April 8, 2025 • 26 mins
Join us as we kick off our exploration of Mineral Wells, Texas - the unexpected wellness haven just left of Dallas-Fort Worth that's captivating health enthusiasts and history buffs alike. We're diving straight into what makes this charming town truly special: its legendary mineral-rich waters with healing properties so remarkable they earned the nickname "Crazy Water."
You'll hear the fascinating origin story from 1881 when a woman suffering from dementia reportedly found relief after regularly drinking from a local well, transforming it into a destination for thousands seeking similar benefits. We take you inside our first-hand experience at the Crazy Coffee and Water Bar, where we sample four distinct varieties of mineral water - each with its own unique properties, taste profile, and wellness benefits. From the purified Number One to America's highest mineral content bottled water (the legendary Number Four), we guide you through what makes each special and how locals recommend incorporating them into your wellness routine.
The nutritionist in Alexa couldn't resist breaking down exactly what makes these waters so beneficial - from their alkaline properties that help reduce acidity and toxins to the impressive mineral profile that includes sodium bicarbonate, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and zinc. These natural elements work together to support everything from bone strength to immune function. We also share our rejuvenating experience at the mineral baths, where Number Three water combined with micro-bubble technology created the perfect detoxifying soak.
Whether you're fascinated by natural wellness approaches, curious about unique American travel destinations, or simply love discovering hidden gems with rich histories, this episode offers a refreshing dive into a truly special place. Subscribe now and join us for the next three episodes as we continue exploring the wonders of Mineral Wells!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Hi everyone, I'm Alexa.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
And I'm Rory.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Welcome to the Romy's Podcast.
We are excited to jump into aseries with you guys today about
a super fun town in Texas, justleft of Dallas-Fort Worth,
called Mineral Wells.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Mineral Wells.
We've been talking wellness,speaking of wells in our
previous episodes.
To get you prepped and ready todive into.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
The wellness capital of Texas.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Bam, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Now we're going to spend the next four episodes and
the next four weeks on oursocial media, so make sure that
you're following us on Instagramat TheRomies.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
We're going to be talking about this awesome place
.
Yes, we'll be sharing all kindsof goodies about this town,
including.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
The history of Mineral Wells, which we'll dive
into next time, but on today'sepisode, we want to focus on
what this town is really knownand famous for, and that is
their rich mineral water.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
And boy, one of us really dove into the waters on
this trip yeah, literally.
Yeah, actually, I think it'smore like you fell into the
water when you werepaddleboarding.
But on that in two episodesfrom now.
Unfortunately, my camera wasnot rolling at the time.
And you swallowed half the lake, so I was too concerned about
(01:51):
you choking to death, but we'lltalk about that yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
So, back to the minerals.
Oh, okay, so yeah mineral wellsis known for what they call
crazy water.
So the story goes that back in1881, a woman known at the time
to suffer from some type ofdementia would sit by the well
and drink the mineral water.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And that's not the same thing as women suffragette.
For those of you who don't knowthe difference in the meaning
of the words suffer, the womansuffered.
You didn't even get that, didyou?
Anyway?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Well, I didn't get in the context of any kind of
conversation that we were justhaving.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, you said woman and suffer, and my mind said
women suffragette.
I'm just okay anyway.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Okay, you're studying your history right now, so it's
in your brain.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
I guess Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Okay, so back to this history.
Okay, in 1881, a woman who wasknown with some type of dementia
all right, she would sit by thewell to drink the water and
people slowly started to noticethat that crazy old lady was no
longer crazy anymore.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Less crazy than before.
The well became known as theCrazy Well and thousands of
people began to hear the storiesand they started flocking to
mineral wells.
Don't mean they were bringingtheir flocks.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I mean, they may have they may have, because that's
how he originally tested thewater was with his cow flock.
He was really stretching ittoday, okay.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
They started flocking to mineral wells to drink this
magical water.
The people were going, yes.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yes, so there's this other guy, mr Dismuke, and I'm
sure that I'm.
How do you pronounce that,dismuke?
And I'm sure that I'm.
How do you pronounce thatDismuke?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Yeah, if you want to make it sound cool, it's Mr
Dismuke.
Yeah, Dismuke, sure.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
D-I-S-M-U-K-E.
Mr Him, he was told by hisdoctor that there was no cure
for his ailing stomach.
All right, but, he went tomineral wells and started
drinking the water, and he wasrestored to health.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
The magical water.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yes, so in 1904, he founded the famous mineral water
company.
So they began to sell anddistribute the mineral water.
They distribute and sell crazywater.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
And people are still coming and we happen to be some
of those people.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yes.
So we encourage you to becomesome of those people too.
So take a road trip when you go, so you can bring home five
gallon containers of the goodstuff, just like we did.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
We did Multiples of them.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Now, what's cool about Mineral Wells?
Well, one cool thing about thedrinking water side of things is
that when you visit the CrazyWater Hotel, you're going to
find some cool shops.
Is it Crazy Hotel or Crazy?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Water Hotel.
It's Crazy Water Hotel, yeah,because the hotel's not so crazy
.
It's really cool.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
It's very, very cool, yeah, and You'll also find the
Crazy Coffee and Water Bar.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Who's ever heard of a water bar right?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Right.
But, it's super cool.
Yes, so people feel so muchbetter and probably avoid a lot
of mistakes if this was the normright.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yeah, if it was the norm, that's right and it was.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Back in the day.
So you're going to hear moreabout back in the day in an
upcoming episode.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
But we're going to let you hear our experience
tasting the waters at the CrazyCoffee and Water Bar.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Yum yum.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
My name is Amy.
My name is.
Grace Okay y'all, I am sothirsty.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
Well, you've come to the right place.
That's what I hear.
Okay, we're gonna have you trythe waters.
We have four different kinds,five in total, counting our
fizzy water that we have.
I'm just gonna start y'all offwith our number one.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Okay, alright, so this will get rid of our
rheumatism.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
And dementia, and dementia that's right, yes,
Reverse osmosis of our numberthree.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
So we just went in and we took out as many of the
minerals as we could.
So we just leave a tracemineral.
So that's going to be just yourpurified drinking water and
that's our number one.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Okay, so this is just quote-unquote.
Normal drinking water.
Speaker 6 (05:44):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Nothing's normal, because this is all special,
it's all crazy.
Water, right.
Speaker 6 (05:48):
But yeah, that's the most purified water that we
offer.
