A couple weeks back, I tried Coca-Cola in the glass bottle for the first time, and I noticed it tasted completely different from the Coca-Cola in the cans and plastic bottles. I even tried Pepsi-Cola in the glass bottles and it tastes better than the Pepsi in the cans and plastic bottles. Then I was thinking, what is your favorite sodas/beverages?
Favorite Soda/Beverage.
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Big Red
made with sugar, not HFCS.
I also score some Fitz, Frostie, faygo, A&W with vanilla, Route 66, Dachschund root beer at Rural King, all made with sugar, all in glass bottles for 99 cents per. Each bottle is 12 oz.
Perhaps your local grocer stocks Mexican Coke? If so, give it a try. Much better than the garbage in plastic bottles!
made with sugar, not HFCS.
I also score some Fitz, Frostie, faygo, A&W with vanilla, Route 66, Dachschund root beer at Rural King, all made with sugar, all in glass bottles for 99 cents per. Each bottle is 12 oz.
Perhaps your local grocer stocks Mexican Coke? If so, give it a try. Much better than the garbage in plastic bottles!
Diet Pepsi, Fresca, Diet Orange Crush, diet ginger ale (Canada Dry or Schweppes), milk, iced tea, seltzer, water.
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We don't drink much regular soda anymore, trying to stay away from the corn syrup sweetner. We always have Canada Dry Diet Ginger Ale on hand and we only drink it out of the can, pouring it over ice dilutes the flavor too much. And then we only drink 2 or 3 cans a week. But if I was going to drink a regular soda it would be something sweetened with sugar, like Mexican Coca Cola in the 12 oz. bottle. And I refuse to drink anything out of the new, horrible self service soda machines in most of the fast food restaurants now, you know the ones with a jillion choices that you make by touch screen, all of the choices bad. I don't know how you can screw up mixing soda flavoring syrups with carbonated water, but they have found a way. That stuff is vile.
Most of the time we just drink tap water filtered with a Brita Faucet Mount filter, no ice. And of course coffee, black for me, David puts 1/2 &1/2 in his. And on Sunday's with dinner we have either a bottle of Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice or a bottle of non alcoholic wine, since we don't drink alcohol.
Eddie
Most of the time we just drink tap water filtered with a Brita Faucet Mount filter, no ice. And of course coffee, black for me, David puts 1/2 &1/2 in his. And on Sunday's with dinner we have either a bottle of Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice or a bottle of non alcoholic wine, since we don't drink alcohol.
Eddie
beverages
Black coffee--Community dark roast, grind by the cup, black.
Tea--Lipton gallon tea bags, brewed in an Instant Pot, for iced. Drunk plain. For hot tea, Earl Grey, usually Bigelow. Made double strength.
Water--filtered Berkey, usually w/o ice. If I want gassy, often Penafiel, sometimes Perrier.
Black coffee--Community dark roast, grind by the cup, black.
Tea--Lipton gallon tea bags, brewed in an Instant Pot, for iced. Drunk plain. For hot tea, Earl Grey, usually Bigelow. Made double strength.
Water--filtered Berkey, usually w/o ice. If I want gassy, often Penafiel, sometimes Perrier.
funktionalart
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Top Five:
1) Dark French Roast fresh ground coffee
2) Glass bottled/Mexican Coca Cola
3) Canada Dry Ginger Ale (their cranberry variety is brilliant)
4) Fresca
5) If I knew where to get it, Delaware Punch was a fave of mine.
Haven't seen it around in over 30 years, though...
And a tie with #3: RC Cola
1) Dark French Roast fresh ground coffee
2) Glass bottled/Mexican Coca Cola
3) Canada Dry Ginger Ale (their cranberry variety is brilliant)
4) Fresca
5) If I knew where to get it, Delaware Punch was a fave of mine.
Haven't seen it around in over 30 years, though...
And a tie with #3: RC Cola
My Regular soft drinks are...
.....Crystal Geyser Sparking Mineral Water (fruit flavors) and Diet 7-Up.
