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10d
very important beverages
victoria
yew sparkling pickle water
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saw this while i was in london, remembered this rec, and purchased immediately!!! agree with lots of ice it would especially hit. i also love that it’s flavored with kombucha which i think does a perfect job at replicating that lactic/briney taste
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10d
very important beverages
Strawberry Rapscallion Soda
£32
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strawberry sodas are lowkey always a sleeper hit, and this one is SPICY thanks to scotch bonnets i imagine it tastes how those $82 flamingo estate dried strawberries taste (never had em) anyway, i like this soda brand a lot and almost always buy one when i wander through the basement of fortnum & mason
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19d
very important beverages
Pret A Manger Grape & Elderflower Fizz
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US Prets ain’t shit—we all know this. All I’ll say is that every time I go to the UK I buy multiples of these in the airport to bring home. I went to London in February of this year and I just drank my lone remaining fizz this weekend (best by date was in October 🤪). Why now? Because I am going back this week and thus the cycle can begin again.
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4w
very important beverages
Sonic Cherry Limeade in a styrofoam cup
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i KNOWWW i'm SORRY but walking out of a city Sonic with a flimsy, see-through plastic cup of bright red liquid will never hit the same as having someone skate up to your car after school holding a giant styrofoam cup of sugar
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6w
very important beverages
Sangria Señorial
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My #1 Mexican soda! like a funky little grape soda 💜
7w
very important beverages
Aldi Super Food Juice
$4.19
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like...yes I bought this because of a tiktok that I don't 100% buy into other than acknowledging that these fruits do be purple and red and that means antioxidants. but I like it! it's nice mixed with sparkling water 😌 also when are you ever drinking FIG juice or MULBERRY juice?? never!
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8w
very important beverages
Sugar Snap Pea Soda
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On a recent trip to Nitehawk Cinemas I ordered their "Summertime Cooler" which lists "sugar snap pea, lemon, elderflower, soda" as it's ingredients. I can't find a photo of Nitehawk's drink, but it was basically a N/A snap pea hugo spritz OR a snap pea elderflower soda, depending on how you want to look at it. It was GREEN and it was ever so slightly vegetal and it was GREAT! I want to make snap pea syrup now! If you have a good recipe hmu
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10w
very important beverages
Kasé Homemade Ginger Ale
$6
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bruh!!! adding this to the VIB (very important beverages) list before I even finish the bottle. it's a tiny bit sweeter than I expected but the spice blend and the brown sugar make this good as hell. (I found this wandering the aisle of Happier Grocery in manhattan, as I am want to do.)
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11w
very important beverages
A&W Root Beer Float Zero Sugar
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I found a random can of this at the grocery store this weekend. As established, I’m a diehard Barq’s fan. But I appreciated the novelty and it DID taste like they got ice cream involved!!
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12w
very important beverages
Key Lime La Croix
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it tastes exactly like lime skittles and is therefore good to me
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14w
very important beverages
Jamie
shirley temples
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one of the GOATS. obvi i love pomegranate…traditional recipe with grenadine so important…but there is something about making this with the juice from a jar of maraschino cherries that remains elite
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16w
very important beverages
Hannah Swanson
kalimotxo
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red wine + coke continues to be a perpetual drink of the summer. the girls that get it get it, etc. (i do find that explaining it’s an actual cocktail they drink in Spain helps your credibility when you start showcasing these impressive mixology skills)
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18w
very important beverages
Cola Neat Soda
$18.99
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pretty good cola approximation for a low sugar soda brand! would drink again 🙂↕️
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18w
very important beverages
Poolside Grape Pops Polar Seltzer
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Polar did it again!!! Tastes so beautifully like a grape popsicle. Seltzer of the summer!!
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19w
very important beverages
Trader Joe’s Spiced Cider
$4.49
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i know it is barely even summer, but as an apple cider connoisseur i must come forward with this truth: if i cannot buy fresh-from-a-local-farm apple cider, best believe i’m having this. it is frankly so good i’ve considered buying multiple bottles to have for the months trader joe’s takes it off the shelves. sometimes i will even have this + fresh apple cider in my fridge at the same time. it’s basically pre-mulled!! hot or cold, i love it.
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19w
very important beverages
Maine Root Ginger Brew
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i think is the best/strongest store bought ginger beer on the market. my credentials are that i grew up drinking my dad’s homemade (non-sparkly) ginger beer
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19w
very important beverages
Capri Sun Pacific Cooler
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Pouch only!!! Sometimes my bodega has cold Capri Suns and I’ll buy one for my walk home from the train. 10/10 would recommend. Mountain Cooler close second flavor.
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19w
very important beverages
Savouré Rhubarb Pink Peppercorn
$4
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big fan of everything savouré is doing!!!!! in this world of prebiotic protein adaptogen tonic ass sodas it’s nice when a brand just makes a simple sparkly drink with some fruits and herbs 😌
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19w
very important beverages
Spindrift Nojito
$26
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spindrift did her big one with this
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19w
very important beverages
Blackcurrant & Thoroughwort Birch Sap Seltzer
$12
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deadass found this in the belvedere castle gift shop in central park…love upstate stock, though, fun they’re making seltzers!!
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19w
very important beverages
Frostie Blue Cream Soda
$3.59
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i am a staunch believer in blue beverages. if a drink is blue, i am getting involved with that. if a cream soda is blue, it’s a perfect beverage.
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19w
very important beverages
Three Cents Cherry Soda
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Found this in a department store in Paris and it changed my life?? THE best cherry soda out there. The most cherry-tasting cherry soda for sure.
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19w
very important beverages
Field Day Coffee Soda
$16
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lit-rally just finished drinking this…probably the best fruity coffee soda i’ve had to date?? strawberry lime coffee who knew!!
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19w
very important beverages
Dr Pepper Cream Soda Zero Sugar
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beautiful, perfect, zero sugar soda that tastes like vanilla
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19w
very important beverages
Sprite Winter Spiced Cranberry Zero