Wanted to try an energy drink since I usually never drink them but didn't want one with tons of sugar etc but also didn't taste terrible. This would just be a once in a great while occasion.
I just wish it wasn't so expensive. I can pick up a big case of cola for cheaper than a modest sized case of fizzy water.
Polar Springs and Waterloo are both good options. I love Topo Chico but apparently it has a lot of PFAS
V8 Energy is pretty good. The caffeine amount is relatively low and the ingredients are decent.
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But within artificial sweeteners, which might be even worse for our health than sugar.
Topo Chico or San Pellegrino. Sparkling mineral water in general. Gotta have those minerals, though.
It took me a long time to realize that la Croix and sparkling waters aren't lacking flavor. It's that my palette was so overwhelmed with sugar that I couldn't taste those flavors. Once I stopped drinking soda everything else kind of popped with flavor
This was going to be my choice until I realized they wanted some caffeine.
Sunkist orange soda or my preference, Barqs root beer. Both have a very limited amount of caffeine to impact the flavor. "Barqs has bite" because it has a tiny amount of caffeine. Caffeine has an apparently bitter taste.
I've developed a taste for Sparkling Ice lately, especially their Black Cherry. It's got a bit of real fruit juice in it and tastes way better than most other seltzer type drinks that usually rate somewhere from meh to vomit inducing.
They also have caffeinated versions but those have a bit too much for my liking.Just don’t. There’s not too much of a benefit but adding to the grocery budget. 1-2 Monster a day habits add up quick.
For lower amounts of caffeine I was going to suggest a tea of some kind - but if it we’d like for it to carbonated then maybe Kombucha?
My post literally says once in a great while occasion, but I have a disposable income anyways
The only carbonated drink without caffeine, alcohol and sugar is non alcoholic beer.
It is really great, just find one which after taste does not bother you (most have some sweet aftertaste) and drink it cold. It is great drink.
