‘You should not pay more than $5 for a mocktail’: Non-drinkers ponder reasonably priced mocktail menu during Dry January

There is a world of benefits that come with choosing not to drink alcohol, a lifestyle that more and more people have taken to over recent years. However, it is increasingly common that saving money is not one of them. The drinks industry is forever coming up with fancy ways to make teetotalers swerve the …
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‘So, it’s flavored water?’: White Claw debuts non-alcoholic version, fails to realize it’s just seltzer

I won’t lie, a good hard seltzer is sometimes exactly what I need. I’m no stranger to a mango White Claw on a hot summer’s day. It was a great innovation, or rather repackaging of something we already had (a vodka soda). Flavor it, put it in a can, and let me buy it at …
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Piping Hot Tea Memes For a Refreshing Pick-Me-Up

When it comes to commonly consumed caffeinated beverages, coffee has an annoying habit of being the center of attention. We get it, java junkies, it’s your entire personality. Plenty of other palatable options exist for these kinds of liquids— and we’re not talking about the murky world of energy drinks.  That’s right, this is where …
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Dunkin’ Afficionados React to New Dunkin’ Spiked Alcoholic Iced Coffee and Tea

When beverage companies ask the question «what if we combined caffeine and alcohol?» the results are typically chaotic. There is a certain genre of hard-partying American millennial who still mourns the loss of original recipe Four Loko, and don’t even think about touching Buckfast unless you want to find out why Scotland has the strictest …
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Diet Coke Lovers React to News That Main Sweetener Aspartame is Carcinogenic

Few carbonated beverages have inspired a legion of dedicated fans in quite the way that Diet Coke has. There are people who genuinely can’t make it through the day without cracking open an iconic silver can or several. One of the things that Diet Coke enjoyers are adamant about is that it can’t be that …
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A Group of Beverages That Desperately Need Actual Cups

Anyone who has ever seen a toddler try and drink from a grown up cup for the first time can appreciate that consuming liquid is quite a complex motor function. There’s a reason we developed specific receptacles for drinking from, and that’s because it is a feat to do that without their help. Despite their …
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