.....Crystal Geyser Sparking Mineral Water (fruit flavors) and Diet 7-Up.
1. Evian water--yum yum
2. Southern sweet tea
3. Dr. Pepper
4. Big Red
Don't like Coke, it's too bitter and Pepsi tastes like Pine-Sol
2. Southern sweet tea
3. Dr. Pepper
4. Big Red
Don't like Coke, it's too bitter and Pepsi tastes like Pine-Sol
1. Brazilian Coca-cola (much better than mexican)
2) American coca cola (cans) i hate how PET bottle version tastes.
3) Pepsi Twist (impossible to find)
2) American coca cola (cans) i hate how PET bottle version tastes.
3) Pepsi Twist (impossible to find)
funktionalart
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thomasortega -- brazilian stuff
WHERE are you finding Brazilian Coca Cola? I had it in Rio, but never have seen it stateside...
WHERE are you finding Brazilian Coca Cola? I had it in Rio, but never have seen it stateside...
fan-of-fans
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Hmm, too many
Soda, I usually drink Publix brand, esp Dr. Publix (Dr. Pepper) Mountain Blast (Mountain Dew) also orange soda.
Used to like the Chek (Winn-Dixie brand) sodas but haven't had any in long time.
Otherwise I like both Pepsi and regular or vanilla Coke. I don't drink root beer as it gives me headaches. Sometimes drink Sierra Mist or 7UP if I want something fizzy but light.
Try to drink lots of water and drink OJ with breakfast every morning.
Sweet tea only if eating out and I know they make a good one. DQ and BBQ place are my main ones. I could never drink my parents' tea without adding lots of lemon. It looks like murky water and tastes bland.
Water with lemon if I'm feeling healthy for a drink with dinner, plain water during the day.
Hot chocolate in winter is a treat.
Soda, I usually drink Publix brand, esp Dr. Publix (Dr. Pepper) Mountain Blast (Mountain Dew) also orange soda.
Used to like the Chek (Winn-Dixie brand) sodas but haven't had any in long time.
Otherwise I like both Pepsi and regular or vanilla Coke. I don't drink root beer as it gives me headaches. Sometimes drink Sierra Mist or 7UP if I want something fizzy but light.
Try to drink lots of water and drink OJ with breakfast every morning.
Sweet tea only if eating out and I know they make a good one. DQ and BBQ place are my main ones. I could never drink my parents' tea without adding lots of lemon. It looks like murky water and tastes bland.
Water with lemon if I'm feeling healthy for a drink with dinner, plain water during the day.
Hot chocolate in winter is a treat.
I like a really good cup of coffee in the morning. HEB Breakfast Blend or Arabica House Blend. Have a soft spot for Dunkin Donuts coffee as well.
Favorite soda beverage: Have a weakness for Frostie Root Beer in bottle. Also like regular Coca-Cola in a bottle or can.
Favorite soda beverage: Have a weakness for Frostie Root Beer in bottle. Also like regular Coca-Cola in a bottle or can.
norgeway
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Cheerwine
But don't look for it anywhere but in the South!
But don't look for it anywhere but in the South!
Brazilian sodas (Coca-Cola, Pepsi Twist made with limes, not lemons and Guaraná Antarctica) can be found in a Brazilian store in Torrance.
The only problem is that's expensive as hell ($20 + tax a 6-can pack)
The only two things i can't live without is the coffee (Melitta Extra-Forte or Pilão, which are REAL coffee, not that watery tasteless thing that looks like tea we have here in the US) and Toddy. $25 for 1 lb of coffee is absurdly expensive, but it's worth every cent.
Darryl tried the Brazilian coffee, se said it's delicious but I know when my husband is telling a white lie. His face showed clearly it's too strong for him. LOL
The closest i can get to Brazilian coffee taste here in the US is that "shot" coffee concentrate that looks like a coffee creamer cup at 7-Eleven. I buy a large cup, put 10 or 15 of those coffee concentrate, then add some liquid creamer (1 or 2 cups) then heat everything in the microwave.
