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Square Apple Carrot

Square Apple Carrot
This has been in my fridge for about two months. I haven't been scared as I thought that I wasn't going to like it as much as I did. Truth is, this was very good. You get a lot of apple juice and a little carrot. Have you ever juiced anything? Firstly, a juicer is a terrible invention. In my personal opinion and experience, you can buy 15 bottles of V8 for the cost of buying a cheap juicer and one serving of fruits and vegetables. I once went to the grocery store to buy stuff for a juicer and it came to over $20 and made some gross juice. This doesn't taste anything like V8 but it is good. Sweet and apple-y but you know there are carrots in there, and you're fine with it. Is it good for you? Better for you than a lot of other stuff that we've been drinking.
Rating
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Categories
Juice
Company
SquareWebsite
Country
Poland
Sweetener
Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 11/15/10, 9:37 AM
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Joe Tea Green Tea

Joe Tea Green Tea
Awhile back, a long time before we started this site, I had the peach Joe's tea. I loved it, and have been keeping an eye out for it since then. I recently found this one at a Whole Foods on a recent tour. While it's not as great as the peach variety, the green tea is pretty good.
It's a pretty mild tea, and the "low sugar" is nice. It's always nice to have a tea that isn't overly sweet, yet not completely bitter. I appreciate the resealable bottle since it is a large quantity of tea.
Rating
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Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Joe TeaWebsite@JoeTea
Country
United States
Sweetener
Pure Cane Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 11/14/10, 7:33 PM
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Pom Wonderful Pomegranate Mango

Pom Wonderful Pomegranate Mango
This is health in a bottle, or so I'd like to believe. This is nothing but pomegranate and mango juice. It's bitter and harsh the way pomegranate juice should be. For those who are unfamiliar, pomegranate tastes like a very intense grape juice. I wish the mango juice were a bit stronger. It's hard when you're dealing with so much pomegranate juice. Let's hope this helps to kick my cold in the butt.
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Categories
Juice
Company
PomWebsite@pomwonderful
Country
United States
Sweetener
Naturally Sweetened
Author
Jason Draper on 11/14/10, 12:04 PM
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Hubert's Lemonade Mango

Hubert's Lemonade Mango
Wow when that first sip hits you this is so incredibly sour. It tastes like your drinking the lemon concentrate that comes in those little plastic lemon shaped bottles. With each future sip you become more acclimated with it and it doesn't seem nearly as sour. At first I thought it was too much, and that I wouldn't be able to finish it. After a few more gulps, I was really enjoying it. I super tart lemonade with a nice mango overtone. It's a little harsh, and I couldn't drink it on the regular, but it would be a nice treat from time to time. I wish I had drunk it when it was super hot outside. You know, how lemonade is meant to be enjoyed.
The same company makes this that makes Hansen's sodas. They know how to made a great pop and interesting lemonade. Bravo.
Rating
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Categories
Lemonade
Company
Hubert'sWebsite@HansensNatural
Country
United States
Sweetener
Cane Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 11/14/10, 10:01 AM
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Chadwick Bay Lemonade Original

Chadwick Bay Lemonade Original
I wouldn't exactly say, "just how mama made it" as mom probably used real sugar and not a corn based sugar substitute, but the taste is pretty spot on. It's got a good tartness and a good sweetness to it and neither lingers too long in your mouth like an unwanted guest and we all know what that's like.

I saved the other half for just the right occasion, and that might be coming up soon as I am pretty thirsty. You get that way occasionally.
Rating
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Categories
Lemonade
Company
Chadwick Bay@chadwickbay
Country
United States
Sweetener
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Author
Mike Literman on 11/14/10, 7:33 AM
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Genesis Boost Inner Boost Noni

Genesis Boost Inner Boost Noni
Ugh. Look. I just had the gnarliest food poisoning of my life. Worst. It destroyed me. Annihilated, I threw up so hard I fell out of bed. No, I'm not exaggerating. So what do I remember I have in my fridge? This Genesis Inner Boost drink, which is supposed to support detoxification and internal cleansing. What better thing to drink after getting internally crushed by bad seafood? Uh, well, I'll tell you. Anything. I could not like this drink any less. Yes, any less. Took two sips and couldn't touch the stuff. Number 1 ingredient, pear juice, 2; strawberry juice; 3, raspberry juice; 4, grape juice. All good, right? Yeah? Could it be #5, the dreaded Noni berry? I don't know. I'm not a large fan of pears, they are like crappy apples, but this didn't really taste like it. It didn't really taste like anything and smelled even worse.

