Other/Weird (89 reviews)
Drink Chia Mango Tangerine
If you’re looking for bold flavors, then look elsewhere. If you’re looking for something mild with some health benefits that will help curb your hunger then here you go. It has a light citrus flavor that if you concentrate enough does in fact taste kind of like mangos and tangerines.
I’d like to hire Dustin Hoffman’s character from Rainman to count how many chia seeds are actually in this drink. I’m guessing at least three thousand, but it’s hard to tell. I’d say this is 55% liquid and 45% seed. You get hundreds of seeds in your mouth with every sip, but if you try to chew them, they just slip right around your teeth. It’s a fun little game.
- Website
- http://www.drinkchianow.com/
- Country
- United States
- Sweetener
- Organic Evaporated Cane Juice
- Categories
- Chunky Drinks, Other/Weird
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Jason Draper on 1/28/2013
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Hung Fook Tong Grosvenor Momordica Fruit Drink
What can I say about the grosvenor momordica that hasn’t been said a million times before? I mean it is the most common foodstuff on this planet we call Earth. I can’t remember a day when I didn’t wake up in the morning and pour myself a large bowl of grosvenor for breakfast. Well I must have been but a wee child the last time I went without it.
For those of you who are visiting from other planets or galaxies I will do my best to describe this most familiar of foods. I mean how does one describe something that is as common as water? It is a fruit that grows on a vine that, and it is said to be 300 times sweeter than sugar, but it is naturally low in calories. You may also know it by it’s more commonplace name: monk fruit. When it’s made into a drink like this one it is typically mixed in with some liquorice root. The result is a beverage that is fairly sweet, but tastes like a watered down throat coat tea. I can’t believe I actually typed all of that out since you all obviously know exactly what it tastes like. I’m sure the mental image I painted left your mouth watering and you made your way to the pantry to prepare yourself a nice little snack that will give you the comfort of your childhood blankie.
- Website
- http://www.hungfooktong.com/tc/
- Country
- China
- Sweetener
- Extract of Grosvenor Momordica Fruit
- Categories
- Juice, Other/Weird
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Jason Draper on 1/6/2013
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Mayesa Cacao Dark Chocolate Mint
Today, on National Chocolate Day I have chosen to drink this delectable drink. I don't normally blow the review in the first sentence but why waste my time? This is wonderful. It's dark and naturally bitter and has a strong but inoffensive mint kick to it. It's properly thick and vegan so all can enjoy it. Note that this is expensive as far as drinks go clocking in at $2.50 but honestly, as a sweet treat, it's worth it. It tastes like hot chocolate cooled down and put in an adult juice box. Oh, what I wouldn't give to relive my childhood with rich parents who put this juice box in my lunch every day. Look, my parent's are great but we're admittedly "middle class" and to have this little buddy in my bag every day would cost $12.50 per week, $50 per month, or $500 per school year. That's too much to spend on a kid's dumb lunch bag. Added reason not to give this for lunch is that this is the top of the ladder when it comes to "trades," so you, a hard working parent, are having your luxury traded for another turkey sandwich and some gummy worms. I wasn't a big trader but some kids were. Pudding for this, Jell-O for that. This trumps all. You would be crowned king or queen of the lunchroom and your fame would get to your head, your grades would suffer and people would start doing your homework for you in order to get a taste of your drink, the teacher would find out you were cheating and you would get failed right out of fourth grade. You would be the oldest kid and people would call you a dummy all because of your drink. Parents don't let this happen to your kids. Give them juice like all the other parents. Save this for home when they get good grades on a math test or something. No one kid should have the power this drink would instantly grant them.
- Website
- http://www.mayesa.com/
- Country
- United States
- Sweetener
- Organic Evaporated Cane Juice
- Categories
- Other/Weird
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Mike Literman on 12/24/2012
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Fuzhou Olive
I found this drink once before and did not buy it because it was two years expired. It sought me out and demanded I drink it. Now, I found this and my heart dropped because I thought this was going to be the drink to "do it." What do I mean by "do it?" Why, throw up, of course. I put this in the fridge today in anticipation of possibly doing it, but I'm a Thirsty Dude, I have to drink everything. This is part of everything, ergo I have to drink it.
