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[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (5 children)

Soda for me.
I love it.
I hate it.

I just wish so much that there were half sugar sodas out there. All the synthetic sugars of the diet or 0 calorie ones taste like garbage.

I've been cutting the ones I drink by pouring a can of eltzer water in with the regular can of soda, but I think even that tastes a little strange compared to just watering things down.

[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

There are some lower sugar sodas, or hybrid sodas that use fruit juice along with Stevia or monkfruit in order to cut the weird taste. Olipop is my favorite, and Spindrift has some good flavors.

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Make your own. It's pretty easy. It's just water and flavorings and sugar and you boil it down slowly.

Syrup in the fridge made this way will store for weeks and you can customize how strong/weak you want your soda to taste.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Same... I drink an embarrassing amount of diet soda. I'm like a chain-drinker, to be honest, and I'm almost never without one. When one runs out I get another.

I like to add a splash of regular when I use a fountain soda machine, which is the best way to drink soda anyway, imo.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Agreed with the second part 100%. On the rare occasion I get fast food or something, getting the good stuff straight from the great soda teat is probably the best part.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago

I drink a lot of plain carbonated water. I mean carbonated water with powerful bubbles like most sodas. Some carbonated waters are awfully bad with weak ass bubbles indistinguishable from something that was left open the day before and went flat.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Liquid Death has some great low-sugar sodas. I’ve been a strong fan of their Doctor Death. Their tea is also super low in sugar.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Only tried Liquid Death once, and it was Arnold Palmer I believe. Just tasted like watered down iced tea...

I think the flavor was called "dead billionaire" though which gave me a chuckle.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

I mean, that’s their model, yeah. That’s exactly what it is.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 45 minutes ago

Yeah I mean I knew that... It was still weird to open a can of something and have it taste so watered down.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Oh really?? I didn't know they did anything besides overpriced water at concerts, lol. I'll check it out, hell yeah.