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Soft Drink GAF |OT| Follow the liter
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TurtleSnatcher
Member
Uh
Manzanita Sol is not a fountain exclusive... It's been in 12 packs and stuff for YEARS in the US.
From Wiki
Manzanita Sol is a brand of apple-flavored beverages owned by PepsiCo and is predominant in Mexico. In the United States it is sold in 12-pack cans, 2-liter, and 20-ounce bottles. The drink is known to be available at Walmart, Albertsons, H-E-B, Ralphs, Kmart, Food 4 Less, Jewel-Osco, Dominick's, Target, Vons, Stater Bros., United Supermarkets in the Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas area, and other smaller chains and smaller family run stores. In Latin American countries, Manzanita Sol will compete with The Coca-Cola Company's Manzana Lift. Manzanita Sol is PepsiCo's number two brand in Mexico, with apple being Mexico's second most popular soft drink flavor. Also, it is very popular in the borderlands such as the El Paso/Juarez border.
In January 2014 Taco Bell added Manzanita Sol to their choice of beverages. [1]
"Manzanita Sol" is Spanish for "little apple sun".
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
GOAT
MikeHattsu
Member
Solo is the best Norwegian soda:
Urge is also good:
They used to have this in the US I think? Called Surge there.
Urge is also good:
They used to have this in the US I think? Called Surge there.
sounds like it's hard to find outside of Texas
Sunkist cherry lime is also region locked. I tried it once from a walgreens in Vegas around midnight, was pretty good.
I think my favorite cherry lime soda ever was from way back in the day. Snapple used to have a line of sodas that were kinda pricey but when they would go on sale, I would grab like a dozen. Their cherry lime rickey was 10/10.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Guess I have to hunt down Manzanita Sol one day
just to encourage others that this thread is not limited to carbonated beverages alone
Brisk half iced tea half blueberry lemonade:
This was a 1 liter bottle which is kinda large for a grab and go drink imo. The taste wasn't that sweet compared to having brisk once or twice in the past (I don't really care for the brand, but I was interested in their take on the half & half fad). I checked the ingredients and as expected, there was a triforce of sweeteners at play, HFCS, Ace-K, and sucralose. This tasted like your typical fraud iced tea with that artificial blue raspberry flavoring added. That flavor combo did a decent job of covering up the Ace-K, which often leaves a bad aftertaste.
5/10, +2 if you bathe in blue jolly ranchers.
Brisk half iced tea half blueberry lemonade:
This was a 1 liter bottle which is kinda large for a grab and go drink imo. The taste wasn't that sweet compared to having brisk once or twice in the past (I don't really care for the brand, but I was interested in their take on the half & half fad). I checked the ingredients and as expected, there was a triforce of sweeteners at play, HFCS, Ace-K, and sucralose. This tasted like your typical fraud iced tea with that artificial blue raspberry flavoring added. That flavor combo did a decent job of covering up the Ace-K, which often leaves a bad aftertaste.
5/10, +2 if you bathe in blue jolly ranchers.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
I want to shower in Arizona sweet tea
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Check page 1
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Also a pretty good sweet tea
Sweet Leaf sweet tea
EDIT: How could I forget this heavenly nectar
Sweet Leaf sweet tea
EDIT: How could I forget this heavenly nectar
Well I'll be damned.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Bumping
Tried the Vanilla Float Dr Pepper flavor last week but to be honest I couldn't tell the difference from regular Pepper
Tried the Vanilla Float Dr Pepper flavor last week but to be honest I couldn't tell the difference from regular Pepper
FloppyDelux
Member
Not sure about diet softdrinks, but i hear they have alot of tea drinks, Ito En Oi Ocha is my fav, dont think there is sugar in there you can also get it in asian markets in the US, not sure about Canada.
I've never liked vanilla in sodas. It always has this oversweetened taste.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Vanilla Coke is so good though
Real Sugar Wild Cherry Pepsi
This is something that has annoyed me ever since this flavor was launched. The cherry flavor in Cherry Coke is pretty subtle but it's there. Pepsi, you wanted to compete with this with a "Wild Cherry" moniker and be even less subtle than Cherry Coke? This real sugar version still has that barely there cherry flavor. 3/10, still mad after 20 years, will never forgive you.
This is something that has annoyed me ever since this flavor was launched. The cherry flavor in Cherry Coke is pretty subtle but it's there. Pepsi, you wanted to compete with this with a "Wild Cherry" moniker and be even less subtle than Cherry Coke? This real sugar version still has that barely there cherry flavor. 3/10, still mad after 20 years, will never forgive you.
whatsinaname
Member
My go to soda is Coke Zero/Vanilla Coke Zero.
