Favorite Drink?/Drink Talk Thread

[suika_suki]

i love A&W rootbeer (it's a soda) with vanilla ice cream on top *drools* and of course water ^^

[Enna]

suika_suki wrote:

i love A&W rootbeer (it's a soda) with vanilla ice cream on top *drools* and of course water ^^

Oooh a root beer float! I used to drink those as a kid. So good! Enjoy suika_suki!

[tabana]

They still have it in restaurants.
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[Enna]

tabana wrote:

Have you ever been in the area?

No I haven't been to Dominican Republic yet. Been to plenty other Caribbean islands though. Love the rum drinks!

tabana wrote:

They still have it in restaurants.

They still serve root beer floats in restaurants? That is so 1950's soda shop! We used to make our own at home.

[tabana]

Doesn't it?

Well, I went in a restaurant, last summer I think, and they had it for $2 or $3 more or less. There are a few counters in mall food court, but they don't have them. Only in restaurants. Perhaps only during summer. I had one in a restaurant, like 15 years ago, but I can't remember what it tasted like. Like most people, we used to do that only at home too.
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[serilia]

Favorite drinks:

non alcoholic: Caffeine free diet coke (I know, it's sad without caffeine, but given how much I drink of it, this is probably a good thing).

alcoholic: I don't really drink alcohol aside from a Puerto Rican Christmas cocktail called Coquito (coconut, condensed milk, and rum). It makes eggnog look like a joke.

[suika_suki]

they still serve rootbeer float in indo...^^
when i go shop with my friend i always but one ne of those milk tea with pearl yum

and i love green tea ^^

[tabana]

Interesting.

For the pearl milk tea, is it available almost everywhere or just in a few shops? They are hard to find over here. Most coffee shops have smoothies, but no pearl tea.
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[suika_suki]

tabana wrote:

Interesting. For the pearl milk tea, is it available almost everywhere or just in a few shops? They are hard to find over here. Most coffee shops have smoothies, but no pearl tea.

just avilable in a few shops, just like juce shops but it's pearl milk tea shops ^^...i think it came from taiwan...and i gotta be carefull when i drink it...i often choke on the pearls

[tabana]

Maybe that's why there are not that popular over here. They are afraid of lawsuits.

According to wikipedia, yep, it came from Taiwan. It was created in Taipei in 1988.
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[krim]

when i visited taiwan last time, i went to the drink stand that started the boba drink. honestly, it wasn't all that... but at least i can say i went there.

[tabana]

It usually the case. Unless someone you go there in the beginning, it's just not that good as elsewhere, but more expansive. You end up leaving telling yourself, I'll never go there again, but they don't care, 'cause there are 1000s of people who'll do the same mistake.
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[bmwracer]

Fruity cocktails count as health food, study finds

Thu Apr 19, 7:41 PM ET

A fruity cocktail may not only be fun to drink but may count as health food, U.S. and Thai researchers said on Thursday.

Adding ethanol -- the type of alcohol found in rum, vodka, tequila and other spirits -- boosted the antioxidant nutrients in strawberries and blackberries, the researchers found.

Any colored fruit might be made even more healthful with the addition of a splash of alcohol, they report in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Dr. Korakot Chanjirakul and colleagues at Kasetsart University in Thailand and scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture stumbled upon their finding unexpectedly.

They were exploring ways to help keep strawberries fresh during storage. Treating the berries with alcohol increased in antioxidant capacity and free radical scavenging activity, they found.

Any colored fruit or vegetable is rich in antioxidants, which are chemicals that can cancel out the cell-damaging effects of compounds called free radicals.

Berries, for instance, contain compounds known as polyphenols and anthocyanins. People who eat more of these fruits and vegetables have a documented lower risk of cancer, heart disease and some neurological diseases.

The study did not address whether adding a little cocktail umbrella enhanced the effects.

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I'll have a large strawberry margarita, please....

[tabana]

Interesting. I bet next week they'll say that alcohol slowly kills you. We better get drunk before they tell us otherwise.

I'm running to the gas station to fill myself up with ethanol fuel.


I really like the specification The study did not address whether adding a little cocktail umbrella enhanced the effects.
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[chiba]

Prefer the natural fresh orange!without sugar, of course!
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[bmwracer]

tabana wrote:

I really like the specification The study did not address whether adding a little cocktail umbrella enhanced the effects.

I think the umbrella is the key.... Otherwise, the drink is completely useless.

[tabana]

I never had a drink with an umbrella.

Do they still use those? I haven't seen one in years.
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[�P���B��]

Im terribily addicted to coke, knowing its not healthy (especially for my teeth). But I just cant drink water all day, soda is still ok though but if I see a bottle of coke in the fridge there is no way I will go for soda hmm..

[bmwracer]

�P���B�� wrote:

But I just cant drink water all day

Sure you can.

Or do what I did: switch to green tea.

[tabana]

Yup. You can try to do it gradually, instead of going cold turkey.

Sometimes I put a little bit of lime juice in water. It almost tastes like 7up, but doesn't have all the sugar and calories. It's different than drinking just flavorless water all the time.
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