Btw. I HAAAAAAATE reheated coffee. As a good Brazilian, coffee must be like men: black, bold, strong, super hot and smell good and fresh.
The only problem is that's expensive as hell ($20 + tax a 6-can pack)
The only two things i can't live without is the coffee (Melitta Extra-Forte or Pilão, which are REAL coffee, not that watery tasteless thing that looks like tea we have here in the US) and Toddy. $25 for 1 lb of coffee is absurdly expensive, but it's worth every cent.
Darryl tried the Brazilian coffee, se said it's delicious but I know when my husband is telling a white lie. His face showed clearly it's too strong for him. LOL
The closest i can get to Brazilian coffee taste here in the US is that "shot" coffee concentrate that looks like a coffee creamer cup at 7-Eleven. I buy a large cup, put 10 or 15 of those coffee concentrate, then add some liquid creamer (1 or 2 cups) then heat everything in the microwave.
Btw. I HAAAAAAATE reheated coffee. As a good Brazilian, coffee must be like men: black, bold, strong, super hot and smell good and fresh.
polkanut
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Ice cold Sun-Drop bottled in Shawano, WI at Twig's Beverages is my go to soda of choice. I like cold coffee w/ a little milk for breakfast.
https://www.twigsbeverage.net/price-list
https://www.twigsbeverage.net/price-list
Overall Winner: Iced tea (made with English breakfast tea), occasionally with a splash of sugar-free peach syrup.
Pop:
Back in the day: Glass-bottled Coke (sugar; not HFCS) with a lemon wedge.
Today: Coke Zero Sugar...with a lemon wedge.
The Keurig has converted me to iced tea. A freshly-brewed glass every time.
Pop:
Back in the day: Glass-bottled Coke (sugar; not HFCS) with a lemon wedge.
Today: Coke Zero Sugar...with a lemon wedge.
The Keurig has converted me to iced tea. A freshly-brewed glass every time.
vacerator
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In this order;
Water, Vernor's ginger ale, diet coke.
Water, Vernor's ginger ale, diet coke.
glomain
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RC and Dr.Pepper (tie) p.s. they are selling Cheerwine at our local Rural King,could not believe my eyes,99 cents bottle (dang good)just like down home.
I haven't seen RC here in Pittsburgh in a while but I used to like it. I like Faygo pops too.
Town Club! RC whenever I can get it... There's Frosttop, also subject to availability... And that my nearby Ace Hardware happened to carry it when I was (& still am) at my most-hard up, buying at least one bottle of each, knowing they'd be off the shelf, so I dashed out to buy that morning I woke up craving the Sarsaparilla & Red Birch Beer (that I wish I made my "float" with--a glass or mug over vanilla ice cream) also buying the more common vanilla-caramel, reg./diet root beer and orange cream...
Give me anything that's the uncommon, or something like our Faygo, or having me decide between Barq's or Mugg (Bulldog) root beer--just to buy BOTH!--...
Or try the Mt. Dew Pitch Black (YUK, I did! --WHY?!) although Mt. Dew should just be MT. DEW, (yes, the answer to Faygo's Moonshine, which it was an answer to) as in Green Lemon/Lime, that you order at Taco Bell, 'cause it goes with your tacos & burritos, and mixes well w/ tequila...
As I'd missed out on Code Red, the Blue Stuff & even when it went White--just for the Red, White & Dew (Blue) to be mixed-up in the horrendous combination of all THREE, which I'd also avoided... And so far, never even tried it Orange--I loaded up on Sunkist & Crush, just to find all orange tastes the same! Ditto Mello Yellow & Squirt, and whatever competing brands there are of that ilk...
Otherwise, I'm turning 7-Up--Oops, don't get me started on the Gold, Cherry or other novelties, that IT had turned into over time--The Original is BEST!
-- Dave
Give me anything that's the uncommon, or something like our Faygo, or having me decide between Barq's or Mugg (Bulldog) root beer--just to buy BOTH!--...