Okay, more sauce posters yes,so people come up and they don't
.
Yeah, trace minerals, whichmakes it alkaline.
Alkaline, okay, yes, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Now number Alkaline.
Okay, yes, alright, now numbertwo.
So you know alkaline waterhelps with.
That's a pH thing and it's veryhealing, exactly, and it gets
rid of all of the icky things inyour body system.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
When I was going through chemo, I drank all
alkaline water.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And he's cancer free.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Not that the alkaline water did it, I'm just saying.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
But that was one of our many things that we did,
yeah, and most purified water.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
it's actually going to kind of strip your body of
minerals.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
And it's going to fit it.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
That's why they do that just trace minerals to make
sure it's aqua-like.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
It's like drinking distilled water.
It's going to pull things outbecause they've all been taken
from it, right, yes?
Speaker 6 (06:38):
Not just drinking water so what you have here is
our number two.
This is the lowest mineralcontent water that we have.
It comes from a well that is250 feet deep and this is the
water that Dr Norwood, back inthe day, he would prescribe this
one to his patients astreatment.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
All right, so this is from the well.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
Yes, okay, all right.
Yes, this is the first one thatyou're going to try.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
So what I read over there about the judge what's the
guy who fell on the fence?
Speaker 6 (07:06):
Lynch.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Yes, judge Lynch.
So, Lynch, he was concernedabout the taste, so he had his
cattle first.
Make sure it was safe.
And then, they started drinkingit and got rid of their
rheumatism.
Whatever.
So is this similar idea.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
Most of the wells back from the early 1900s and
the late 1800s especially wereshallow wells and that's where
you find the number four,mineral water, which is more
mineral rich.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
So that's probably why they were getting such quick
benefits because, all thoseminerals are in that more
shallow layer, the deeper it's,not so much the deeper you go
but there's different pools,where the two is like kind of
the middle layer.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
Yeah, okay, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Okay, yeah, the deeper, I guess the more
filtering gets done, coming downthrough the sediment and all
that.
Yeah, yes, this must be thefirst I've ever drank what
somebody would call number twowater.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Yeah, the name itself .
Speaker 5 (07:56):
I've never thought about that.
That's funny.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Yeah, I feel like I taste the minerals.
Yes, I mean, I wouldn't knowthose are minerals, because I
don't think enough minerals.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
You know that clean and it's almost like in a good
way, metallic.
Yeah, Like there's osmosis, yes, kind of like that.
This one doesn't have that.
Speaker 6 (08:17):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Cheers.
Speaker 6 (08:19):
This is our number three.
This is the most popular water,so we're going more shallow.
No, you're actually goingdeeper.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
Going deeper.
Speaker 6 (08:24):
Yes, Okay, all right, this is the deepest one that we
offer.
It comes from a well that's 360feet deep.
This is our most popular water.
Like I said, it's the mediumcontent.
It acts as like a healthyGatorade.
It has all those electrolytes,the vitamins, the nutrients and
the minerals, of course, justnone of that bad stuff.
This one's really good forpromoting hydration and all the
good stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
All right, excellent.
This one's my favorite.
This is a lot of people's.
Speaker 6 (08:51):
I almost had a slight saltiness to my palate.
I know that's strange, yes.
Well, try this one.
This one's going to be a littlesaltier.
And what do you cleanse your?
Speaker 1 (08:56):
palate with when you're drinking water.
Speaker 6 (08:59):
Right, that's the one that'll come in the green
bottles.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay and is it the most hydrating of all of them?
No, because it has theelectrolytes in it.
No, I wouldn't choose it.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
The two also have a lot, of, plenty of electrolytes
and minerals to hydrate you.
Yeah, and they're all going tobe drinkable.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Oh great, Three distinct tastes of water.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
Yes, I mean really.
And then this is the numberfour.
This is the one that madeMineral Wells, mineral Wells.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
I read about it.
Speaker 6 (09:30):
Yes, this is the one that you read about that Judge
Lynch found for his family.
This one comes out of a wellthat's only 120 feet deep, so
it's our most shallow.
This is our number four.
It's the highest mineralcontent water in America.
That's the highest bottledmineral content water in the
country.
In the country.
It's the highest mineralcontent water in America.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
It's the highest bottled mineral content water In
the country In the country.
One of the highest mineralwater bottled in the world,
though, for sure, yes, so that'sour number four.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
It's going to be a little saltier than the others
and definitely more mineralconcentrated.
You guys, stronger plan, yes,cheers.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
As they say in Finland.
Oh, I know that, yeah.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
Oh, I know that.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Yeah, yeah, this is what you need in your life.
I mean, we all need it.
But he gets cramps a lot andstuff.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
This also be what they soak in and bathe in, like
the mineral baths they have themhere still.
Speaker 5 (10:17):
Yep, so they do.
The number three water in microbubble tubs.
Yes, so the tubs are specialbecause they release like
billions of microscopic bubblesthe size of a hair strand.
Speaker 6 (10:31):
and these help to open up your pores.
You're really taking in theminerals and expelling toxins.
Yes, right up the road, okay sowe're gonna do that in 20
minutes.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
You think that you know, if there's more, this that
right.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
Well, I would say I mean the bath is only 20 minutes
and and I mean you're gettingit's very therapeutic, so the
pour almost might be maybe toomuch.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
I'm not sure how that decision was made, though, but
yeah, it's interesting how, inthe old days, you would have
them say we're going to go takethe waters, Whether it was ocean
side or whatever, and itactually makes a difference.
It's really interesting.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
The air, the fresh air and the water.
We went to the Blue Lagoon inIceland, and so these are
mineral baths.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
It's hot springs but it's very high mineral content.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
And we got out and I was like, rory, your face looks
amazing.
I mean, of course he's alwaysbeautiful, but like it just like
his skin, just like instant.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
There's a silt that naturally produces high silicone
and then you can put it on yourface and leave it, rinse it off
and for some reason, with myskin it just like ha, ha, ha ha
ha, it came to life Whoa yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Whoa that, so it you're interested to see how
this tub does to your face.
We'll do it.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
I'll have to take a Crazy Water field trip.
I feel the company.
Yes, oh my god.
Yes, I would highly recommendIceland, iceland.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Definitely the strongest taste in this one.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Yes, it's pretty much strong and we sell four packs
where you can get a bottle ofeach to get home with you.
Have your friends sample it.
Take them through it now, sinceyou all know everything.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
Do you?
