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Maine Root Mandarin Orange Soda Review

5/10

Didn’t love this one. The mandarin flavor made it taste quite different from a traditional orange soda. Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy this one as it was too far from a regular orange soda to work for me. Solid carbonation though.

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These were great! Can’t beat fair trade, indie companies! The flavour is excellent, really intense blueberry. Quite bubbly, almost foamy carbonation, definitely better chilled. I really love blueberries, and this was a real pleasant surprise - authentically fruity taste, not overly sweet. Definitely worth checking out!

7/10

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For those of you searching for thirst quenching, refreshing, "Ah! That's the stuff" sodas, stock up on artisanal colas that not only support small beverage companies, but taste just as good, if not better, than your Dr. Pepper. Most recently, I've been on a sarsaparilla kick brought to you by Maine Root. This handcrafted soda made with Fair Trade Certified organic evaporated cane juice is a lighter bodied brother to Root Beer and is sure to become a favorite. Other notables include Boylan Soda's line of yummy offerings and Russ And Daughters' excellent homemade fizzies (Cucumber and Ginger and Concord Grape Oh My!).

Happy Drinking!

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Maine Root Blueberry Soda Review

Maine Root Blueberry Soda Review

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’d been waiting for Sioux City’s Cherries n’ Mint (aka Kentucky Nip) to become available again, but it has eluded me. So I decided to waste no more time and jump back into the soda world. After a fairly positive first experience with Maine Root soda, I decided to try what appeared to be their flagship product: their blueberry soda.

It’s got a very blueberry scent.…

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Maine Root Pumpkin Pie Soda Review

Maine Root Pumpkin Pie Soda Review

After my recent debacle involving a peanut butter-flavored soda, I was understandably a bit wary about future excursions into, shall we say, unconventionally flavored sodas. But since I already had this soda on hand, I was going to have to drink it. And hey, it’s Fair Trade certified–so at least I can feel good about something.

Has a nutmeggish scent. The taste is actually not too bad. It’s got…

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Maine Root - Mexicane Cola

It's always nice learning that a beverage company uses ingredients that are organic, fair trade, local source, handcrafted, non-GMO, carbon neutral, eco-friendly, etc., ad nauseam.  Usually, though, all I really want is just a drink that tastes good and doesn't make me feel like crap afterwards.  Maine Root, out of Portland, ME, seems to have achieved a nice balance that satisfies both the palate and the conscience.  Personally, cane sugar over HFCS would be enough for me.  Maine Root goes way above and beyond, almost comically so, by making sure we know their Mexicane Cola uses "Fair Trade Certified™ Organic Cane Juice" and "carbonated pure water" (as opposed to dirty water?), and that it's most definitely handcrafted.  That's all good and fine, but how's it taste?  Honestly, it's delicious.  At 40g per serving it's a bit heavy on sugar, but it tastes like how I think a cola should.  Kind of like Coke but better, simpler, more real, without that chemical after (and during) taste.  I'm not sure what flavors and spices make up a traditional "cola" taste, but they got it right with Mexicane Cola.  Sweet with just a touch of spice, without tasting like a chem lab.  If you try it and decide it's not for you, at least you can feel good knowing that no endangered species were brutally and savagely sacrificed in the process.

Flavor:  4.5/5

Feel(good):  5/5

After Taste:  4/5

Label Design:  3.5*/5

* 2.5 points for a mostly-standard-looking label, 1 bonus point for cleverly incorporating the Mexican flag color scheme into the label design