Huffington Magazine Issue 67 | Page 79

HUFFINGTON 09.22.13 TASTE TEST Exit worry about paying rent? Because all of our taste tests are blind (meaning the tasters have no idea which brands they’re drinking), sometimes we’re horrified to find we’ve ranked the major monster brands atop the list, when the beloved artisanal products that we buy regularly end up ranked at the bottom. This is one of those occasions. Despite receiving markedly negative comments, our winner is a major brand that exhibits all the qualities of your typical or- ange soda (fluorescent orange, uber sweet). But among the complaints were also comments such as these: “Tastes like my childhood,” and “Too syrupy, but it’s what orange soda is supposed to taste like.” Supposed to taste like? Clearly, our tongues need therapy. We were also saddened to see that the last-place finisher is what we thought was one of our favorite brands. Someone called it “butt water,” and now we just don’t know what to think. TAP ON EACH NUMBER FOR THE TASTERS’ VERDICTS 9 4 7 1 3 2 PHOTOGRAPHS BY WENDY GEORGE 5 6 8 10 11