This drink might be for someone and I'm not looking for something special, too fruity, too dry, too thick, too thin, whatever, I don't care. This seemed borderline undrinkable, like I could give it to 100 people and 100 people would say, "No, not for me." I'm clearly and evidently one in 100.
Rating
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Categories
Juice and Sports/Dietary Supplement
Company
Genesis BoostWebsite@GENESISBOOST
Country
United States
Sweetener
No Sugar Added
Author
Mike Literman on 11/13/10, 5:04 PM
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Abbott Farms Gray Mule Spicy Ginger Ale

Abbott Farms Gray Mule Spicy Ginger Ale
Disappointment city. A donkey wearing glasses showing its teeth says, "It kicks!" This should have been the best ginger ale I've ever had. Instead mediocrity reigned supreme. When it was in your mouth it tasted like carbonated candy water. Then when you smiled it burned. I love a good ginger burn, the thing was this was a different type of burn altogether. Upon reading the ingredients I discovered there wasn't any ginger in it at all. I don't even want to know what created the burn. I choked through about a third of the bottle, and then I had to give up. To reiterate: Disappointment city.
Rating
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Categories
Soda Pop and Ginger
Company
Abbott FarmsWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Pure Cane Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 11/13/10, 3:39 PM
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Abbott Farms Kangaroo Jack Root Beer

Abbott Farms Kangaroo Jack Root Beer
This is my first review of the slew of sodas I got at the Abbott Farms rest stop in South Carolina. I walked in and saw a wall of random bottles of soda, and my day just got brighter.
This root beer is actually made by Abbott Farms. It's a decent run of the mill root beer. It reminds me a lot of Barq's actually. Instead of having "bite" it comes "with a kick." I would have expected that to mean it had caffeine in it, but no.
Sometimes you want a fancy root beer and sometimes you want a "candy" root beer. This is something that can fill your needs in those times.
Rating
🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
Categories
Root Beer and Soda Pop
Company
Abbott FarmsWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Pure Cane Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 11/12/10, 8:08 PM
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Pom Tea Pomegranate Peach Passion White Tea

Pom Tea Pomegranate Peach Passion White Tea
Like most people around Buffalo this time of year, I have come down with a cold. I've been downing an obscene amount of juice, and I thought I'd switch it up a bit and try this Pom tea.
Even though my nose is clogged and my taste buds are suffering, the pomegranate, peach and passion fruit flavors cut right through. The fruit makes it really sweet, but there is also a bitter hint of the white tea mixed in. You can really make out each of the separate fruit flavors in each sip. I really love this, and hopefully all of the antioxidants will help clear the sickness out of my head as well.
Rating
🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
PomWebsite@pomwonderful
Country
United States
Sweetener
Fructose
Author
Jason Draper on 11/12/10, 10:07 AM
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Snow Cranberry Pomraz

Snow Cranberry Pomraz
I had never heard of Snow before until a couple of days ago when in the span of a couple hours I got a bunch of text messages from people asking me if I had tried it yet. I guess it must have just hit the shelves, and my friends are looking out for Thirsty Dudes.
It's really a great soda. It's light, but still flavorful. I did not have high hopes for this. The can looks like something you would find in a Dollar Store. I'm really glad I was proved wrong. Raspberry, cranberry and pomegranate make a good team together. I will definitely be trying the other flavors.
I don't know what snow has to do with this drink, except they donate proceeds to help combat global warming. The name and the can design make it look like it's a season drink. I hope that does not deter sales for them once the warmer weather kicks back in.
Rating
🧃🧃🧃🧃🧃
Categories
Soda Pop
Company
SnowWebsite@SnowBeverages
Country
United States
Sweetener
Natural Cane Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 11/11/10, 1:48 PM
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Hint Unsweetened Essence Water Pomegranate Tangerine

Hint Unsweetened Essence Water Pomegranate Tangerine
I like flavored waters. I like them because I like a weak drink. A subtle flavor still keeps the essence of why you're drinking water in the first place alive. I still feel like I'm doing something good for myself while enjoying the natural taste of fruit. No sugar, no funny business.

Firstly, I get more tangerine than pomegranate so it should have been called tangerine pomegranate, not visa versa.

