bai 5, Congo Pear - Wegman's: Cherry Hill, NJ
Why did I do this to myself?
After
finally working my way though all of those sugar free Sparkiling Ice
drinks a few months ago, and suffering from vertigo for the first time
ever in my life (I am fairly sure the drinks were involved although I can't prove anything), I buy another sugar free beverage. In this case, this beverage uses erythritol, which is supposedly better for me than sucralose, but on top of that this is made with the fruit from the coffee plant. Coffee and me are not best friends.
I'm so sorry body. I don't why I am doing this to you. (I don't want to waste money and I'm cheap.)
Okay,
on a more serious note the bottle had a nice design, I love pears, and I
wanted to try drinking something other than orange juice and water. (My main beverage staples.)
As
I said before, the design is pretty nice. The bottle itself is really
plain, but the wrap around label It really well designed. It features
bold text with a very strong layout, simple color palettes, and lots of
information. The design is clean while still having a bit of an "in your
face" look with that huge logo and, when you turn the bottle around,
there is actually a clever little meter to let you know what "level" you
are on. I love it! There is so much attention to detail! So far so
good.
As I opened the bottle I noticed
that the cap is really large, and this bottle actually has a pretty wide
mouth. It didn't look so big when I photographed it. (That's what she said. Is that even a thing anymore? Do people still say that?)
After
it was opened I took a sniff, and this smells like a ripe juicy pear
mixed with...something. Something not edible. I don't even know how to
describe it. Maybe plastic-y? If I had to give it a name it'd be
medicinal. The aroma makes me think of drinking juice in a hospital
room.
Time to taste this stuff. (I am already scared.)
The
first thing you can taste is a sweet, deliciously ripe, pear mixed with
some honey notes...but that fades away. The aftertaste is the same as
that weird medicinal smell I described earlier and it gets worse the
longer it linger on your tongue. I found that if I knocked this stuff
back like a shot, and didn't let it touch the front half of my tongue,
all I could taste was the sweet and yummy pear flavoring. Whatever that
medicine-y taste is, it only effects the tip on my tongue.
The
first time I tasted this stuff I literally shuttered. It reminded me of
some kind of childhood medicine, but the flavoring will grow on you
after a while. At this point I have only consumed enough of this stuff
to barely reach the "Hello Antioxidants!" level, and I can see tat this
is going to take me a while to finish.
All in all I love the design, but I wouldn't buy this again. Ever. I do not like this taste at all and would not recommend it.
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