La Croix – Orange

Can you think of a more pedestrian sparkling water than La Croix Orange? I’m picking on La Croix because it’s the Starbucks of water. Ubiquitous, as is the flavor, orange. Everyone (but me) has orange juice in their fridge. Orange. The color. The flavor. The fruit. Boring. Weirdly, orange soda (aka soda pop) isn’t so common—the big one was Orange Crush—but that was back… I don’t know when it came out, but when I was growing up, we always had Orange Crush. I preferred Grape Crush. Which gets me thinking—Coca-Cola is still the most common soft drink (though, I suppose it’s been dethroned by Diet Coke, due to the space aliens among us). But anyway, here’s an amazing idea for a sparkling water I haven’t yet seen (and possibly hasn’t been yet invented)—Cola flavored sparkling water. That would be weird, right? And I think way popular. Or maybe too weird. *(Note: I wrote that on December 13, 2023, when I started this review! That’s how far behind I am in posting these! And, since… I have finally found cola flavored water—just a couple of weeks ago—and still have some in my fridge. Made by, who else, La Croix. It’s called either “NiCola” or “la Cola”—the can is confusing! Well, I’ll get to it eventually.) As far as this La Croix Orange? They nailed the orange flavor, I’ve got to say, so it’s refreshing and delicious! *(Note: I’ve sold out: La Croix sent a gratis 12-pack over here to HQ—accompanied by a scantily dressed young woman—along with a muscular hunk stripper young man in a tux—along with a chicken. Apparently, from the nature of my reviews, they couldn’t guess my sexual preference. At any rate, this business is finally paying off! I kept the chicken, a hen. I need the eggs.

4.23.25