I kinda like tonic myself... though I usually take it with gin ๐.
I drink coke only when I got stomach problems, it goes great with mint tea, a 50/50 soltion, try it ๐.
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Sugar-free Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
Vernors
Ale-8 for flavored sweet drink, sparkling mineral water for unsweetened.
I don't drink carbonated sugar, but I always enjoyed Coke's superiority. Class.
Coke is so superior that you can semi-reliably judge a restaurant's quality by whether they offer Coke or Pepsi products. If you're on the fence and they're a Pepsi place, that's your dealbreaker. It'll work out in your favor if you trust the system.
Barq's root beer. It's a pretty rare find in my area. But it's a special treat when I find it.
Vanilla Coke is a close 2nd place.
regularly drunk: go-to is rimarily Coke Zero because it's the easiest to find here and no empty calories.
special occasion: probably some variety of birch beer with ginger-ale being a close follow-up. On rare occasions, a very cold regular coke on a hot summer day (though not the US ones; last time I went back, both regular and diet had this really weird taste I don't remember being there before).
A rarity, but Maine Root has(had?) a drink called "Pink Drink", a carbonated Prickly Pear Lemonade. I had it at the Austin City Limits festival. It was, without a doubt the most refreshing drink I've ever consumed. I usually drink mostly water (free) at the festival, but that year we spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $60-80 just on cups of Pink Drink because we couldn't get enough of it.
I really, really, REALLY wish they sold bottles of it, but as far as I can tell, it's only occasionally available and only as a fountain drink.
Irn Bru or dandelion & burdock.
Before COVID, Coca-Cola all the way. Not too sweet, and was often more consistent in cans and bottles.
Something happened after COVID, and it no longer tastes the same. I don't know if this was the effects of the illness, or a change in manufacturing.
... Right now, it's Dr. Pepper (or Cheerwine, if I can find it). Sharp bite, good flavor, doesn't really have an analog with other drinks. However, I can buy one bottle and it be perfect, and buy another bottle the next day and it be less carbonated than it needs to be, or too sweet and syrupy... And I can't ever tell why.
Canada Dry ginger ale I guess, good chaser for the rare whiskies I don't like neat. Honorary mention for Pommac, but I have not had it probably 10+ years
Manhattan Special Espresso soda.
Made in Brooklyn. Two shots of espresso in carbonated form.
I prefer Pepsi over coke . But I really like jarritos pop other than the cola flavor . Also cream soda dr pepper is awesome.
Fanta, regular Fanta.
Topo chico for lyfe
Georgia makes the best soft drinks in the world in my opinion. My personal favourite is pear flavoured Natakhtari: https://natakhtari.com/lemonade
Also fun fact: Lemonade means soft drink in a lot of places in the world, I hear that's lemon flavoured water in the US.
I thought you meant the state of Georgia in the US at first instead of the country Georgia, it made the rest of the comment very confusing
Can confirm, Lemonade in the US is lemon juice + water + a lot of sugar, no carbonation
Oh right, I forgot it was a state in the US, it's been like 20 years since my last geography class.
Perrier carbonated water
It's subtly bubble and has a very mild flavor
The discontinued Hansen's Soda Lemon Mint Green Tea soda. I near bought the whole pallet when it showed up at an outlet grocery store over the course of a summer after college.
Fuck I sound old.
I'm from India, Thums Up is my absolute favourite. Always loved it over coke and pepsi. During the 90's we'd a drink called goldspot, that was an amazing soft drink. It's sad coca cola company instead of continuing goldspot, launched fanta here instead, which honestly is a watered down version of the classic goldspot.
Huge soda fan so picking just one is super hard but I'd say:
Oronamin C or Sweet Blossom's Rose soda
Oronamin C is a Japanese soft drink with a taste that is often described as "drinking (American) Smarties". It's incredibly refreshing and delicious. Sweet Blossom is I think an eastern European beverage company and they make a rose flavored soda that is to die for. It has far and away my favorite quality of carbonation (very fine, soft bubbles).
Other honorable mentions include Ocean Bomb: Sailor Mercury (i.e. pear flavor), and as a big fan of cherry colas, Bawls Guarana Cherry Cola and Fentiman's Cherry Tree Cola.
Here in Morocco, there's a soda brand called Ice. It's pretty good, but that name is just absolutely ridiculous.