Diet Coke
Price: $0.50
Serving: 1 can, 12 oz.
Calories: 0 per serving
Fat: 0%, 0g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 2%, 40mg
Protein: 0g
Carbohydrates: 0%, 0g
Fiber: 0%, 0g
Sugar: 0g
Caffeine: 46mg
The Coca Cola Company says: The most popular sugar-free drink in America, it’s the one that started the fun with its clean, crisp, refreshing taste and stylish can. The original drink for people who want great taste without any of the calories, Diet Coke is a classic.
We say: The Imbibable.com office is staffed with a horde of Diet Coke lovers. Plus, we were born of the loins of Diet Coke lovers, so there’s really no way for us to deny the attraction to this stuff. During Washington DC’s horribly humid Augusts, Diet Coke offers an unmatched morning buzz, one not weighted down by milk, or calories. However, Diet Coke does have some unattractive side effects: wearing away of tooth enamel and yellowing of teeth! Not good.
For this reason, we limit ourselves to one can per day. This ensures that we never get tired of the biting, acidic, nearly gut-wrenching kick Diet Coke provides. And we ever get tired of drinking it, the soda is always perfect for a rousing mentos-involving experiment:
Oh, 2006, you were a fun year
[Nutrition information available from The Coca-Cola Company DOWNLOAD PDF]
Filed Under Contains Aspartame, Zero Calorie, Cola, Coca Cola, Five Stars, Soda
Saxbys Coffee Cafe Americana
Price: $1.85 plus tax
Serving: 12 oz.
Calories: 10 per serving
Fat: 0%, 0g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 0%, 0mg
Protein: 0g
Carbohydrates: 0%, 0g
Fiber: 0%, 0g
Sugar: 0g
Caffeine: 150mg
Saxbys says: Our espresso [beans] give a crema to die for. Full of body from Central America and Indonesian coffees.
We say: We drink Americanos (or in Saxbys’s case ‘Americanas’) because they’re just like regular coffee, but made fresh for you right at that instant. Given the choice between coffee that was produced 30 minutes ago and coffee that we can witness being made, we’ll go for the visible version anytime.
However, the Saxbys on Washington DC’s 19th St. NW is still working out some kinks when it comes to consistency. This is partly due to our request for ‘room’ in the Americanoa and partly because half of the freaking time the crema has somehow been destroyed. What gives? Last week the crema was perfect and the Saxbys Americana is a divine experience. Today it just tasted like plain old coffee, not a drink that we paid an extra 35 cents for.
With a rise in consistency, the Saxbys Coffee Cafe Americana could rise to 4 stars, but for now it is squarely in the realm of mediocrity.
Filed Under Saxbys Coffee, Coffee, Fat Free, All Natural, Coffee, Three Stars
Naked Just Juice Orange Juice
Price: $3.58 (including tax - yikes!)
Serving: 1/2 bottle, 8 oz.
Nutrition info below is per serving, not per bottle
Calories: 110 per serving
Fat: 0%, 0g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 0%, 0mg
Protein: 2g
Carbohydrates: 8%, 25g
Fiber: 0%, 0g
Sugar: 25g
Naked Juice says: Okay, so our OJ is just OJ, as defined by: Just the gorgeous, pristine, oh so sweet juice of the amazingly perfect orange, with tons of Vitamin C and sensational antioxidants to ruin a free radical’s day. It’s also just O-J, as in 9 oranges just picked, squeezed, bottle and rushed to your eager, orange-juice-loving but preservative-loathing self. So just shake, just chug and just say “I just love this stuff.”
We say: We had a brief moment of worry upon consuming 9 ORANGES in twenty minutes. My God, if the people who ran those eating competitions also allowed juicers, we might be able to beat the Black Widow of competitive eating, Sonya Thomas. Of course, if she also had a juicer than the edge would be moot.
While it seems a bit cliché to rate the first drink review a 5-star drink, we have to say that the only way you could possibly get better orange juice would be to travel to Florida and drink freshly-squeezed juice. Oh, you say that you can make better fresh orange juice at home? Well, you are wrong because it is not possible.
Filed Under Fat Free, Five Stars, Orange, Naked Juice, All Natural, Juice, High Fructose Corn Syrup Free
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