I liked this. It was good to drink with a meal and without since I took a break while drinking this of about 12 hours. It was good the second time around. I don't know if you can get Hint by me, but you can get it at Whole Food as well as a handful of other places. Go to their site and try some of their other stuff out. This one would be a good place to start.
Rating
🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛
Categories
Water
Company
HintWebsite@Hint_Water
Country
United States
Sweetener
No Sugar Added
Author
Mike Literman on 11/11/10, 9:38 AM
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Jones Gaba Grapefruit Tea-Juice

Jones Gaba Grapefruit Tea-Juice
There is really only the faintest of grapefruit flavoring in this tea. It mainly tastes like tea with the GABA in it. The only time I've ever tasted it was in this line of Jones. I'm not really a big fan. This will be the last one of these that I will be reviewing. They all taste similar and not too exciting.
Rating
🧃🧃🧃🧃🧃
Categories
Sports/Dietary Supplement and Iced Tea
Company
JonesWebsite@jonessodaco
Country
United States
Sweetener
Inverted Cane Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 11/10/10, 2:56 PM
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Ito En Teas' Tea Green Jasmine

Ito En Teas' Tea Green Jasmine
So I'm back in Buffalo. That means Taco Tuesdays are back on. Okay, we get burritos, but Burrito Tuesdays just doesn't have the same ring. For some reason I love drinking unsweetened tea with burritos. I have no idea why, but I think they really compliment each other.
Last night when we were eating our burritos, I decided that I wanted to feel like I was at a Chinese restaurant while I ate my food, so I grabbed a jasmine green tea. I'm fairly new to the world of jasmine tea. I don't know why I never got it in the past, but I absolutely love it now. It strangely tastes like the clean hippy girls in high school smelled. You know the ones that weren't so dirty that they had to douse themselves in patchouli. After rereading that, it makes this sound disgusting, but I'm sticking with it, because that's what it makes me think of and I still think this tea is delicious.
Rating
🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Categories
Iced Tea
Company
Ito EnWebsite@ITO_EN
Country
United States
Sweetener
No Sugar Added
Author
Jason Draper on 11/10/10, 1:34 PM
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Kristall Swedish Lingonberry

Kristall Swedish Lingonberry
I found this at Whole Foods. I thought that lingonberry was one of the berries that had been genetically crossed to create the local favorite loganberry. Our friends from Wales told us that there was a carbonated loganberry drink from Sweden. I assumed this was it. I was wrong and after some research I found out that it was a blackberry mixed with a raspberry.
Even though this doesn't have anything to do with the ever elusive loganberry, it was pretty great. I have a great respect for companies who can successfully carbonate juice without it being too sweet or tasting like seltzer water. Kristall got the magic right. It does taste very similar to a very, very light loganberry. I highly suggest trying this is you ever see it.
It's probably just because it says "Swedish" on the bottle, but it reminds me of the taste of Swedish Fish. My girlfriend said I was crazy and she didn't taste it at all. I do love those little candies though. Eat one of those and a Sour Patch Kid at the same time and it's a party in your mouth.
Rating
🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
Categories
Soda Pop, Sparkling and Juice
Company
KristallWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Cane Sugar
Author
Jason Draper on 11/10/10, 1:26 PM
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Bolthouse Farms Perfectly Protein Mocha Cappuccino

Bolthouse Farms Perfectly Protein Mocha Cappuccino
This was as good as I wanted it to be. It tasted like a Starbucks mocha Frappuccino but with less coffee, which is more desirable to me. This is a large bottle and if I didn't stop myself, I could have easily slammed the entire thing. I liked it a lot and wasn't too worried with the exception that I haven't found a Bolthouse that I like. They're excellent for you but some of them are a bit too much for me. Not complex, just too "let's add this and this and this and this". This was pretty simple and I was pleased to see that it had no additional sugar and was sweetened by the apple juice that is a main ingredient.

I think that this, or any of the other ones, would be great to have any time, but like Jay does, have when you're sick. It's filled with important vitamins and minerals and is sure to make you feel better. They have a straight chocolate one that might be next on my list.

