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You can post any kind of non-booze beverage you're crazy for right here. Cola, non-cola soft drink, energy drink, fruit drink, fruit juice, de-alcoholized alcohol, spring water, health drink, etc. Both currently available and discontinued are welcome. Only exception is for unflavoured milk, because it's boring. Alternative milks (soy milk, rice milk, almond milk...) are Ok. Mine is Clearly Canadian blackberry flavour. I originally had it in the mid-nineties. It's just carbonated water with real sugar and natural flavour, and it's fantastically unique! They reformulated it a few years later with sucralose, and it tasted a lot worse. It then disappeared completely, and then suddenly re-appeared in the mid-2000s under the original formulation. This rebirth only lasted a year or two until they decided to reformulate it with artificial sweeteners AGAIN, and then the company went through restructuring. Never have I seen a business so obsessed with change... EDIT!! A tell-all article about the company was recently printed! Explains everything! See this page 10 post! Apparently late last year, a very limited run of the original formulation was released (the drink also has raspberry, peach, and strawberry flavours), and I MISSED IT!!! Can anyone point me towards some for sale? Please? P.S. The inspiration for this thread comes from watching some episodes of Brad Tries, a fantastic drink-tasting series. I recommend the Billy Beer episode!  ---> ALERT!!!! Clearly Canadian is staging a comeback!!! FAQ available here. Pre-order at www.clearlycanadian.com - they need to sell at least 25,000 cases in order to fund full-scale production, so be sure to follow them on Twitter, like them on Facebook, and spread the word! The ultimate flavoured water is back in town!  July Update! September update: Nearing 7,500 cases sold, CC is launching a contest - buy a case, win a $25,000 Canadian adventure of your choice! (You can enter without purchase, but you'd sure be missing out on a swell drink!) January Update - The Clearly campaign just passed the 20,000 mark! Have -you- gotten in on it yet? 
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Jan 26, 2013 09:45
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Pepsi Blue is probably my favorite soft drink ever. It was so heavily carbonated that it was almost tear-inducing if you tried to chug it, but that just meant you had to take it slow and savor it. Mountain Dew Voltage is the closest thing to it now, but its not quite the same.
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Jan 26, 2013 10:01
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It's coffee here too.
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Jan 26, 2013 10:01
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I personally hate the taste of plain coffee. The only way I can stand the stuff is in a heavily sweetened form like french vanilla or raspberry cappuccino. Here's a neat thing - caffeine has a calming effect on me. I used to drink Bawls Guarana to relieve stress.
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Jan 26, 2013 10:22
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 Not only premixed, but the Bundaberg one is pretty good. LL&B is great, so refreshing.
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Jan 26, 2013 10:55
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I like the cold green tea drinks in Japan  Can't get them where I live   edit: also, Cherry coke. Can't get it either. I see a pattern here 
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Jan 26, 2013 11:07
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Synthetic Hermit posted:I personally hate the taste of plain coffee. The only way I can stand the stuff is in a heavily sweetened form like french vanilla or raspberry cappuccino. You're just used to bad coffee. I was the same way. Grind the coffee bean minutes before brewing it and it's delicious. I don't add anything to mine. Also don't buy the coffee from a supermarket or Starbucks. Look on Yelp for a good local roaster, and if there aren't any you can order good roasted beans online.
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Jan 26, 2013 11:20
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coffee all the way. I only add milk and sugar and stuff if I have already had too much coffee for the day. Close runner up is Jones Green Apple soda.
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Jan 26, 2013 11:46
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Without a doubt, black coffee takes the number one spot. Beneath that it's a quagmire of lesser beverages: Barqs Root Beer Black Cherry Soda Celray Apple Juice Ginger Beer White grape juice
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Jan 26, 2013 13:00
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Boylan's ginger ale. Softer than Schweppes, has a flavor unlike Canada Dry and comes in a fancy embossed glass bottle with an old-fashioned crown cap that you can twist open with your bare hands. Too bad it's hideously expensive after all the importing it has to go through.
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Jan 26, 2013 13:06
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Fresh squeezed lemonade. The most consistently tasty lemonades from restaurants around here are from Chick fil a and Cracker Barrel has a good raspberry one.
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Jan 26, 2013 13:59
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Torka posted:
Gonna second this, but the Bundabergs are a little too smooth and sweet. It's hard to get it right (having it too bitter completely ruins the drink), but it definitely needs to be a little bit sharper IMO. Bundaberg ginger beer is pretty awesome, though.
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Jan 26, 2013 14:01
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A cold horchata on a hot day.
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Jan 26, 2013 14:02
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I'll say my favorite right now is fresh juice. The recipe I'm currently keen on is 4 apples, 4 carrots, 1/2 inch of ginger root, and a handful of parsley. It's quite refreshing.
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Jan 26, 2013 14:35
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Always and forever will be coffee.
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Jan 26, 2013 14:57
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Strawberry raspberry smoothies. All day, every day.
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Jan 26, 2013 15:00
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Strawberry milkshake or this: It's probably going to turn my kidneys into jelly before I'm 40, but I don't care.
