- DRY Soda
A former Mercury Food and Drink editor must have been off his game one afternoon, because we accidentally wound up with a sample of a non-alcoholic product. Seattle’s DRY Soda—a forty-five to seventy calorie alternative to both the insipid penury of water and the syrupy vicissitudes of Faygo—nicely bridges the gap between the two. I have big dreams of getting together a little money and offering an iced decanter of it the next time fancy people like A-Ha and John Irving come over. (As it is currently on sale at New Seasons for $3.99/four pack, down from $5.99, perhaps this dream is closer than ever before.)
Flavors include Cucumber, Vanilla Bean, Lime, Blood Orange, and Juniper, and like any self-respecting premium beverage, their website is complete with cocktail recipes. As one who simply cannot stomach more Talking Rain, I found these sodas a lovely, balanced, natural-tasting refreshment in the treacherous sub-140 calorie segment.
Tap water is superior to all products mentioned above.
HUH?
I can’t believe my favorite funny strip author is writing soda reviews for my city’s alt-weekly.
(I just tried saying that three times fast, but it made me feel like one of Kiala’s tweets).
((This comment is too meta for my brain right now)).
DRY is yummy, agreed. But it has been around for yeeeeeears.
Indie cred for the Faygo nod, though.
Only thing I’ve learned today: Faygo’s website is OBNOXIOUS.
@GINNY: INDIE CRED FOR A FAYGO REFERENCE? I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT ICP WAS A VALID INDIE-CRED PROVIDER.
May I just say that I think Chris Onstad is the single best thing ever to happen to the Mercury? “The insipid penury of water” indeed.
VISO!