First sip was a tiny sip. If this were going to make me sick, the sip I took would have warned my body that terror was about to strike. It was prefacing my body to prepare for the onslaught that was about to come. My poor body. It probably hates me. I throw absolute garbage at it every day and it does me pretty well.
I was surprised, though. It was not poison but an almost drinkable beverage. If you can imagine a green olive inside a lemonade, that would be this. A kid martini. It tasted a lot less like a green olive than I was expecting. I'm not drinking more than 10% of this as I still fear it but I conquered it nonetheless.
In closing I will tell you what it says on the front and you can determine for yourself if what I said matches the companies statement on said drink:
"A wonderful gift bestowed by nature with a distinctive flavor"
- Website
- http://www.great-olive.com
- Country
- China
- Sweetener
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Categories
- Juice, Other/Weird
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Mike Literman on 12/19/2012
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Grandpa Lundquist Scandinavian Julmust Christmas Soda
Dear Grandpa Lundquist,
I know we haven't seen each other in many, many years, but I needed to write you about something important. Despite being family, I think it's important that I am completely honest with you. I found a bottle of your "Christmas Soda" in the basement last night and drank it. Well, tried to drink it. Mom said it's called Julmust in Sweden and you used to trick her with it when she wanted a treat. I wish she had warned me before I took a big swig. If I knew it had barley and hops in it, I would have never taken it off the shelf. To quote a friend who I let try it, "it tastes like cough medicine, flat beer, and diet coke". While I’ve never tasted beer myself, I agree completely. My question to you is why would you make something so gross?
Thanks for the proverbial lump of coal.
Your disgusted grandson,
Derek
- Country
- United States
- Sweetener
- Pure Cane Sugar
- Categories
- Other/Weird, Soda Pop
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Derek Neuland on 12/4/2012
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Chia Star Fusion Beverage Peach Green Tea
Let it be known that I am not a huge fan of NYC. It's dirty, a good majority of the people are rude, and I hate the idea of being a faceless identity in a sea of people. Two things the city does have going for it are a nice variety of veggie food and great drink selections sat all the corner stores. It's been awhile since I have been overwhelmed by what beverages store carry, but the bodega in which I found this chia tea did just that. I spent way too long making my selections, and this came out one of the victors.
If I had come across this s year ago my mind would have been blown, but since then a couple other companies have emerged that have used chia seeds in their beverages. I'm not talking down on this drink, because it is something I really enjoyed. It has a good semi sweetened peach green tea flavor. That alone would make it a drink that I would keep my eyes open before, but on top of that the chia seeds give it a nice unusual texture. They also make it more beneficial health wise as they boost omega 3 and 6, fiber and calcium.
On a side note you have to love that the seeds are the first item on the ingredients list. There are literally more seeds in here than beverage. Ridiculous.
- Website
- http://www.chiastar.com/
- Country
- United States
- Sweetener
- Organic Cane Sugar
- Categories
- Chunky Drinks, Iced Tea, Other/Weird
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Jason Draper on 12/2/2012
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Ohealth Groud
Ahh, the "other/weird" category of Thirsty Dudes. Most of the stuff isn't domestic so we have to travel and discover this stuff. This was quite the unexpected discovery, I must say.
I had a handful of people try this and here are some of the one sentence reviews that have been provided to me:
- It tastes like plastic.
- It tastes like grass.
- It tastes like pool water.
- I can't get past the texture.
I don't know what the flavor/ingredient of a"groud" and if I had to guess, I would fail. This drink is semi-gelatinous and really tastes like a goopy brown sugar drink. It's not at all offensive and is very smooth both in flavor and texture. It's not completely gross but I can understand how it is off-putting. It's a chunky drink and that is hard for people to take. It's not particularly great or even good. It's not bad, either. It's just kind of...there. It doesn't taste like much. Between that and the fact that most people just can't accept the texture, I can't give this a high rating. The texture caught me by surprise and I usually like stuff like this.
