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I gave up soda.

Yeah, me. I did that.

Can you fucking believe it?

In any case, I drank straight water for awhile, and while that was fine, it also felt very forced. It didn’t replace the feel-good that came from cracking open a Pepsi, since it wasn’t all that enjoyable. Thus, I started making Crystal Light Lemonade, because I had enjoyed that in the past. (Of course, I always used twice the powder back in the day. I used the recommended dose this time around.) It was a good substitute, and while not water, was way, way better for me than soda.

Of course, the pack of lemonade mix we had from who knows when eventually ran out, and I went to the store to buy some more. When I got there, though, I noticed that the Schnucks brand was like… way cheaper. Three for the price of two cheaper. I decided it was worth a shot. However, there were three lemonade variants available: A “Natural” Lemonade, a “Natural” Pink Lemonade, and a Raspberry Lemonade. Of course, I bought all three to give them a try.

The first one I went with was the Raspberry Lemonade, because that seemed the most interesting. I love citrus, love lemonade, and rather enjoy things that are raspberry flavored. However, past experiences with Raspberry Lemonade had been poor at best. They just tasted like shitty weak lemonade that someone dropped a raspberry in.
This, however, didn’t. It was a rather strong lemonade, which I appreciated, which just had a little bit of raspberry on the back end to cut the sour slightly. It was rather good, but it’s not something I’m going to drink every day. Still, I had high hopes for the normal lemonades, as that one turned out quite well.

The standard lemonade wasn’t nearly as good, though. For whatever reason, it just tasted artificial. It had that sting that artificial sweeteners have. Granted, this is supposed to have artificial sweeteners, but I kind of hate that taste. I guess the raspberry was hiding it in the previous mix. With nothing to mask it, it was out in full force. It was drinkable, but not optimal, by any means.

The pink lemonade, though, is probably the one I will keep buying. It undercuts that artificial flavor with the sweetness of pink lemonade, and does it without, you know, making it not taste like lemonade like the raspberry does. It’s a solid and cheap drink mix. I like it.

Overall, though, these are pretty decent products, which surprised me. For example, I have bought the Schnucks generic Chex Mix before, and that was a god awful mess nobody would ever believe is Chex Mix for a second. Tasted horrible. These are fine, though.

Yeah, I wrote about drink mixes. I dunno, it was on my mind.