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Jan 26, 2013 15:00
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Black coffee This stuff  and this stuff  And milky chai tea
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Jan 26, 2013 15:02
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Tea. The real stuff and the Liptonice stuff. San Bitters Chinoto Crawley Heat has a new favorite as of 04:43 on Jan 27, 2013 |
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Jan 26, 2013 16:01
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Either delicious German orange Fanta, or possibly good good root beer.
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Jan 26, 2013 16:13
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Once in a while I like going into a Chinese or South Asian supermarket and picking up some random canned drink. I discovered lychee juice this way, and Rubicon Mango.
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Jan 26, 2013 16:24
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Coffee is king, and long may he rein. However, I also love fresh squeezed lemonade, apple cider (delicious hot or cold, and divine with a splash of whiskey or bison grass vodka), Thai iced tea, and mango lassi. As terrible as I know soda is for me, I've been having a love affair with cranberry ginger ale lately, and have been semi-stockpiling it. My go-to, though, is mineral water or club soda, ice cold with a slice of lemon or lime. Bubbles make water special.
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Jan 26, 2013 16:30
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Definitely Raspberry Iced Tea. I don't live in the US so it's always sweetened here. I probably like raspberry flavored anything really, but the iced tea is the best. The only restaurants that have it on the menu seem to be in the US, so that's always unsweetened and I don't like it that way. Taco Bell actually has a good soft drink one though.
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Jan 26, 2013 16:30
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Buttermilk.
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Jan 26, 2013 16:32
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Taiwanese milk tea boba Thai tea  Vietnamese coffee  And of course... 
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Jan 26, 2013 17:16
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 Also, a nice cup of Earl Grey Yoshi Jjang posted:Thai tea YES. This too
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Jan 26, 2013 17:16
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Virgil's Root Beer is one of my all time favorites, but I think it ties with their cream soda, which tastes literally like it was made in heaven.
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Jan 26, 2013 17:23
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This stuff right here: I love it so much. It's the only juice that I don't mix with alcohol because I can't stand to dilute it, it's that good.
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Jan 26, 2013 17:29
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Fresh orange juice, coffee being a close 2nd.
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Jan 26, 2013 17:45
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Coffee, Tea, Milk, Sunkist brand orange soda.
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Jan 26, 2013 18:01
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Spring water's ok to post, but unflavoured milk is "too boring"? I like San Pellegrino lemonade. The weird brown sherbert-tasting version is horrendous, though.
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Jan 26, 2013 18:15
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Synthetic Hermit posted:Mine is Clearly Canadian blackberry flavour. I originally had it in the mid-nineties. It's just carbonated water with real sugar and natural flavour, and it's fantastically unique! They reformulated it a few years later with sucralose, and it tasted a lot worse. It then disappeared completely, and then suddenly re-appeared in the mid-2000s under the original formulation. This rebirth only lasted a year or two until they decided to reformulate it with artificial sweeteners AGAIN, and then the company went through restructuring. Never have I seen a business so obsessed with change... YES! Clearly Canadian was amazing and I miss it every day. The Coastal Cranberry and Loganberry flavors were good too. I still have some of the original bottles. I've never found a flavored sparkling water that tastes nearly as good. If you find any for sale, let me know too!
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Jan 26, 2013 18:15
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Dr. Pepper is basically the best possible thing to drink.
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Jan 26, 2013 19:43
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Dorroile posted:Dr. Pepper is basically the best possible thing to drink. Dr. Pepper Slurpee gets my vote. I also love pretty much every flavour of Clearly Canadian. I remember Orbitz too, I get my jelly fix with bubble tea now at least.
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Jan 26, 2013 19:58
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My favorite drink is Cheerwine. They don't sell it where I live, so I have to order online.
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Jan 26, 2013 20:04
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 Not as good as it used to be, they changed the recipe a few years ago. I even called to complain
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Jan 26, 2013 20:13
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Pomegranate juice. It's all the joy of eating a pomegranate but without half an hour of peeling.
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Jan 26, 2013 20:16
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Moxie. It used to be a New England thing, then it whittled itself down to just Maine. My family is in Florida now and a chain of Maine-based supermarkets (Sweetbay) has started to spring up around town, and some of them carry it. It has a bitter aftertaste. The whole soda itself is an acquired taste. I've given it to a few people down here and they say it tastes like fizzy coffee or fizzy cough syrup. 
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Penguingo posted:Spring water's ok to post, but unflavoured milk is "too boring"? There are a billion different brands of bottled water from different sources and filtration methods, but milk is milk. If your fave is raw milk or kefir or something else fairly exotic, go for it. For those seeking a unique ginger ale, I recommend Reed's Ginger Brew (same company owns the rights to Virgil's Root Beer). Rather than using a flavour extract or powdered ginger, Reed's brews real pieces of ginger into every batch. It has a bold, but not excessively biting taste (unless you get the Extra Strong). It comes in several flavours, including a unique tasting Apple Cider, and a Premium that's only sweetened with honey. Check out their YouTube channel for some behind the scenes clips and interviews with Mr. Reed. Brennanite posted:If you find any for sale, let me know too! Will do! 
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