- Country
- Taiwan
- Sweetener
- Sugar and Brown Sugar
- Categories
- Chunky Drinks, Other/Weird
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Mike Literman on 12/1/2012
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Drink Chia Strawberry Citrus
You would think that a drink that has little slimy chia seeds in it would have a lot to say about itself, but when I put my ear to this bottle all I hear is faint murmurs. The flavors in this line are tame at best. I guess there is nothing wrong with that. Some people want something that is only lightly flavored and this is a drink for them. Hell, I love lightly flavored unsweetened tea; it’s one of my favorites. I just can’t seem to get behind this. It’s like you got a glass of water at a restaurant and they squeezed lemon slices instead of one, but instead of lemon it was equal amounts of strawberry and orange juice. That’s about the extent of the flavor. If you take that and dump in a couple hundred chia seeds (that are essentially flavorless) you get this drink.
- Website
- http://www.drinkchianow.com/
- Country
- United States
- Sweetener
- Organic Evaporated Cane Juice
- Categories
- Chunky Drinks, Other/Weird
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Jason Draper on 11/10/2012
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Organic Thinkers Herbal Drink Real Jamaican Sorrel Roots
One of Mike’s boss’ once proposed the idea of him doing a Thirsty Dudes spin off based on hot sauce. You know to join the great spin offs such as Joanie Love Chachi, The Ropers, Just the Ten of Us, A Different World, Empty Nest, Daria, and to bring it back to the beginning: Laverne and Shirley. Knowing how Mike stores his drinks all over the floor at work I can only assume Kevin would store his hot sauce the same way. One would think that there would be no way that the two would ever be confused, that is until this bottle of Organic Thinkers Sorrel Root drink would enter the mix. At that point either Kevin is going to get a floral, herbal splash on his hot dogs or Mike is going to get a mouthful of some crazy hot sauce. I really hope it would be Mike’s mistake, but only if it was videotaped. Something like that is just too funny to not be immortalized in a digital format. Lucky for one of them that “Hot Sauce Dudes” or whatever it was going to be called never got off the ground, because seriously this bottle looks exactly like it should contain liquid fire.
This bottle expressly says there is no alcohol added. If it didn’t have that statement there is no way in hell I would have tried this as it smells like some sort of cocktail a grandfather would drink. I took the world’s tiniest sip, and I think there is no alcohol added because the drink itself is alcoholic. Actually it wasn’t even a sip I dabbed some on my finger and tasted it. Good-bye edge. This has to be alcohol. It smells like it, it has a slight burn (that could be from the ginger, and it tastes what I remember vodka or something like that tasting like, but with added sweetness. A drop on my finger is all I’m going to try and it was no good in my book. I’m sure it’s great for you health wise, but it’s not a flavor I can get down with at all, especially if it really does contain a substantial amount of alcohol from fermentation. Seriously I would rather take a shot of hot sauce than dump this on my food any day.
- Country
- Jamaica
- Sweetener
- Cane Sugar
- Categories
- Other/Weird
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Jason Draper on 10/8/2012
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Drink Chia Honeysuckle Pear
Unlike most pear flavored drinks the taste of the fruit is not very strong in this drink. Actually the flavor is pretty mellow. I think it tastes more of honeysuckle than pear. By that I mean it tastes ever so slightly floral and sweet. The more I think about it the more mild and nondescript the flavor becomes. It’s pleasant enough.
The seeds in this are smaller than those in the Mama Chia line. They still have that slimy coating that makes them go down smooth. They may be tinier, but they are very plentiful. This is a health conscious drink that has a bunch of benefits.
- Website
- http://www.drinkchianow.com/
- Country
- United States
- Sweetener
- Organic Evaporated Cane Juice
- Categories
- Chunky Drinks, Other/Weird
- Rating
- Reviewed By
- Jason Draper on 9/29/2012
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