Speaker 6 (12:04):
all want to try the fizz, the sparkling water.
Yes, oh yes, we love sparkling.
I was like there is more.
Speaker 5 (12:10):
All right, and this is our number three.
It's made at the bottling plant, so they carbonated themselves
over there.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
All right in a glass bottle.
Speaker 5 (12:18):
Yes, nice, yeah, you can only get a glass.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
So with the town, do they use aquifers, or is it
runoff, or how do they?
How's the town work, you know?
Speaker 6 (12:30):
Just like a city water.
It's not the mineral water itused to be.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
Yeah, you can only get the crazy water right now
from the three wells down theroad.
Only three wells open to thepublic right now.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Okay, so can you go and take an empty bottle and
fill it?
Speaker 5 (12:45):
Yeah, so you can fill gallons and up and they fill it
for you.
So it's not so much like apublic space where you go and
everyone fills up their water.
It's kind of service.
So they'll fill it for you.
They do a lot of five-gallonjugs over there.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
People come from all over to get their bottles filled
up and then take it back homewith them.
Use it for everything, I guess.
So that's really cool.
That's what we're gonna name.
You have a five gallon jug withyou, not today, they sell them
there?
Yeah, they do sell them thereDo they really.
Speaker 6 (13:10):
Yeah, okay, the sparkling is my favorite.
Yeah, yeah, good spring.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
I love sparkling water.
Speaker 6 (13:16):
There you go and we have crazy sodas, which is where
we just put our syrups intothem and then it was a soda.
Oh, that's fun.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
You put it into this?
Yeah, I think so.
It's the water.
That is so cute.
Yes, you'll need one of those.
What's your closest one to drPepper?
That's been his soft drink oflate Me too honestly.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Nothing really.
Dr Pepper, we have, like acherry we could do cherry,
vanilla, hibiscus.
We've got lavender, raspberry,strawberry, blackberry, mango
vanilla, caramel, coconut.
Speaker 6 (13:46):
A lot of people get the raspberry or the blackberry
one.
We can mix them and we can addan extra pump to make it pretty
sweet too.
They're light.
Yeah, they're light.
It's kind of like a LaCroix.
That's nice, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
You said raspberry is your favorite, all right.
Speaker 6 (14:02):
Okay so with the sparkling, does this pull from
two?
Speaker 1 (14:08):
three or four.
Three, so that comes fromnumber three.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Okay, next to the highest mineral content, so in
theory in theory is for thehealthiest because it has the
mostest I mean it's really kindof I tell people, like, listen
to your palate what tastes goodfor you.
That's going to be your bodykind of telling you which one
you know you want with four.
We also only recommend startingwith a cup or two a day,
because there are so manyminerals, you know, that could,
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you know, spur on like a detoxreaction and you You're really
replenishing all that good stuff.
So just to be on the safe side,start with a cup, maybe two a
day.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
You can do the same with alkaline.
You have to work into alkaline.
You can't just switchimmediately to full alkaline,
because it'll get to youFlushing out all that acid,
right?
Speaker 5 (14:48):
Yeah, so really it's about finding which water tastes
good to you and what you feelgood on.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
That's which water tastes good to you and what you
feel good on.
That's going to be thehealthiest for you when you all
serve, like your coffee and yourtea are you using crazy water,
yes, and what you serve here atthe bar, yep, yes.
Speaker 6 (15:04):
Okay, that's so you must use number four for the
coffee.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
So no, no, because of the amount of minerals that
could corrode our machine, andso number one, that's what I
meant.
Speaker 5 (15:12):
Oh, yeah, well, one is the one with just trace
minerals, and we do RO.
So it's like we'll do mostlyone and then with some three, so
it's minerals Three and then alot of ones, so that we can
dilute it.
Speaker 6 (15:22):
Oh yeah, you can do it.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
We have it on tap at the water store so you can mix,
whatever you want.
A lot of people do, or somepeople do half three, half four,
or you know, on their ownlittle blends.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
When I go buy my five gallon thing.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
I can do that.
Speaker 6 (15:37):
Yeah, do whatever your heart desires.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
How about the matcha?
Speaker 3 (15:41):
latte, those pretty good Very good yes.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Are they good iced?
Speaker 5 (15:44):
Yes absolutely.
Speaker 6 (15:45):
Yes, yes, very popular iced.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
So I think I will do two things.
That's fine, I wanna try your.
Speaker 6 (15:50):
Of course you gotta get a variety, yeah, and also
the matcha latte, so the.
I'll do raspberry.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Okay, cool.
Do you need lavender or vanillain your matcha?
I don't know, do I?
I think you might want lavender.
Speaker 6 (16:03):
I'm kinda thinking you should try the lavender.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Okay, sure yeah sure.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
And can he do a fake milk?
Or is it too late for thatAlmond?
Or oat.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
You tried any of the fake milks wasn't it Oat milk's
pretty good Oat milk All right.
Grace says no milk, we'll gowith oat milk she said raspberry
, we're going with raspberry.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Glad I caught you in time.
Thank you for trying the water.
Yes.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Yes, thank you.
I'm glad we did.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Okay, the nutritionist in me wants to
share what you actually find inthis water.
Even though I'm a certifiednutritionist we will still need
to say neither of us are doctors, we're not liable, and all of
that legal stuff.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
Basically, don't sue us.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Exactly, and you should always seek medical help
for your ailments.
And what we're sharing isn'tintended to diagnose, treat,
cure or prevent disease.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Even though we hope it helps.
You do just that.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Yeah, so here it goes .
All right, this mineral wateris an alkaline water, which
means it helps reduce acidityand toxins in your system.
We put Rory on alkalinedrinking water when he was
diagnosed with cancer.
It helps starve acidic orharmful cells so they can't feed
and grow, while also gettingmore oxygen into the tissues.
(17:11):
So this process starves diseaseand feeds health.
Yeah, so eating your leafygreens does the same thing.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
Ricky.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Yes, rory's giving an elbow nudge to his brother
there.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
That's why your veggies are so important.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
They are and they do the same things, so greens do
the same thing.
They make your body morealkaline, and that is the simple
premise of why and how thiswater works.
Now here are some of theminerals naturally found in this
water that contribute to thealkalinity, the pH balance and
your overall health.
You're going to find sodiumbicarbonate calcium chloride,
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magnesium, manganese, potassiumsilica sulfate and zinc, and
these minerals do things likedelay fatigue.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Yep neutralize lactic acid from physical activity.