My favourite though is Ting.
My favourite though is Ting.
Diet Dr. Pepper is actually pretty good.
I feel like colas are too sweet for me these days. My favorite was the discontinued Red Bull Cola. Had a real deep flavor and wasn't overly sweet.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
BLEH I say!
Red Bull cola? Damn I missed out
Speaking of energy drinks, I usually get this if I really need a kick
Fierce Green Apple Gatorade:
This is another 7-11 exclusive. I have to say its the most refreshing flavor of Gatorade I've ever had, second only to the legendary discontinued starfruit flavor. It's not too sweet like some of the other liquid candy flavors they've made, like strawberry or watermelon. 8/10, points off for not being widely available.
This is another 7-11 exclusive. I have to say its the most refreshing flavor of Gatorade I've ever had, second only to the legendary discontinued starfruit flavor. It's not too sweet like some of the other liquid candy flavors they've made, like strawberry or watermelon. 8/10, points off for not being widely available.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
I still need to try that flavor
Squall5042
Member
I love my soda stream, it tastes a lot like soda from a fountain as opposed to a can, if that makes any sense.
Sodastream is pretty nice, its almost like "the patch" for soda. You can use it to ween yourself off from high sugar sodas by controlling the syrup level. A tip to save some cash, swap the CO2 canisters at bed bath and beyond and use those $5 off coupons they mail out every month.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Shasta soda is pretty good too
Time to educate you philistines...
you'll need to tell more about it with that kind of bold statement
One of the few soft drinks that I've drank that doesn't leave you with that inherent self-loathing afterwards. Seeing as the options are typically skewed in Japan towards all the imported beverages anyway - Match is like a yellow (and pink) beacon starting back at me.
It reaches the point of having a 'kick' without feeling overpowering - that's to say it doesn't feel blatantly unhealthy.
Something I've wondered recently is how well a Sodastream could replicate basic flavored sparkling water such as this stuff:
I drink a ton of Klarbrunn raspberry sparkling water at work (it's free, and surely better than downing cans of soda all day). However, I never buy the stuff for at home because it's invariably like $4.50 or more for a 12 pack of cans and I'm hesitant to pay that much for what's ultimately just water.
King Cobra
Banned
I am a sucker for High C Fruit Punch. In my veins please.
Something I've wondered recently is how well a Sodastream could replicate basic flavored sparkling water such as this stuff:
I drink a ton of Klarbrunn raspberry sparkling water at work (it's free, and surely better than downing cans of soda all day). However, I never buy the stuff for at home because it's invariably like $4.50 or more for a 12 pack of cans and I'm hesitant to pay that much for what's ultimately just water.
Sodastream sells their own unsweetened flavorings or you can buy whatever brand once you have the unit. They're usually much cheaper in stores than online directly.
Interesting, maybe I should give it a try.
jackie jormp-jomp
Banned
One of my favorite Imported Sodas, If it wasn't $1-1.50 a can everywhere I saw I'd drink it more often. Plus the foil covers the lid so you don't get rat urine and other shit on your drinking surface
It's got a nice bite to it, a bit sweet, you could cut it with 15% water 85% soda and it'd prob. be more palatable to those who don't like a strong lemony moderately sour taste.
One of my favorite Imported Sodas, If it wasn't $1-1.50 a can everywhere I saw I'd drink it more often. Plus the foil covers the lid so you don't get rat urine and other shit on your drinking surface
It's got a nice bite to it, a bit sweet, you could cut it with 15% water 85% soda and it'd prob. be more palatable to those who don't like a strong lemony moderately sour taste.
Costco sells them in cases. Either all blood orange or split lemon/regular orange.
(the lemon one is the worst imo)
jackie jormp-jomp
Banned
I can't stomach the blood orange or regular orange man
that there dont taste like no orange I ever done eatin in murrca
peteykirch
Member
The greatest soft drink in my opinion;
Every time I visit my Dad in North Carolina, I come back with about 8, 2 liter bottles, 10, 12 can fridge packs.
It has to be served ice ice ice cold otherwise it loses something.
Every time I visit my Dad in North Carolina, I come back with about 8, 2 liter bottles, 10, 12 can fridge packs.
It has to be served ice ice ice cold otherwise it loses something.
The greatest soft drink in my opinion;
Every time I visit my Dad in North Carolina, I come back with about 8, 2 liter bottles, 10, 12 can fridge packs.
It has to be served ice ice ice cold otherwise it loses something.
I had this once as a child. Cans used to be a rare drop from machines up north long ago. I wonder if I tried it now would it destroy the memory.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
It's hot as hell and I want a root beer float
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
I want them all