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Drinks

What and why

Just cataloguing drinks I've tried and enjoyed here.

Drinks list

40Kola

Rating: 7.0/10

Review: A nice plain cola, fizzy but the taste isn't much.

40Kola Cut

Rating: 6.9/10

Review: A nice plain cola, fizzy but the taste isn't much. Tastes worse than 40Kola in a way I can't put my finger on.

40Kola Lemon and Lime

Rating: 7.4/10

Review: A nice light soda

A&W Root Beer

TODO

Barr Bubblegum

Rating: 6.6/10

Review: Bubblegum tasting, but is very overwhelming and ends up tasting a bit bland after a while. It's very strong leaving no room for any subtle flavours.

Barr DnB

Rating: 6.8/10

Review: Dandelion and burdock made cheaply available. Tastes good, but not as good as bottled.

Bundaberg Root Beer

Rating: TODO

Review: TODO

Cartman's Root beer

TODO

Club Mate

Rating: 8.3/10

Review: TODO

Club-Mate, favorite drink of the Chaos Computer Club
Club Mate Winter Edition

Rating: 8.5/10

Review: Like Club Mate, but it has a few additives like Cinnamon that gives it a spicier taste that I quite like. The taste reminds me of Gingerbread so is perfect for Christmas time.

Club Mate is a not very sweet, dry soda made in Germany. Super popular with the Hacktiirs, its pronounced MAH-TEY! (Cf. Yerba Mate Tea)
Coca Cola

Rating: 4.4/10

Review: Fairly bland. It dries out my mouth and leaves me thirstier afterwards, so it fails at being a drink that satisfies your thirst. I suspect this is a carefully decided chemical dark pattern to make people buy another coca cola. Still, it's okay and generally agreeable.

Wherever you go, there are three icons that everyone knows: Jesus Christ, Pele and Coca-Cola.
Diet Coca Cola

Rating: N/A

Review: N/A

There are now more obese people in the United States than there are overweight people. I think it's safe to say that after all these years, Diet Coke is a complete failure.
Fentimen's Cherry Cola

Rating: TODO

Review: TODO

Fentimen's Curiosity Cola

Rating: TODO

Review: TODO

Fentimen's Dandelion and Burdock

Rating: TODO

Review: TODO

Francis Hartridges Dandelion and Burdock

Rating: 8.0/10

Review:

You're rarer than a can of Dandelion & Burdock
Francis Hartridges Original Cola

Rating: 8.2/10

Review: A plain cola that isn't too much or too overpowering. Fairly plain and tastes good, especially when aerated.

Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?
Irn-Bru

Rating:7.4/10

Review:

It's not a drink from those crazy Yanks, because it's made right here you know it's tougher than tanks
Liquid Death Severed Lime

Rating: TODO

Review: TODO

Monster Energy

Rating: 2.6/10

Review: Tastes like battery acid and heartburn.

Monster Energy: Pipeline Punch

Rating: 7.9/10

Review: Pink Monster, tastes sweet, not the candy or fruity sweet but just sweet, but not too sweet like other flavours

Monster Energy: Pacific Punch

Rating: 7.6/10

Review: A more fruity tasting Monster Energy that retains a lot of the sweetness as Pipeline Punch. I feel like it is inferior and a bit too overwhelming in taste after a bit, but not as bad as Monarch or Khaotic.

Monster Energy: Monarch

Rating: 6.0/10

Review: A candy like sweetness to Monster, too sweet, but not bad. Does make you feel a bit ill after drinking it all though.

Monster Energy: Khaotic

Rating: 5.8/10

Review: Sweeter than Monarch but an indistinct and candy-like sweet that makes you feel a bit ill after drinking it, but to begin with it's quite nice.

Monster Energy: Zero Ultra

Rating: 7.4

Review: Kinda bland, but at least it doesn't make you sick to drink. Tastes sort of sweet too.

Pepsi

Rating: 6.2/10

Review: Still fairly bland and uninspiring, but it doesn't leave you as thirsty after you drink. I think it's better than Coca Cola, but not exactly amazing.

Imagine Pepsi without Coke. Impossible, right?
Pepsi Max

Rating: 5.2/10

Review: It's Pepsi but cheaper and it certainly tastes cheaper. Additionally, whatever chemical formula they use, makes it fizz a lot more when being poured, so it wastes your time when preparing a drink.

Maximum taste, no sugar.
Royal Crown Cola(RC Cola)

Rating: 6.8/10

Review: A drink I had in the Philippines. It's a competitor to Coca Cola, and it's a hell of a lot better than Coke.

Sprite

Rating: 6.7/10

Review: Lemonade

Red Bull

Rating: 6.8/10

Red Bull gives you wings
Red Kola

Rating: 7.1/10

Review: Made by the same company as Irn-Bru, and cheaper. It has little resemblence to Coca Cola, being red and just fizzy, but it does satisfy your thirst and tastes fairly sweet.

Better Red than Dead