That's the burning you get inyour muscles when you work out.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Stabilize, strengthen and preserve bone structure and
density.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Yeah, they'll strengthen your hair, teeth and
cells, prevent blood clots, helpmetabolize food into energy.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Act as building blocks for energy.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Expand blood vessels.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Break down fats, carbs and proteins.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Aid in the growth of new cells.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Stabilizes harmful free radicals.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Ensure your cells get enough food.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Helps tissue repair.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Detox the liver.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Aids digestion by stimulating the gallbladder.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
It will improve your mineral absorption, which is
Kind of important yeah,everything you're drinking here.
You're drinking minerals toimprove your mineral absorption.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
It strengthens the immune system.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
And improves your white blood cell count.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
That's a bunch of stuff.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
Yes, it is so, and a heads up the sulfate can act as
a laxative in higher doses, soyou have to work your way up to
drinking crazy waters.
Number threes and number fours,uh-huh.
Start small and you build upand your body will acclimate and
you can start drinking more ofit.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Yeah, it hasn't affected me that way.
Thankfully, it's been great,yeah.
So, speaking of building thingsup, we saw a lot of model
trains during our visits toMineral Wells, did we not?
Speaker 2 (19:08):
We did, and actually they played a big role in
getting the water to differentparts of the country back in the
day, those little model trains.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
I had no idea, wow, I mean, I was impressed, really
impressed, with what they had,but I had no idea that they did
that so.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
The model trains model.
What used to happen back in theday.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Yeah, With what they did with model trains apparently
.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
And it's not like what we can do today.
So check this out.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
When the waters were so popular, people would want
our water like all over thecountry.
But water is really heavy soit's expensive to transport, and
so they actually built a placewhere they would condense the
water down to just the minerals,and so they called them crazy
crystals, and so they would putthem in these little boxes, put
them on a train, and then theyship the boxes of crystals and
then you just rehydrate it byadding the water back into it.
(19:56):
But that doesn't exist anymore.
No, they don't do that anymore.
Yeah, we have much moreefficient ways to ship, and
actually we do have people.
We have famous, famous athleteseven that instead of drinking
Gatorade, they will have ourwater shipped to them and
they'll drink our water becauseit has all the same benefits
without the dyes and the sugarsand the minerals forced into the
(20:17):
water.
So, yeah, super cool.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
That's so fascinating .
I wish they'd bring those back.
That would make it way easierto transport when we fly
overseas, and such right, Right.
So hey, not only did we takethe waters internally and
mineral wells, but we also didmineral baths.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
We took the water.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
Yes, we did, rory.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
tell us your experience and thoughts about
the baths well, it's somethingthat that came to my mind after
I'd finished my bath, so I'llstart backwards.
Okay, we, I was trying to findwhere the wells are that we get
the water from, because you hadbeen filling our things up our
five gallon things and I hadn't,and so we drove all around town
and then we came back afterlooking at houses a lot of
wonderful historic homes in thein the town, and so, uh, we
(21:01):
parked was during the bathduring during your bath.
Oh okay, so we parked and I waslike he took his bath and then
my.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
I took mine, she took her bath, yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
So we parked and I was and I asked, uh, brandon, so
we parked and I asked brandon,where is the well that she fills
up?
And he's like right there.
And I parked in front of it andI said, oh, and that's the
bathhouse.
So it's really cool because thewell is right there.
The bathhouse is essentiallyconnected to where you get your
(21:28):
water and stuff, and theneverything started making more
sense in my brain.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Well, that's good, that's good but it was really
nice.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Uh, I don't know if you've ever had a mineral bath.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
It was, I think, our second official one in a bath
house probably I don't rememberwhere the other was well, we
went to the blue lagoon iniceland right, and so that was a
bath house that was outsidenatural in the waters right, I
mean we've done like hot springs, and then well, we stopped at
that one, at that one place, andstayed in the hotel and we took
the waters there.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
But this was that was my only other time, but it was
really awesome.
They draw the bathtub for you,which means they put the water
in the tub, right?
They?
Speaker 2 (22:06):
run the water in the tub and it's just like a normal
looking bathtub with like jetsin it.
Well, you've got your own room.
Yeah, it's a private room witha bathtub, so you've got your
own private bathroom, bathtub,sink it has a toilet in there
too.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
They supply towels, toilet.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
all that because you know when hot water and I mean
you're there, so you tend tomake water when you're in hot
water, so anyway.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
so there's a toilet there, which is nice.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
I think it was really nice, but you don't take a bath
in the toilet.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Well, I didn't Right Mozzie, our cat does sometimes,
but I did not, and so no, it wasgreat.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
They have jets on the On the sides of the tub.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
They have jets in the tub and so you push this little
button, the jets are on for 20minutes and you just lay back
and enjoy the ride.
And they also had.
They also had essential oils.
And so she said would you likean essential oil in your bath?
And I was like well, yes, Iwould Thank you very much.
So she asked what I would likeand she offered me different
(23:02):
ones and I said I think I'll gowith the rosemary, because
rosemary helps invigorate andawaken your senses and I don't
know some other things, and itmakes you hungry too.
So you know a good rosemarymineral bath.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
That's because you love rosemary on your potatoes
and stuff.
Yeah, I like rosemary.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Rosemary olive oil is really wonderful on a baked
potato.
I'm just saying yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
That's why it makes you hungry.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Yeah, so it made me hungry smelling the rosemary,
but it was really great.
Oh, it was very nice, justrelax.
And she did tell me, take iteasy.
It can be overwhelmingsometimes if you've not done
this before, but I was totallyoverwhelmed in a good way, so it
was not a problem and I lovedit because I'm such a bath
person.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
So I was like in heaven and it was just nice in
the middle of the day to justsit there and be able to have a
soak.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
Well, and you did some extra soaking earlier in
the day as well.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
But you'll be hearing about that in a couple of
episodes from now.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Right.
More on that soon.
All right, you heard about thebenefits of the bubbles in the
bath when we were visiting thewater bar.
Our host at the Crazy WaterBathhouse also shared a little
bit of the benefits as well.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
The oxygen-rich bubbles in our microb, micro
bubble tubs inject into ourmineral water to promote natural
cleansing, exfoliation andmoisturization.
Nice, so those are the that'swhat the bubbles do.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Yes, ma'am.
Okay, so the water, the wateritself.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
the water itself is a number three water straight
from the well.
