on 18th September 1874 from Karlsbad:
Although you drink only in the morning (evenings, before going
to bed , we have a cold glass from a special spring brought into the
house ) , the fact is that the whole day you find yourself caught up
in a sort of machine that hardly leaves you a minute .
There follows a change of toilette; puis” luncheon in a local
hotel.
Sleeping after meals is strictly forbidden (it is allowed before
meals) and rightly so, as I have become convinced after a single
attempt. So, another tour, alternating with an excursion. Return to
Karlsbad 6-8 in the evening, a light snack, and — to bed. This
programme is varied by visits to the theatre (which always closes at
9, like all other ENTERTAINMENTS), concerts and reading room.
The effect of the waters is to make my head very IRRITABLE
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