![]() Round two came in the form of chocolate caramel Coffee-Mate, which happened to be the next open creamer in my fridge. The lime-induced separation of the dairy creamer as it sits is a bit concerning, however. There isn’t enough caffeine to fully replace my morning coffee, but it’s a solid, 2pm supplement. It’s pina colada cola, which makes me want to do a very un-Mormon thing and add rum to it.Īnyway, the original layout lives up to the hype. There isn’t enough milk in Coffee-Mate to provide the entire cement mixer shot experience of curdled cream, but the citrus mutes the overwhelming coconut flavor, brings out more of the soda, and makes the entire beverage roughly 100 percent more palatable.Īfter hating the first few sips, I’m very much into the full recipe. Even if it seems to mix with the dairy to create a weird, granulated texture to the liquid itself. Yes, surprisingly enough, the lime makes A BIG difference. I’m gonna add the recommended lime now and see if that helps. I don’t think I added an egregious amount - basically just a splash on top - but the Coke has been washed away and all I’m getting is hollow SPF. The first impression of the dirty soda is … Coffee-Mate. All in all, a great way to kick off this experiment. The creamer sinks to the bottom, creating a brown gradient that suggests the back half of this drink is going to taste very differently than the start. Secondly, Coffee-Mate and Coke Zero don’t seem to want to mix all that well. My first instinct is to slather this on my body rather than drink it, which seems like a problem. For each drink, I started with a simple soda/creamer mix to start, then added fruits that either:ī) sounded good to my refined palate, which also defaults to pizza bagels for dinner more often than any grown adult ever should.įirst off, Coffee-Mate’s coconut offering tastes exactly like sunscreen smells. Next comes the creamer topper (roughly 10 parts cola to one part dairy-adjacent goo). The base for me on all these was Coke Zero Sugar (which I’m just gonna refer to as Coke Zero because that’s how we all know it, right? Like how for five years after the NCAA named it the FCS we were all still calling it I-AA football?) and sugar free Coffee-Mate, because otherwise I’d be taking in 500+ calories per day in dirty sodas alone and it’s tank top season. For everyone else it was probably Mountain Dew, six pumps of coconut syrup, and some limes or a Sprite mixed with maraschino cherries and French vanilla creamer because otherwise that’s just a Shirley Temple. For me, specifically, since it was the one that blew up on TikTok. This is the combination that started it all. Congrats on that maybe send a few recipes my way? Because soon you will realize I have only a very basic grasp on proper dirty soda architecture. If you’re reading this from Utah or any other location with a heavy Mormon population, you’re probably feeling real hipster-y about the whole subject, having known about it before it was cool. While it feels new, it’s been trending in some form since 2016. Rodrigo posted about the beverage back in December and it recently went viral on TikTok. The whole adventure is kinda like decorating a prefabricated, modular home.Īnyway, chains have popped up throughout the Beehive State with rejected tech start-up names like Swig, Sodalicious and Fiiz and are thriving because, you know, no hot coffee. ![]() Or, specifically, a game in which they craft their own sodas by adding syrups and cream to layer flavors into a pre-existing base (Coca-Cola, Sprite, etc). So outlets across the state have jumped into the craft soda game. Beginning in 2012, however, the Church of Latter Day Saints - Smith’s outfit - decreed caffeinated cold beverages were fine, leading to a slow soda boom in the region. “Dirty sodas” have long been a staple across Utah, a state whose majority Mormon population is prohibited from hot caffeinated beverages like coffee or tea. This has the benefit of keeping me from delirium tremens in the name of work but also excludes the non-drinkers of the world.įortunately, thanks to Olivia Rodrigo and Joseph Smith, an alternative blew up this over the past month that allowed me to expense $20 worth of Coffee-Mate flavored creamers. This series has largely been steeped in alcohol. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage that pairs well with sports. Previously, we’ve folded these in to our betting guides, whether that’s been for the NFL slate or a bizarrely successful run through the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Welcome to FTW’s Beverage of the Week series.
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