So it pumps through straight tothe tub and it works together
with the bubbles to help thecleansing, exfoliation and
moisturizing and it leaves yourelaxed and just relaxes the
muscles.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
all at the end Okay great, yes, ma'am, and brings
some healing and detox kind ofall at the same time.
Right, detox big.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Yes, big detox.
So the big thing about the bathis the detox, so that's from
the water.
So it all kind of just workstogether and makes the body feel
relaxed.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Nice.
Thank you, yes, ma'am, allright.
So in the next episode we aregoing to dive deeper into the
history behind this cool townand we're going to follow it up
with more of our experiences inthe following episodes after
that.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
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Welcome to the Romy's Podcast.
We are excited to jump into aseries with you guys today about
a super fun town in Texas, justleft of Dallas-Fort Worth,
called Mineral Wells.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Mineral Wells.
We've been talking wellness,speaking of wells in our
previous episodes.
To get you prepped and ready todive into.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
The wellness capital of Texas.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Bam, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Now we're going to spend the next four episodes and
the next four weeks on oursocial media, so make sure that
you're following us on Instagramat TheRomies.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
We're going to be talking about this awesome place
.
Yes, we'll be sharing all kindsof goodies about this town,
including.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
The history of Mineral Wells, which we'll dive
into next time, but on today'sepisode, we want to focus on
what this town is really knownand famous for, and that is
their rich mineral water.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
And boy, one of us really dove into the waters on
this trip yeah, literally.
Yeah, actually, I think it'smore like you fell into the
water when you werepaddleboarding.
But on that in two episodesfrom now.
Unfortunately, my camera wasnot rolling at the time.
And you swallowed half the lake, so I was too concerned about
(01:51):
you choking to death, but we'lltalk about that yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
So, back to the minerals.
Oh, okay, so yeah mineral wellsis known for what they call
crazy water.
So the story goes that back in1881, a woman known at the time
to suffer from some type ofdementia would sit by the well
and drink the mineral water.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
And that's not the same thing as women suffragette.
For those of you who don't knowthe difference in the meaning
of the words suffer, the womansuffered.
You didn't even get that, didyou?
Anyway?
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Well, I didn't get in the context of any kind of
conversation that we were justhaving.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, you said woman and suffer, and my mind said
women suffragette.
I'm just okay anyway.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Okay, you're studying your history right now, so it's
in your brain.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
I guess Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Okay, so back to this history.
Okay, in 1881, a woman who wasknown with some type of dementia
all right, she would sit by thewell to drink the water and
people slowly started to noticethat that crazy old lady was no
longer crazy anymore.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Less crazy than before.
The well became known as theCrazy Well and thousands of
people began to hear the storiesand they started flocking to
mineral wells.
Don't mean they were bringingtheir flocks.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I mean, they may have they may have, because that's
how he originally tested thewater was with his cow flock.
He was really stretching ittoday, okay.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
They started flocking to mineral wells to drink this
magical water.
The people were going, yes.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yes, so there's this other guy, mr Dismuke, and I'm
sure that I'm.
How do you pronounce that,dismuke?
And I'm sure that I'm.
How do you pronounce thatDismuke?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Yeah, if you want to make it sound cool, it's Mr
Dismuke.
Yeah, Dismuke, sure.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
D-I-S-M-U-K-E.
Mr Him, he was told by hisdoctor that there was no cure
for his ailing stomach.
All right, but, he went tomineral wells and started
drinking the water, and he wasrestored to health.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
The magical water.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yes, so in 1904, he founded the famous mineral water
company.
So they began to sell anddistribute the mineral water.
They distribute and sell crazywater.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
And people are still coming and we happen to be some
of those people.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yes.
So we encourage you to becomesome of those people too.
So take a road trip when you go, so you can bring home five
gallon containers of the goodstuff, just like we did.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
We did Multiples of them.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Now, what's cool about Mineral Wells?
Well, one cool thing about thedrinking water side of things is
that when you visit the CrazyWater Hotel, you're going to
find some cool shops.
Is it Crazy Hotel or Crazy?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Water Hotel.
It's Crazy Water Hotel, yeah,because the hotel's not so crazy
.
It's really cool.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
It's very, very cool, yeah, and You'll also find the
Crazy Coffee and Water Bar.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Who's ever heard of a water bar right?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Right.
But, it's super cool.
Yes, so people feel so muchbetter and probably avoid a lot
of mistakes if this was the normright.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yeah, if it was the norm, that's right and it was.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Back in the day.
So you're going to hear moreabout back in the day in an
upcoming episode.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
But we're going to let you hear our experience
tasting the waters at the CrazyCoffee and Water Bar.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Yum yum.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
My name is Amy.
My name is.
Grace Okay y'all, I am sothirsty.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
Well, you've come to the right place.
That's what I hear.
Okay, we're gonna have you trythe waters.
We have four different kinds,five in total, counting our
fizzy water that we have.
I'm just gonna start y'all offwith our number one.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Okay, alright, so this will get rid of our
rheumatism.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
And dementia, and dementia that's right, yes,
Reverse osmosis of our numberthree.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
So we just went in and we took out as many of the
minerals as we could.
So we just leave a tracemineral.
So that's going to be just yourpurified drinking water and
that's our number one.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Okay, so this is just quote-unquote.
Normal drinking water.
Speaker 6 (05:44):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Nothing's normal, because this is all special,
it's all crazy.
Water, right.
Speaker 6 (05:48):
But yeah, that's the most purified water that we
offer.
Okay, more sauce posters yes,so people come up and they don't
.
Yeah, trace minerals, whichmakes it alkaline.
Alkaline, okay, yes, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Now number Alkaline.
Okay, yes, alright, now numbertwo.
So you know alkaline waterhelps with.
That's a pH thing and it's veryhealing, exactly, and it gets
rid of all of the icky things inyour body system.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
When I was going through chemo, I drank all
alkaline water.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And he's cancer free.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Not that the alkaline water did it, I'm just saying.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
But that was one of our many things that we did,
yeah, and most purified water.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
it's actually going to kind of strip your body of
minerals.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
And it's going to fit it.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
That's why they do that just trace minerals to make
sure it's aqua-like.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
It's like drinking distilled water.
It's going to pull things outbecause they've all been taken
from it, right, yes?
Speaker 6 (06:38):
Not just drinking water so what you have here is
our number two.
This is the lowest mineralcontent water that we have.
