• GluWu@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    No, they use artificially sweetened syrups that have “0 calories” to make flavored and colored “water”. Some will violently defend that it is still water because there aren’t any calories. Even though they added all the flavors, colors, and sweeteners, just no carbonation. Basically flat coke zero but in tons of schizophrenic flavor name and neon color combos. It’s a weird world of cope.

    Be thankful my comment is the only level of awareness you’ll be about this. Do not look into this deeper, there is nothing good to be found. Forget this and return to your life. This will be your only warning.

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      9 months ago

      Ya know some people just don’t like drinking something “flavorless” 24/7…

      While it may not be as “healthy” as drinking just water, it’s like 98-99% water, and as you said, it’s zero calories so it’s far better for you than soda and fruit juice which has a fuckload of sugar/HFCS in it.

      It looks like HydroHomies is leaking…

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          9 months ago

          I like tea, but I can’t see myself drinking like a gallon of hot tea a day, cold brewed is generally bitter.

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          Imagine thinking you are superior because you said the word tea, as if tea isn’t a famously high profile drink in the United States.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_tea

          Seriously as an American, I don’t know a single person who doesn’t drink some type of tea.

          Y’all can keep downvoting, but iced tea and sweet tea are both hugely important cultural drinks in the United States, so implying that Americans haven’t heard of tea is just wrong.

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            9 months ago

            Their point is *water is healthy because it doesn’t contain any additives". Then the Brit popped in with the Tea idea and they put far less sugar in their tea, if they put any in.

            Us 'Muricans need ten pounds of sugar in everything in order for it to be palatable, so a Sweet Tea and store bought teas are loaded with sugar/HFCS.