# What's your favorite non-alcoholic drink?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 28, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808 "2007-06-28T19:13:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/1 "2007-06-28T19:13:49Z")

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Working as a theatre manager and working on the concession stand makes me unusually interested in soda drinks and the drinks people drink. I’m drinking a lot of water but when I want a soda I tend towards Dr. Pepper.

How about everyone else?

– IG

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**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/2 "2007-06-28T19:32:16Z")

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Iced tea.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/3 "2007-06-28T19:35:57Z")

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Currently it’s Diet Mountain Dew Code Red. I think I bought Albertson’s out last time I went shopping. It’s rather difficult to find.

Followed up by iced tea. 🙂

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/4 "2007-06-28T19:36:45Z")

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Loves me some Dr. Pepper.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/5 "2007-06-28T19:38:43Z")

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Orange pop.

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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/6 "2007-06-28T19:38:50Z")

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Kool-aid and any Mountain Dew- I never understood the Simpsons jab at the taste of Mountain Dew.

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**Author:** ![srand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@srand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srand)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/7 "2007-06-28T19:40:14Z")

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Coffee.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/8 "2007-06-28T19:46:04Z")

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For a special treat, a mango lassi. For everday drinking, lime seltzer. I probably drink a couple of liters of seltzer a day, especially in the summers.

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/9 "2007-06-28T19:46:43Z")

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Vernor’s gingerale or Fresca for sodas.

And iced tea (not sweet).

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**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/10 "2007-06-28T19:48:16Z")

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I’m the lassi fan in Post 8. **Left Hand** is a Coffee Achiever.

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**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/11 "2007-06-28T19:52:03Z")

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I love Coca-Cola Classic, and I discovered when was trying to avoid caffeine that I don’t really like any other flavor of pop at all.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/12 "2007-06-28T19:53:12Z")

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Well-brewed coffee is a thing of beauty; I rarely get it, since I have a crappy coffeemaker and buy the cheap stuff. My regular drink is lime-flavored soda water; we go through about a liter a night of that stuff.

Daniel

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**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/13 "2007-06-28T19:55:18Z")

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Freshly made lemonade, or Dunkin Donuts strawberry coolattas.

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/14 "2007-06-28T19:56:50Z")

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Diet Pepsi

[sup]ducks and runs[/sup]

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**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/15 "2007-06-28T19:58:29Z")

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Coffee. And iced coffee. Water. And Diet Coke for the times when I need the caffeine, but can’t justify the calories of yet another creamed and sugared coffee or iced coffee.

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**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/16 "2007-06-28T19:59:01Z")

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Probably coffee but OJ is good too.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/17 "2007-06-28T19:59:19Z")

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Hot chocolate, cranberry juice, milk, and warm apple cider with cinnamon.

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**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/18 "2007-06-28T19:59:38Z")

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Iced tea (not from a can or fountain), followed by Lime or Vanilla Diet Pepsi.

I easily drink a 6-pack of Diet Pepsi every day, a 12 pack wouldn’t be much work.

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**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/19 "2007-06-28T20:02:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Kythereia]  
Hot chocolate, cranberry juice, milk, and warm apple cider with cinnamon.  
[/QUOTE]

All at once? You are one sick puppy.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-non-alcoholic-drink/409808/20 "2007-06-28T20:04:35Z")

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I’ve always been a Diet Coke man, myself, but the past few weeks I’ve been drinking Diet Snapple, and I’m not entirely sure if I’ll be going back.

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