@Lady @aschmitz it would be somewhat close to an espresso tonic, which, by the way, is delicious

@Lady @aschmitz tonic water is more bitter though

@Lady @aschmitz but yeah fever tree’s standard tonic water tastes remarkably close to lemon-lime soda; i remember posting befur about being astounded that i would purrobably find lemon-lime soda coffee to taste delicious

@aescling @aschmitz @Lady did u kno its actually illegal in the us to put enough quinine in tonic water to effectively treat malaria

@Satsuma @aschmitz @Lady what

@aescling @aschmitz @Lady tonic water was invented as british military rations to treat malaria so they could colonize africa

@Satsuma @aschmitz @Lady w h a t

@Lady @aescling @aschmitz but the FDA thinks you need doctors supervision when consuming effective doses so they’ve told all the tonic water manufacturers to use a lot less than that

@aescling @Lady @aschmitz anyway they added the citrus flavors because they go well with bitter tastes and make the drink more palatable than just drinking corn syruped medicine

@Satsuma @Lady @aescling (As I understand it, this is also more or less the same reason Zofran isn't OTC: if you need it, the thinking goes that you should probably have a doctor figuring out what the heck is going on. Which on one hand, I get it, but on the other hand, when one wants Zofran, one doesn't want to be making emergency trips to the doctor and then pharmacy.)

@Lady @aescling @aschmitz i think zofran also can sometimes have side effects that make things worse, especially if someone takes a higher than recommended dose? but yeah its a pain

@Satsuma @aescling @Lady Weirdly enough, yes, but luckily we don't tend to need to work too hard to prevent malaria in the US.

@aescling don’t you drink diet coke on the reg

@Lady i’ve stopped buying it

@Lady sadly

@aescling diet pepsi is better anyway

@aescling i guess this explains your midnight coffee cravings tho

@Lady repurrted. this take is unconscionable.

@aescling you have been misled by partisanship kitty; coke beats pepsi but diet pepsi beats diet coke

@Lady every time i try diet pepsi i rather dislike it. WAY too sweet

@aescling @Lady what about dr pepper

@Satsuma @Lady the only reason diet dr peppurr is not better than diet coke is that it is extremely hard to find caffeine-free

fur non-diet drinks, dr. peppurr is far and away the best widely available purroduct, aside from vernors

@Lady @aescling I might unfollow you for this.

@Lady as fur pepsi, pepsico owns sodastream, which is a current BDS target, so i’m not exactly interested in buying pepsi purroducts either

@aescling oh yeah i was not expecting pepsi to actually have a good track record here

have you tried diet shasta cola

@Lady no

@Lady @aescling what about https://boylanbottling.com/products/diet-cane-cola

@Lady @aescling (when i drink soda i usually get their black cherry or their red birch so i have no idea how good their cola is but its a solid local brand)

@Satsuma @Lady i can try it

@Satsuma @Lady i do like fever tree’s regular cola

@Satsuma @Lady oh man that description SOUNDS delicious