I may not have much of a sweet tooth, but I love a beverage. I have a fun little drink in my hand almost 24/7 from juice, to Coke Zero, all the way into a rum and ginger ale or a pint of cider. If it wasn’t for my bank account balance I would drink juice by the gallon, so when it came time to taste test five British beverages, I was excited.
Having grown up in New Zealand there are plenty of British classics I've never tried - from crisps , biscuits , to chocolate to sweets - and now it was time for drinks (non-alcoholic this time round). Below are my honest reviews of the five drinks I tried ranked on their smell and taste, and as an additional bit of fun, I’ve added what I think would pair well with them. Upon opening there was an immediate chemical waft - as well as a quiet fizz, but no sign of bubbles which I didn’t like.
Never trust anything if you can’t see where it keeps its fizz. The scent of this strange purple liquid was almost like ice cream, a soft vanilla with an undertone of dirt. I had heard conflicting reports of Dandelion and Burdock - some people had told me they loved it, others had given me looks akin to those you’d offer at a wake, so I wasn't sure what to expect.
What I didn’t expect was how medicinal it tasted - like if vanilla ice cream had cough medicine rippled through it. The depth of flavour also offered up maraschino cherry, and a note of old women’s perfume that I can’t quite place. It wasn’t great but it also wasn’t terrible .