Or try the Mt. Dew Pitch Black (YUK, I did! --WHY?!) although Mt. Dew should just be MT. DEW, (yes, the answer to Faygo's Moonshine, which it was an answer to) as in Green Lemon/Lime, that you order at Taco Bell, 'cause it goes with your tacos & burritos, and mixes well w/ tequila...
As I'd missed out on Code Red, the Blue Stuff & even when it went White--just for the Red, White & Dew (Blue) to be mixed-up in the horrendous combination of all THREE, which I'd also avoided... And so far, never even tried it Orange--I loaded up on Sunkist & Crush, just to find all orange tastes the same! Ditto Mello Yellow & Squirt, and whatever competing brands there are of that ilk...
Otherwise, I'm turning 7-Up--Oops, don't get me started on the Gold, Cherry or other novelties, that IT had turned into over time--The Original is BEST!
-- Dave
I like Blue Sky - Cherry vanilla cream and Cherry RC Cola. For non-soda, I prefer unsweetened iced tea or just good ole water.
firedome
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beverages of choice...
whole milk, spring water, strong black coffee, porter & stout beer, left bank Bordeaux wine... once in a great while A&W or other good root or birch beer.
whole milk, spring water, strong black coffee, porter & stout beer, left bank Bordeaux wine... once in a great while A&W or other good root or birch beer.
Ginger Ale: I had 'homemade' ginger ale at a restaurant in Minneapolis. Tasted so much better than the commercially bottled version. Began making it at home a few times a year. I'll post the recipe sometime. It's easy. Absolutely the best ginger ale. Had to stop making it when sugar became an issue for me a couple of years ago.
revvinkevin
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Question for Tim - Polkanut
What flavor is "Sun-Drop"?
I gave up drinking soda years ago. Now it's water mostly.... once in a while unsweetened, or very lightly sweetened iced tea. If I have soda it's only a few sips.
What flavor is "Sun-Drop"?
I gave up drinking soda years ago. Now it's water mostly.... once in a while unsweetened, or very lightly sweetened iced tea. If I have soda it's only a few sips.
SunDrop is a citrus drink. For years it was only available down here in the South. In 2011 it became available nationwide.
http://www.sundrop.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Drop
http://www.sundrop.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Drop
Sun Drop--Yes, I've tried!
Another brand much like Mellow Yellow and Squirt... We have it here, in MI, too...
(Don't say I didn't warn you: the above, to me, all taste the same...)
-- Dave
Another brand much like Mellow Yellow and Squirt... We have it here, in MI, too...
(Don't say I didn't warn you: the above, to me, all taste the same...)
-- Dave
Sun Drop was bottled at Roth Bottling Company in Madison, MN, when I was a kid. My class toured the small plant/operation when I was in 3rd grade (1967). Never took a liking to the stuff, myself, but whenever someone went home during college, they'd bring back cases of the stuff for fans who had no other access to it.
launderess
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Mine's a Gin and Tonic
Oh wait, we're talking about pop and that sort. Sorry, *LOL*
Not huge on pop or sweetened drinks. Mother kept her children on a very tight lead that way to the point our intake of soda, sweetened juices and so forth was carefully monitored. Of course by teenage and college years things were different, but even so really never went all in for the stuff.
Much prefer water, real iced tea or perhaps various mixers without booze (seltzer water, ginger ale, club soda...).
Oh wait, we're talking about pop and that sort. Sorry, *LOL*
Not huge on pop or sweetened drinks. Mother kept her children on a very tight lead that way to the point our intake of soda, sweetened juices and so forth was carefully monitored. Of course by teenage and college years things were different, but even so really never went all in for the stuff.
Much prefer water, real iced tea or perhaps various mixers without booze (seltzer water, ginger ale, club soda...).
polkanut
Well-known member
Sun-Drop is more citrusy and has actual pulp in it compared to say, Mountain Dew. It has been bottled in Shawano, WI since the 1950's.
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