It comes from a well that is250 feet deep and this is the
water that Dr Norwood, back inthe day, he would prescribe this
one to his patients astreatment.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
All right, so this is from the well.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
Yes, okay, all right.
Yes, this is the first one thatyou're going to try.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
So what I read over there about the judge what's the
guy who fell on the fence?
Speaker 6 (07:06):
Lynch.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Yes, judge Lynch.
So, Lynch, he was concernedabout the taste, so he had his
cattle first.
Make sure it was safe.
And then, they started drinkingit and got rid of their
rheumatism.
Whatever.
So is this similar idea.
Speaker 5 (07:21):
Most of the wells back from the early 1900s and
the late 1800s especially wereshallow wells and that's where
you find the number four,mineral water, which is more
mineral rich.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
So that's probably why they were getting such quick
benefits because, all thoseminerals are in that more
shallow layer, the deeper it's,not so much the deeper you go
but there's different pools,where the two is like kind of
the middle layer.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
Yeah, okay, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Okay, yeah, the deeper, I guess the more
filtering gets done, coming downthrough the sediment and all
that.
Yeah, yes, this must be thefirst I've ever drank what
somebody would call number twowater.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Yeah, the name itself .
Speaker 5 (07:56):
I've never thought about that.
That's funny.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Yeah, I feel like I taste the minerals.
Yes, I mean, I wouldn't knowthose are minerals, because I
don't think enough minerals.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
You know that clean and it's almost like in a good
way, metallic.
Yeah, Like there's osmosis, yes, kind of like that.
This one doesn't have that.
Speaker 6 (08:17):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Cheers.
Speaker 6 (08:19):
This is our number three.
This is the most popular water,so we're going more shallow.
No, you're actually goingdeeper.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
Going deeper.
Speaker 6 (08:24):
Yes, Okay, all right, this is the deepest one that we
offer.
It comes from a well that's 360feet deep.
This is our most popular water.
Like I said, it's the mediumcontent.
It acts as like a healthyGatorade.
It has all those electrolytes,the vitamins, the nutrients and
the minerals, of course, justnone of that bad stuff.
This one's really good forpromoting hydration and all the
good stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
All right, excellent.
This one's my favorite.
This is a lot of people's.
Speaker 6 (08:51):
I almost had a slight saltiness to my palate.
I know that's strange, yes.
Well, try this one.
This one's going to be a littlesaltier.
And what do you cleanse your?
Speaker 1 (08:56):
palate with when you're drinking water.
Speaker 6 (08:59):
Right, that's the one that'll come in the green
bottles.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay and is it the most hydrating of all of them?
No, because it has theelectrolytes in it.
No, I wouldn't choose it.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
The two also have a lot, of, plenty of electrolytes
and minerals to hydrate you.
Yeah, and they're all going tobe drinkable.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Oh great, Three distinct tastes of water.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
Yes, I mean really.
And then this is the numberfour.
This is the one that madeMineral Wells, mineral Wells.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
I read about it.
Speaker 6 (09:30):
Yes, this is the one that you read about that Judge
Lynch found for his family.
This one comes out of a wellthat's only 120 feet deep, so
it's our most shallow.
This is our number four.
It's the highest mineralcontent water in America.
That's the highest bottledmineral content water in the
country.
In the country.
It's the highest mineralcontent water in America.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
It's the highest bottled mineral content water In
the country In the country.
One of the highest mineralwater bottled in the world,
though, for sure, yes, so that'sour number four.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
It's going to be a little saltier than the others
and definitely more mineralconcentrated.
You guys, stronger plan, yes,cheers.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
As they say in Finland.
Oh, I know that, yeah.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
Oh, I know that.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Yeah, yeah, this is what you need in your life.
I mean, we all need it.
But he gets cramps a lot andstuff.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
This also be what they soak in and bathe in, like
the mineral baths they have themhere still.
Speaker 5 (10:17):
Yep, so they do.
The number three water in microbubble tubs.
Yes, so the tubs are specialbecause they release like
billions of microscopic bubblesthe size of a hair strand.
Speaker 6 (10:31):
and these help to open up your pores.
You're really taking in theminerals and expelling toxins.
Yes, right up the road, okay sowe're gonna do that in 20
minutes.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
You think that you know, if there's more, this that
right.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
Well, I would say I mean the bath is only 20 minutes
and and I mean you're gettingit's very therapeutic, so the
pour almost might be maybe toomuch.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
I'm not sure how that decision was made, though, but
yeah, it's interesting how, inthe old days, you would have
them say we're going to go takethe waters, Whether it was ocean
side or whatever, and itactually makes a difference.
It's really interesting.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
The air, the fresh air and the water.
We went to the Blue Lagoon inIceland, and so these are
mineral baths.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
It's hot springs but it's very high mineral content.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
And we got out and I was like, rory, your face looks
amazing.
I mean, of course he's alwaysbeautiful, but like it just like
his skin, just like instant.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
There's a silt that naturally produces high silicone
and then you can put it on yourface and leave it, rinse it off
and for some reason, with myskin it just like ha, ha, ha ha
ha, it came to life Whoa yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Whoa that, so it you're interested to see how
this tub does to your face.
We'll do it.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
I'll have to take a Crazy Water field trip.
I feel the company.
Yes, oh my god.
Yes, I would highly recommendIceland, iceland.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Definitely the strongest taste in this one.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
Yes, it's pretty much strong and we sell four packs
where you can get a bottle ofeach to get home with you.
Have your friends sample it.
Take them through it now, sinceyou all know everything.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
Do you?
Speaker 6 (12:04):
all want to try the fizz, the sparkling water.
Yes, oh yes, we love sparkling.
I was like there is more.
Speaker 5 (12:10):
All right, and this is our number three.
It's made at the bottling plant, so they carbonated themselves
over there.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
All right in a glass bottle.
Speaker 5 (12:18):
Yes, nice, yeah, you can only get a glass.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
So with the town, do they use aquifers, or is it
runoff, or how do they?
How's the town work, you know?
Speaker 6 (12:30):
Just like a city water.
It's not the mineral water itused to be.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
Yeah, you can only get the crazy water right now
from the three wells down theroad.
Only three wells open to thepublic right now.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Okay, so can you go and take an empty bottle and
fill it?
Speaker 5 (12:45):
Yeah, so you can fill gallons and up and they fill it
for you.
So it's not so much like apublic space where you go and
everyone fills up their water.
