Ask Lemmy

Do yourself a favor and trick yourself into liking the Zero or Diet versions of your chosen soda. Notably, the Zero formulations have less and less aftertaste. I have found Zero versions of Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Pepsi, Coke, etc. I even found Cherry Dr.Pepper Zero, which if you know what that means is just nonsensical. I go back to the regular sugar sometimes and it doesn't taste any better. I enjoy my acidic spiced cherry lemon Dr.Pepper without the diabeetus.

Calorie rant: Why? 1.5 cans of soda is 250 kcal. That is equivalent to 30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE. PER DRINK. 3500 kcals (or calories) is equal to 1-0.5 pounds of fat gained or lost. Stop drinking or substitute soda for 2 weeks and lose a pound/0.4kg. Stop for a year and lose 25 pounds/12 kg FOR NO EXERCISE. Do you know how disheartening to know that all of my exercise is wasted by just chugging a large soda? Do the inverse and save an hour of jogging with a large DIET/ZERO soda.

Water! You can even carbonate it yourself!

Water

Carbonated water

When I was a kid, we had a drink called "suicide punch". You mix equal parts of every drink in the fountain.

It is definitely not that.

Baja blast zero by a mile

I know I'm going to be in the minority here, but I've been on a carbonated flavored water kick for a few years after I realized sugar was killing me. It was a two fold realization that I just really enjoy the fizz and not the sugar.

That said, Polar seltzer-ade with lemon or lime juice is just 🤌 if you're into carbonated waters

Dr Pepper!

But I have to say Jarrito Tamarind soda is really good

Water.

There's so many cliches, but despite them all, Mountain Dew. Not because it makes me feel Xtreme while I'm playing Call of Duty and eating Doritos on my skateboard, it's just a much better flavor.

Fevertree ginger beer. Strong ginger flavor, not overly sweet like many other ginger beers I've tried.

That depends on the context.

Eating pizza, nothing can ever compete with a nice glass of Trocadero, it just feels right.

At cristmas? Coca Cola? Absolutely not! Give me Zeunerts Julmust every time!

Drinking soft drink with friends and watching a movie, give me an Indian Tonic with a lemon slice, lasts long and is very tasty.

Have some dark rum (I have plenty) and want a quick drink with a good mixer, Fanta used to be great, but they have added sweeteners in addition to sugar, so they taste like crap now, so I tend to look for som itallian orange soda, it is works well.

Eating a bruger, Coca Cola is still great!

Having a quiet evening by the computer? Just stick to mineral water.

Beer. It's.. soft?

The prices for coke and pepsi products has gone up an absurd amount the last few years. Unless they drop back down a bit in price (unlikely) I'm sticking to my sodastream for all my home carbonation needs.

I've been into vanilla coke zero sugar for a while now.

Sprite zero sugar if you want no caffeine.

Both work well with alcohol. Bourbon or spiced rum with the coke. Vodka with the sprite.

Rivella

Rarely drink anything sugary but Jarritos in various flavors. Cranberry Sierra Mist is also good.

those glass bottles of coke

aside from that, flavored iced tea with sprite (or honestly any lemon lime soda, its all the same) is great

Bundaberg ginger beer! It's the only answer

Sprite does it for me.

Dr Pepper and Cherry Coke.

I loke Orangina, which is like sprite and orange juice with some pulp.

Sadly, it's not sold where I live.

Or perhaps it's a good thing, I'd probably gain a lot of weight if they did.

Dr pepper, Portello or Pepsi Max.

Oh man I am crazy for Jones Soda. Fufu Berry (which is hard to find in my area), Cream, and Berry Lemonade are my favorites.

It is pretty expensive, but for an occasional treat it's not bad.

I used to love Coke, Mountain Dew, and Monster but I cut back and now they taste gross to me.

Ale-8-1.

I kinda like tonic myself... though I usually take it with gin 😁.

I drink coke only when I got stomach problems, it goes great with mint tea, a 50/50 soltion, try it 👍.

Store brand cola (Rainbow) is fine for me. Also Pepsi Max out of a can, just something about it.

A special shoutout to Canada Dry Ginger Ale, I miss it. I haven't seen it in the store for over a month now.

Cheerwine.

(Despite the name, it's non-alcoholic.)