I’ve read about these yummy, sparkly drinks in some of my favorite mags like Coastal Living & Sunset and thought, Ahh, those look like they want me to drink them, and then reality set in of NO WAY IN HELL would I find them on my island, they are way too cool.
I am part of a food co-op on island (though rarely take advantage of the bulk prices) and had seen these for sale on the list…but cost out weighed the want. They are an indulgence. But, then again, aren’t juiceboxes???
Then. Yesterday. Grocery shopping at Plaza (east). There they were. In the bulk beverage aisle across from the dairy products. 12pack variety of Izze. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Someone must of messed up big time! (like the time we found Blue Bell Ice Cream in Puerto Rico)
At just $18.99. Ehhhh. I squinced. $1.58 a bottle. Let me give it a whirl. I’ve spent more money on worse things….
The box was the first thing I removed from the car when I got home, and immediately put one of each flavor in the fridge to get cold. This variety pack was Sparkling pomegranate, Sparkling Blackberry & Sparkling Clementine (which is what I wanted to name a daughter)
Clementine was my first, and at first sip became my favorite.
Until I had Blackcherry at dinner. Yum O. Today, I will try pomegranate, and I doubt it will leave a disappointing taste. They are fizzie like a ginger ale or sprite, but with a PUNCH of unique flavor. No boring Cran-Rasberry here! All Natural. Nothing Artificial. And the calorie count and sugar is not enough to prevent me from drinking them.
Oh My Darlin’ Clementine!!!! (do you know the song? My Daddy used to sing it to me) The colors are as beautiful to look at as they are to quench my thirst. The bottle cap is too cute…saving for my bottle cap magnets.
So yummy & refreshing, just what this mommy needs! So, back off, these puppies are mine! Unless I am hosting a playdate at my house, then I’ll make sure there are plenty for the moms!
…now, if someone could just mess up and send Topo Chico.
This craft began while on our vacation in Texas where The Fisherman and I (and soon everyone else around us) starting collecting bottle caps from the various beers that were so abundant. Its called VARIETY people. And, of course Topo Chico, the Mexican mineral water that started it all, thanks to my older brother.A bag of meticulously opened bottle caps came home with us and the craft was born. I didn’t think of this. In fact, the spooky Martha Stewart email was in my in-box on how to do this just a week or so ago…how does she read my mind?? Her’s, of course, were cutesy pictures of flowers and pugs and kittens. Yuck.