Also, at ~$4 per bottle, it can be a bit steep, but you do get a lot. For those interested in trying it out, they have smaller bottles that are about $2-$3 each which is more approachable. You can also get this at nearly any grocery store.
Rating
🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
Categories
Coffee
Company
Bolthouse FarmsWebsite@BolthouseFarms
Country
United States
Sweetener
No Sugar Added
Author
Mike Literman on 11/10/10, 9:05 AM
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Romano's Italian Soda Diet Orange Cream

Romano's Italian Soda Diet Orange Cream
This tastes a lot like an orange creamsicle but with a hint of that long lasting Splenda sweetness. You can refer to my non-diet review and basically append "tastes a little diet" to it. It's one of the better diet drinks I've had as it's not uber-sweet and doesn't have that tooth-curdling linger. Speaking of linger, this drink stays with you. I took a sip probably about two or three minutes ago and I can still kind of taste it. If you like that, that's great. I personally don't really like a lingering drink.

I don't know of many drinks that have such a true orange creamsicle taste so if you are feeling nostalgic or just like orange cream try this. Unfortunately, I don't know where to get Romano's stuff. On their site you can get a list of cities and states their products are sold in.
Rating
🧃🧃🧃🧃🧃
Categories
Diet, Soda Pop and Sparkling
Company
Romano'sWebsite@RomanosSoda
Country
United States
Sweetener
Splenda
Author
Mike Literman on 11/9/10, 11:07 AM
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New Leaf Homemade Lemonade

New Leaf Homemade Lemonade
This is some of the best lemonade I have ever had. I built a crib, changing table, and a dresser and didn't drink anything. I went to my fridge, opened it, and saw that little bottle sitting there and I knew, now was the time. I made the right choice. This is what lemonade should taste like. It's got just the right amount of sweet, bitter, lemon, sugar, and it's great.

If you ever crave lemonade at any point in the year, this is the one to get. I'm singling it out amongst the growing number of lemonades out there.
Rating
🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Categories
Lemonade
Company
New LeafWebsite@DrinkNewLeaf
Country
United States
Sweetener
Cane Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 11/9/10, 9:05 AM
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Cawy Coconut

Cawy Coconut
Mixed reviews galore. I'll give you all of them:

Darryl:
Coconut instantly hits my throat and I instantly think Banana Boat suntan lotion.

Mike:
Tastes like suntan lotion

Mark:
[silence]

Me:
It wasn't bad. I mean, it's coconut, for real. If you like coconut, you should like this drink. If you don't, I would basically say that you should get a restraining order against it. It captures a real coconut pretty accurately. You get the sweet taste including the nutty aftertaste. It might sound gross, and it is, but I wish that there was chocolate syrup here so that I could mix it in and make an Almond Joy pop. I wonder if we have any...
Rating
🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
Categories
Soda Pop and Coconut
Company
CawyWebsite
Country
United States
Sweetener
Cane or Corn Sugar
Author
Mike Literman on 11/9/10, 8:58 AM
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Bolthouse Farms Bom Dia Acai With Mangosteen

Bolthouse Farms Bom Dia Acai With Mangosteen
I can't get over how smooth this is. I yet again expected it to be really harsh. I always feel like anything that has a lot of antioxidants in it is going to be super strong. I should have learned better from my last Bom Dia.
It tastes a lot like pear juice. I'm guessing that's the mangosteen. I really need to try a lot of these weird fruits in their natural form, so I can better identify the flavors. You also have to love a drink that is as sweet as this that has no added sugar. Dear Bolthouse, you have done it again. You've made drinking healthy things tasty and fun.
Rating
🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛
Categories
Juice
Company
Bolthouse FarmsWebsite@BolthouseFarms
Country
United States
Sweetener
Naturally Sweetened
Author
Jason Draper on 11/9/10, 8:10 AM
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Vignette Wine Country Soda Chardonnay

Vignette Wine Country Soda Chardonnay
I was skeptical about the Vignette series of sodas, mainly because actual wine smells like death to me. It smells so bad that I can't even comprehend how bad it must taste. Most people seem to love wine, but you know what I'm not most people and I don't trust others tastes.
I cracked this open and the smell was not offensive at all. I took a little sip, and what do we have here? This is really good. I'd even say great. If my memory from 20 years ago is correct, this tastes a lot like Mystic drinks when they used to be carbonated. I'm probably totally off on that, but that's what comes to mind.
It's like the lightest white grape juice, carbonated. There's something else in there as well. I can't quite place what it is, but it's just incredible. I salute you Vignette you have created something that I will now crave, but not be able to get around my hometown.
Rating
🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Categories
Juice, Soda Pop and Sparkling
Company
VignetteWebsite@VignetteWCS
Country
United States
Sweetener
Naturally Sweetened
Author
Jason Draper on 11/8/10, 5:24 PM
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