It's kind of service.
So they'll fill it for you.
They do a lot of five-gallonjugs over there.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
People come from all over to get their bottles filled
up and then take it back homewith them.
Use it for everything, I guess.
So that's really cool.
That's what we're gonna name.
You have a five gallon jug withyou, not today, they sell them
there?
Yeah, they do sell them thereDo they really.
Speaker 6 (13:10):
Yeah, okay, the sparkling is my favorite.
Yeah, yeah, good spring.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
I love sparkling water.
Speaker 6 (13:16):
There you go and we have crazy sodas, which is where
we just put our syrups intothem and then it was a soda.
Oh, that's fun.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
You put it into this?
Yeah, I think so.
It's the water.
That is so cute.
Yes, you'll need one of those.
What's your closest one to drPepper?
That's been his soft drink oflate Me too honestly.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Nothing really.
Dr Pepper, we have, like acherry we could do cherry,
vanilla, hibiscus.
We've got lavender, raspberry,strawberry, blackberry, mango
vanilla, caramel, coconut.
Speaker 6 (13:46):
A lot of people get the raspberry or the blackberry
one.
We can mix them and we can addan extra pump to make it pretty
sweet too.
They're light.
Yeah, they're light.
It's kind of like a LaCroix.
That's nice, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
You said raspberry is your favorite, all right.
Speaker 6 (14:02):
Okay so with the sparkling, does this pull from
two?
Speaker 1 (14:08):
three or four.
Three, so that comes fromnumber three.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Okay, next to the highest mineral content, so in
theory in theory is for thehealthiest because it has the
mostest I mean it's really kindof I tell people, like, listen
to your palate what tastes goodfor you.
That's going to be your bodykind of telling you which one
you know you want with four.
We also only recommend startingwith a cup or two a day,
because there are so manyminerals, you know, that could,
(14:32):
you know, spur on like a detoxreaction and you You're really
replenishing all that good stuff.
So just to be on the safe side,start with a cup, maybe two a
day.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
You can do the same with alkaline.
You have to work into alkaline.
You can't just switchimmediately to full alkaline,
because it'll get to youFlushing out all that acid,
right?
Speaker 5 (14:48):
Yeah, so really it's about finding which water tastes
good to you and what you feelgood on.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
That's which water tastes good to you and what you
feel good on.
That's going to be thehealthiest for you when you all
serve, like your coffee and yourtea are you using crazy water,
yes, and what you serve here atthe bar, yep, yes.
Speaker 6 (15:04):
Okay, that's so you must use number four for the
coffee.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
So no, no, because of the amount of minerals that
could corrode our machine, andso number one, that's what I
meant.
Speaker 5 (15:12):
Oh, yeah, well, one is the one with just trace
minerals, and we do RO.
So it's like we'll do mostlyone and then with some three, so
it's minerals Three and then alot of ones, so that we can
dilute it.
Speaker 6 (15:22):
Oh yeah, you can do it.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
We have it on tap at the water store so you can mix,
whatever you want.
A lot of people do, or somepeople do half three, half four,
or you know, on their ownlittle blends.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
When I go buy my five gallon thing.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
I can do that.
Speaker 6 (15:37):
Yeah, do whatever your heart desires.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
How about the matcha?
Speaker 3 (15:41):
latte, those pretty good Very good yes.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Are they good iced?
Speaker 5 (15:44):
Yes absolutely.
Speaker 6 (15:45):
Yes, yes, very popular iced.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
So I think I will do two things.
That's fine, I wanna try your.
Speaker 6 (15:50):
Of course you gotta get a variety, yeah, and also
the matcha latte, so the.
I'll do raspberry.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Okay, cool.
Do you need lavender or vanillain your matcha?
I don't know, do I?
I think you might want lavender.
Speaker 6 (16:03):
I'm kinda thinking you should try the lavender.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Okay, sure yeah sure.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
And can he do a fake milk?
Or is it too late for thatAlmond?
Or oat.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
You tried any of the fake milks wasn't it Oat milk's
pretty good Oat milk All right.
Grace says no milk, we'll gowith oat milk she said raspberry
, we're going with raspberry.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Glad I caught you in time.
Thank you for trying the water.
Yes.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Yes, thank you.
I'm glad we did.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Okay, the nutritionist in me wants to
share what you actually find inthis water.
Even though I'm a certifiednutritionist we will still need
to say neither of us are doctors, we're not liable, and all of
that legal stuff.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
Basically, don't sue us.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Exactly, and you should always seek medical help
for your ailments.
And what we're sharing isn'tintended to diagnose, treat,
cure or prevent disease.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Even though we hope it helps.
You do just that.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Yeah, so here it goes .
All right, this mineral wateris an alkaline water, which
means it helps reduce acidityand toxins in your system.
We put Rory on alkalinedrinking water when he was
diagnosed with cancer.
It helps starve acidic orharmful cells so they can't feed
and grow, while also gettingmore oxygen into the tissues.
(17:11):
So this process starves diseaseand feeds health.
Yeah, so eating your leafygreens does the same thing.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
Ricky.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Yes, rory's giving an elbow nudge to his brother
there.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
That's why your veggies are so important.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
They are and they do the same things, so greens do
the same thing.
They make your body morealkaline, and that is the simple
premise of why and how thiswater works.
Now here are some of theminerals naturally found in this
water that contribute to thealkalinity, the pH balance and
your overall health.
You're going to find sodiumbicarbonate calcium chloride,
(17:47):
magnesium, manganese, potassiumsilica sulfate and zinc, and
these minerals do things likedelay fatigue.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Yep neutralize lactic acid from physical activity.
That's the burning you get inyour muscles when you work out.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Stabilize, strengthen and preserve bone structure and
density.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Yeah, they'll strengthen your hair, teeth and
cells, prevent blood clots, helpmetabolize food into energy.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Act as building blocks for energy.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Expand blood vessels.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
Break down fats, carbs and proteins.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Aid in the growth of new cells.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Stabilizes harmful free radicals.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Ensure your cells get enough food.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Helps tissue repair.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Detox the liver.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Aids digestion by stimulating the gallbladder.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
It will improve your mineral absorption, which is
Kind of important yeah,everything you're drinking here.
You're drinking minerals toimprove your mineral absorption.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
It strengthens the immune system.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
And improves your white blood cell count.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
That's a bunch of stuff.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
Yes, it is so, and a heads up the sulfate can act as
a laxative in higher doses, soyou have to work your way up to
drinking crazy waters.
