anyone like Steaz drinks? or other non coke/pepsi sodas

[evident]

I'm not a big soda drinker, but I made an impulse buy at the cafeteria and got a steaz lemon lime sparkling green tea drink. it's good for the first few sips but i can't finish an entire bottle ( i normally can't finish a 12 oz coke either). it's got a nice green tea taste and nice carbonation but i think it's way too sweet.

i've noticed alot of other soda companies lately offering good alternatives to coke and pepsi. which ones are your favorites?

 

[darkewaffle]

Water and milk

 

[Vdubchaos]

Water and milk

x2

 

[SandEagle]

Perrier

 

[KeithP]

Probably can't find any of these in your local store but....original formula Dr. Pepper, Plantation Style Mint Julep, and Fentimans Curiosity Cola. I think they are all made with sugar not HFCS if that matters to you.

I use to get them at Galco's when I lived in Southern California but they were pricey.
http://www.sodapopstop.com/home.cfm

-KeithP

 

[SamQuint]

Steaz are great,

my favorite are the Iced Teaz (non-carbonated)

http://www.steaz.com/iced-teaz-zero-calorie-peach/

I usually get the zero calorie ones and they are not too sweet.

I also like Fresca, they are not too bad (no caffeine but they are carbonated)

http://www.fresca.com/flash_content/index.jsp?guest=no

I am in the same boat as you OP, need to find a good alternative to soda. I drink way too many Diet Cokes, and Diet Dr Peppers.

 

[vshah]

trader joe's vintage sodas are great

 

[BurnItDwn]

I don't drink much pop, but I do enjoy Jarrito's Guava or Jarrito's Piña. Otherwise I very much enjoy the Grape that White Castle has, I believe it's Crush, but It's been a while since there is not one near my house or near where I work.

 

[rayfieldclement]

I like Sprite and Ginger Ale.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I tried a Steaz fruit flavored tea once, but didn't like it. It tasted like the fruit flavored Alka Seltzer Plus Cold medicine.

 

[Chiropteran]

Boylan. Birchbeer in particular, black cherry is good too. So good, I wish I could find a cheap source for them online.

 

[herm0016]

sanpelegrino stuff is good too. i like the lemon and blood orange the best. high juice content.

http://www.sanpellegrinobeverages.com/int/en/default.aspx

 

[FeuerFrei]

Never heard of Steaz.
I believe the whole alt.drink market has been flourishing for several years now.

I just recently discovered real ginger ale, brewed with ginger root and cane sugar. Here's a couple specialty ales I like so far.

The ginger beer has too much ginger (extra 7 g) - more bite than flavor, unfortunately.

Smucker's makes this Natural Brew label stuff.

All these are sparkling/carbonated and far beyond Canada Dry. Typically marketed with key words like "vintage, natural, tonic, brew, handcrafted".
$2/bottle is probably high end price.

 

[CallMeJoe]

The ginger beer has too much ginger (extra 7 g) - more bite than flavor, unfortunately...

Reed's ginger beer has too much citrus for my taste. I prefer Goya ginger beer.

 

[azndude]

Reed is great. But I like Vernors Ginger ale the most.

 

[lxskllr]

There's a ginger beer from Australia that's great. The only place I ever saw it was a particular fish and chips vendor from a highland games, but I always looked forward to it. It had a rip off top on the bottle like an old school Mickeys big mouth, and a great taste. The name's kind of German, but I can never remember what it is. I looked into ordering online once, but shipping glass bottles of liquid is too expensive. I haven't had it in years :^(

 

[CallMeJoe]

Blenheim ginger ale and ginger beer are also excellent, though their #3 Hot is a real throat scorcher.

 

[evident]

Blenheim ginger ale and ginger beer are also excellent, though their #3 Hot is a real throat scorcher.

why would one want to drink a hot spicy drink?

 

[CallMeJoe]

why would one want to drink a hot spicy drink?

Because it's delicious, and not everyone has bland taste in beverages.