Thirsty Thursday

I know the title of this post may have a certain connotation, but I assure you that it is the first in an experiment that could continue for every weekday. I wanted to try throwing a theme into this blog and today is Thursday, so what better pointless blog post should I start with other than a post about one of my favorite drinks: orange soda.

Hopefully many of you remember the television show "Kenan & Kel" so you can remember Kel Kimble and his love for orange soda. Mostly through his "catchphrase" of "Who loves orange soda? Kel loves orange soda! I do I do I do! Oo!" And he certainly did love it and I definitely still do. Maybe it's because of my love of that show. Who knows!

I wish I could say I've had every kind of orange soda out there today, but I'll just stick to some of the major brands and share my thoughts on them. The three major orange sodas out there today to me are Sunkist, Fanta, and Crush.

First off, my least favorite of the three, Fanta. I don't know what it is about it, but it just isn't very good to me. Maybe it's not carbonated enough, but it just tastes too bland to me. There's not enough orange I guess. Next up I'd say Crush. This takes away the carbonation issue and just makes a good soda overall. But, again, there's something missing. I don't know what it is. Not enough orange flavor for me. Finally, my favorite: Sunkist. It's the perfect blend of carbonation, sweetness, and orange flavor.

This could be even more odd, but I think my choice between Sunkist and Crush varies depending on whether or not I'm drinking out of a can or a bottle. Out of a can, I pick Sunkist every time, but more often than not I'm drinking soda out of a bottle so then I pick Crush. And then it gets even weirder when I say that if it's a two liter bottle of soda, it's back to Sunkist. And to be honest that's because they changed their bottle form. So it looks abnormal compared to most bottles.

It went from this:

To this: 

The company (Dr. Pepper/Snapple group) must have thought it was an easier bottle to hold, but I don't care about that. I just want a good tasting soda. Drink Sunkist!