Number threes and number fours,uh-huh.
Start small and you build upand your body will acclimate and
you can start drinking more ofit.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Yeah, it hasn't affected me that way.
Thankfully, it's been great,yeah.
So, speaking of building thingsup, we saw a lot of model
trains during our visits toMineral Wells, did we not?
Speaker 2 (19:08):
We did, and actually they played a big role in
getting the water to differentparts of the country back in the
day, those little model trains.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
I had no idea, wow, I mean, I was impressed, really
impressed, with what they had,but I had no idea that they did
that so.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
The model trains model.
What used to happen back in theday.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Yeah, With what they did with model trains apparently
.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
And it's not like what we can do today.
So check this out.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
When the waters were so popular, people would want
our water like all over thecountry.
But water is really heavy soit's expensive to transport, and
so they actually built a placewhere they would condense the
water down to just the minerals,and so they called them crazy
crystals, and so they would putthem in these little boxes, put
them on a train, and then theyship the boxes of crystals and
then you just rehydrate it byadding the water back into it.
(19:56):
But that doesn't exist anymore.
No, they don't do that anymore.
Yeah, we have much moreefficient ways to ship, and
actually we do have people.
We have famous, famous athleteseven that instead of drinking
Gatorade, they will have ourwater shipped to them and
they'll drink our water becauseit has all the same benefits
without the dyes and the sugarsand the minerals forced into the
(20:17):
water.
So, yeah, super cool.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
That's so fascinating .
I wish they'd bring those back.
That would make it way easierto transport when we fly
overseas, and such right, Right.
So hey, not only did we takethe waters internally and
mineral wells, but we also didmineral baths.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
We took the water.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
Yes, we did, rory.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
tell us your experience and thoughts about
the baths well, it's somethingthat that came to my mind after
I'd finished my bath, so I'llstart backwards.
Okay, we, I was trying to findwhere the wells are that we get
the water from, because you hadbeen filling our things up our
five gallon things and I hadn't,and so we drove all around town
and then we came back afterlooking at houses a lot of
wonderful historic homes in thein the town, and so, uh, we
(21:01):
parked was during the bathduring during your bath.
Oh okay, so we parked and I waslike he took his bath and then
my.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
I took mine, she took her bath, yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
So we parked and I was and I asked, uh, brandon, so
we parked and I asked brandon,where is the well that she fills
up?
And he's like right there.
And I parked in front of it andI said, oh, and that's the
bathhouse.
So it's really cool because thewell is right there.
The bathhouse is essentiallyconnected to where you get your
(21:28):
water and stuff, and theneverything started making more
sense in my brain.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Well, that's good, that's good but it was really
nice.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Uh, I don't know if you've ever had a mineral bath.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
It was, I think, our second official one in a bath
house probably I don't rememberwhere the other was well, we
went to the blue lagoon iniceland right, and so that was a
bath house that was outsidenatural in the waters right, I
mean we've done like hot springs, and then well, we stopped at
that one, at that one place, andstayed in the hotel and we took
the waters there.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
But this was that was my only other time, but it was
really awesome.
They draw the bathtub for you,which means they put the water
in the tub, right?
They?
Speaker 2 (22:06):
run the water in the tub and it's just like a normal
looking bathtub with like jetsin it.
Well, you've got your own room.
Yeah, it's a private room witha bathtub, so you've got your
own private bathroom, bathtub,sink it has a toilet in there
too.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
They supply towels, toilet.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
all that because you know when hot water and I mean
you're there, so you tend tomake water when you're in hot
water, so anyway.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
so there's a toilet there, which is nice.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
I think it was really nice, but you don't take a bath
in the toilet.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Well, I didn't Right Mozzie, our cat does sometimes,
but I did not, and so no, it wasgreat.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
They have jets on the On the sides of the tub.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
They have jets in the tub and so you push this little
button, the jets are on for 20minutes and you just lay back
and enjoy the ride.
And they also had.
They also had essential oils.
And so she said would you likean essential oil in your bath?
And I was like well, yes, Iwould Thank you very much.
So she asked what I would likeand she offered me different
(23:02):
ones and I said I think I'll gowith the rosemary, because
rosemary helps invigorate andawaken your senses and I don't
know some other things, and itmakes you hungry too.
So you know a good rosemarymineral bath.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
That's because you love rosemary on your potatoes
and stuff.
Yeah, I like rosemary.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Rosemary olive oil is really wonderful on a baked
potato.
I'm just saying yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
That's why it makes you hungry.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Yeah, so it made me hungry smelling the rosemary,
but it was really great.
Oh, it was very nice, justrelax.
And she did tell me, take iteasy.
It can be overwhelmingsometimes if you've not done
this before, but I was totallyoverwhelmed in a good way, so it
was not a problem and I lovedit because I'm such a bath
person.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
So I was like in heaven and it was just nice in
the middle of the day to justsit there and be able to have a
soak.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
Well, and you did some extra soaking earlier in
the day as well.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
But you'll be hearing about that in a couple of
episodes from now.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Right.
More on that soon.
All right, you heard about thebenefits of the bubbles in the
bath when we were visiting thewater bar.
Our host at the Crazy WaterBathhouse also shared a little
bit of the benefits as well.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
The oxygen-rich bubbles in our microb, micro
bubble tubs inject into ourmineral water to promote natural
cleansing, exfoliation andmoisturization.
Nice, so those are the that'swhat the bubbles do.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Yes, ma'am.
Okay, so the water, the wateritself.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
the water itself is a number three water straight
from the well.
So it pumps through straight tothe tub and it works together
with the bubbles to help thecleansing, exfoliation and
moisturizing and it leaves yourelaxed and just relaxes the
muscles.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
all at the end Okay great, yes, ma'am, and brings
some healing and detox kind ofall at the same time.
Right, detox big.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Yes, big detox.
So the big thing about the bathis the detox, so that's from
the water.
So it all kind of just workstogether and makes the body feel
relaxed.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Nice.
Thank you, yes, ma'am, allright.
So in the next episode we aregoing to dive deeper into the
history behind this cool townand we're going to follow it up
with more of our experiences inthe following episodes after
that.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Yes, the upcoming episodes, but I encourage you to
drink the water and take thewater as well.
If you want the water, you takethe water.
That's what the En Guapo says.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
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episode, so join us next time.
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