Diet beverage review
September 11, 2008 on 10:32 am | In reviews, food | 3 CommentsWe drink mostly diet sodas, so I thought I’d give a review of different ones.
Diet Coke. Bleh. BLEH. The aftertaste, it’s awful. If I go to a restaurant that has no other diet sodas, I’ll usually get half Diet Coke, half Dr. Pepper so as to drink something with less calories that will not set off my gag reflex. It does depress me that usually Diet Coke is the only thing offered at restaurants, because I think more people would give diet a chance if they’d try diet beverages that don’t offend the taste buds. However, I do know people who are used to the aftertaste, and no joke, actually crave Diet Coke. I’m sure this has some sort of relation to that syndrome that kidnapping victims get when they start to love their captors, but I haven’t really done any research to prove it just yet.
Diet Pepsi. Bleh, but not as bad as Diet Coke. Same deal as above, mostly.
Diet Dr. Pepper. Oh how I love thee. It actually truly does taste a lot like regular Dr. Pepper. And it doesn’t go flat quickly.
Pibb Zero. Notice that they’ve gotten rid of the formalities and ditched the Mr. At any rate, good tasting, but it goes flat quickly.
Coke Zero. Goes flat quickly, but tastes pretty good at first. I’d say it tastes pretty similar to regular Coke, just not as syrupy sweet.
Cherry Coke Zero. Used to love it, but we bought it like 1,000 times in a row and now the gag reflex starts up with the taste of fake cherry flavoring.
Diet Cherry Coke. Way better than regular Diet Coke, but we did the same thing with this as with Cherry Coke Zero, so gag reflex and all.
Diet Sprite. Good stuff. Goes flat quickly, but I do like adding it to grape juice to make it fizzy (and to drink less sugar with juice).
Diet Mountain Dew. Tastes very much like regular Mountain Dew, if you’re a fan. For some reason, a lot of people like to hate on the Dew, which I don’t get, unless maybe it has a redneck sort of feel to it or something. Plus, it’s a sickly green color. But I like it just fine.
Diet Root Beer, any brand. BLEH. Not worth buying. If you crave root beer, just buy IBC, not diet. It’s the bomb diggity.