# Recommend me a soft drink, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [July 13, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476 "2010-07-13T01:05:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/21 "2010-07-14T02:00:17Z")
[Pineapple and Pear](http://www.wests.co.nz/products.html) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/22 "2010-07-14T02:35:41Z")
[Victorian Lemonade.](http://www.drinkfentimans.com/) You can get it at BevMo\* and it’s fantastic - not super sweet, not sour, very lightly carbonated. - BevMo has a bunch of different ‘old-fashioned’ sodas too. I don’t like carbonated drinks, so I haven’t picked any of them up. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/23 "2010-07-14T03:34:31Z")
No sugar, caffeine or alcohol? Dude, we’re not gods. 😃 I like lemon juice straight out of the little plastic lemon. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/24 "2010-07-14T03:55:31Z")
My favorite is the juice of a lime squeezed into a glass, topped off with sparkling water and ice. And sometimes a pinch of salt. Bliss! ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/25 "2010-07-14T09:42:10Z")
Try the Italian drink [chinotto](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinotto). I don’t like super-sweet drinks either and chinotto is my favourite soft drink. It may be expensive and a little hard to find, though. Try it with a squeeze of lemon. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/26 "2010-07-14T11:20:55Z")
[Judge Smails] **How about a Fresca?** [/Judge Smails] ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/27 "2010-07-14T11:42:57Z")
Fresca ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/28 "2010-07-14T12:10:35Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Well, the OP stated that he liked gin, so can I presume he’s fond of tonic water, too? I love drinking tonic water, with or without gin; I find the taste very satisfying! Seconding tonic with lime in it. You may also consider adding a splash of Rose’s Lime Cordial to tonic water, soda water, or indeed just tap water with ice - it’s very refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/29 "2010-07-14T12:26:42Z")
iced tea seems the obvious choice, I’m sure there are some with green tea as flavour (there are here in Holland, and I know from experience there is way more choice in ice tea in the US). ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/30 "2010-07-14T14:39:52Z")
Second on Fresca- Polar Diet Orange works too. ---
**Author:** ![valleyofthedolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a4c791/32.png) [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476/31 "2010-07-15T04:03:57Z")
TAB Nobody seems to drink it anymore but for me an ice cold can equals happiness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-soft-drink-please/546476.md?page=1)