I get it, you’re better than me because you like it and I don’t.

  • happydoors@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    19
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    edit-2
    15 hours ago

    Brainwashed by popular sugar products, the human makes fun of healthier alternatives. Where’s my high fructose corn syrup, caffeine, and cancer causing agents?! /s

  • SolidShake@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    14 hours ago

    Maaaan. I kicked soda several years back and I like flavored water now lol. It’s getting a bit pricey now these days.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    13
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    20 hours ago

    If that’s the devils water I guess I’m a devil worshipper. I love sparkling water. La croix is very good however Spindrift is my favorite and love all their flavors.

      • Majorllama@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 day ago

        I recently found a very mildly sweetened tea and I’ve been in love. Tall can and only 7 grams of sugar. I can drink them all day and I don’t feel like I’m going to enter into a diabetic coma like I do after one sip of Arizona tea.

        Problem is they aren’t cheap and they only give you free shipping on the first batch… Not sure I am willing to spend the money on getting them consistently which sucks. I need to find somewhere local and stock up.

        • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          1 day ago

          Mind sharing what kind it is? I generally drink hot tea, but my family likes cold tea so I like to keep some on hand. Would be nice to be able to also drink it myself, but it’s just so sugary (and I’m from the south, so I know my sweet teas) it’s hard to feel refreshed.

          • Majorllama@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            1 day ago

            https://soulsticeicedtea.com/

            I have only tried their blood orange tea (and I love it so much), but they have a small amount of caffeine (like 40mg) so be aware of that if you’re caffeine sensitive.

            Everyone I have let try the tea has asked to have a can or two so I’ve burned through my initial supply a little faster than I was hoping.

            I have been searching for a mildly sweetened tea for most of my life and I am so happy to have something between unsweetened tea and liquid diabetes tea (I love the south but that stuff barely counts as tea come on y’all).

            • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              4
              ·
              23 hours ago

              Wow, you weren’t kidding. $4 a can is a bit rich for my blood, but I will take your word that they’re good cuz I don’t know how else they can stay in business like that. I buy tea for my family by the gallon and it’s less than $4 vs an equivalent $32 worth of cans if I did the math right. It seems like they’re only available offline at Nordstrom. Hope you’re able to find them locally.

              • Majorllama@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                23 hours ago

                Yeah the cost is definitely too high, but around where I live it’s not that much worse than other tea of equal quality.

                Honestly at this point I’m tempted to start my own drinks brand that is literally just Arizona iced tea with like 10% of the sugar content.

                • __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  22 hours ago

                  That’s really expensive! Why not just make your own iced tea at that point? It’s a very easy drink to make in big batches since you drink it cold.

    • Abnorc@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      17 hours ago

      My favorite sparkling water so far is Topo Chico. La Croix may be less expensive though.

      • andros_rex@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        14 hours ago

        Topo Chico is god tier - above Perrier, San Peligrino, etc… It’s just carbonated as fuck. Don’t even need flavor.

    • ditty@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      1 day ago

      La Croix seems to be the best of the available off-the-shelf sparkling waters brands, at least where I live. Liquid Death, Bubbly, Aha, Spindrift, and Waterloo just don’t seem as good imo.

      Though Topo Chico is also bomb 👍

    • subtext@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 day ago

      I love sparkling water, and bonus that the office stocks them in the fridge. Biggest complaint is that they don’t have just plain, no flavor La Croix or lime either.

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    13
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    22 hours ago

    The Lemoncello is a strong delicious flavor.

    The Cherry Blossom is NASTY, it tastes like tootsie rolls.

    • Zron@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      20 hours ago

      Lacroix? Taste?

      Are you a super taster or something? I only ever taste cardboard with a fine mist of watered down fruit juice when I drink them.

      Bubbly’s are way better, or even Waterloos.

      • JordanZ@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        edit-2
        18 hours ago

        I was in the ‘no taste’ crowd until I cut soda out of my diet and just cut way back on sugar in general. These are a decent substitute and they have plenty of flavor.

        When you’re use to the 40-50 grams of sugar in a soda it’s hard to compete. Kinda like smokers actually being able to smell and taste stuff after they quit.

        Edit: typo

        • Zron@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          4 hours ago

          Bubly and Waterloo also have no sugar, and yet still taste like actual fruit flavors.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        19 hours ago

        Well, I don’t drink any sugary drinks ever, so that may be part of it. But the Lemoncello specifically has very much taste!

      • SolidShake@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        14 hours ago

        Hi. It depends on how long you haven’t drank any sweet drinks like soda. LaCroix has a lot of flavor. But if you where to drink 2 mountain dews a day for 10 years straight you won’t taste anything but ass.

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        39
        ·
        1 day ago

        To me I thought the same for a long time, until I realized things like soda had completely nuked my taste buds. After cutting out soda and other insanely high in sugar things a lot more started tasting better, and la croix now has a ton of flavor.

        • gbuttersnaps@programming.dev
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          9
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 day ago

          I’m sure that’s probably true for many people, but also some people just don’t vibe with seltzers. I quit drinking everything but water and black coffee a few years back due to kidney stones and I still can’t stand lightly flavored seltzers.

          • Zangoose@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            5
            arrow-down
            3
            ·
            1 day ago

            They aren’t actually flavored at all, they’re just scented. If you plug your nose you can’t taste them

            • Trashboat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              7
              ·
              1 day ago

              Plug your nose and most things taste bland lol, and I’m pretty sure they have flavor to them. Regardless, what difference would it make if the effect is the same?

              • Killer57@lemmynsfw.com
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                23 hours ago

                I was born without a sense of smell, bubly and Lacroix taste like plain seltzer and that just doesn’t appeal to me.

              • Zangoose@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                3
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                1 day ago

                If you have a weak sense of smell then you can’t taste them at all. I can taste most things fine though (la croix excluded) without them tasting bland. Smell definitely adds to flavoring but it’s not like it’s the only thing responsible for how you taste food/drinks.

    • ZeffSyde@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      1 day ago

      It tastes like licking a crt screen that is showing the scrambled image of a grapefruit.

      So, it’s great when the office stocks it for free.

  • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    1 day ago

    I don’t feel as strongly about la croix, but if I have a choice I’m getting polar water instead. If you’re looking for flavored water, it’s the best imho.

      • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 day ago

        I’ve never heard of or seen that before. Thank you for passing along your white whale lol. Now I need it too. Tbh, all their flavors are pretty good if you haven’t tried the others, I’d suggest giving them a shot. My local grocery store (it’s very local so not naming it so I don’t dox myself) has a very good alternative store brand. I like berry flavors, and their in house brand is just as good as polar if not better. Worth trying your local store brand just in case you get lucky and find a new favorite!

  • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 day ago

    If I ever have to unload one of those fucking trucks again I’m going to commit a terrorist attack.

  • protist@mander.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

    No son of mine is going to drink “La Croix!”

    We drink Waterloo in this house

  • tekeous@usenet.lol
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    6
    ·
    1 day ago

    La croix contains some chemical that gives me an instant migraine. I drink the Kirkland sparkling water, for whatever reason it doesn’t do the same.

    Sparkling water gang is superior to soda cucks